Joining me in studio this week will be the New Head Coach of the New Grandview College program, Nick Mitchell. Nick was at Wartburg College under the legendary Coach Jim Miller
Scheduled Guests this week include:
Brad Penrith- University of Northern Iowa Head Coach. UNI finished the season with a dual mark of 7-5-1 and qualified nine wrestlers for the NCAA Championships. The Panthers also captured the Western Wrestling Conference dual and tournament championships. UNI was a perfect 4-0 in league dual action for the second consecutive season. The Panthers then finished off the WWC season by winning the NCAA West Regional/WWC title. The regional win marked the 23 rd straight regional crown for the Panthers.
Mark Manning- University of Nebraska Head Coach. The Big 12 Conference has named Nebraska Head Coach Mark Manning the 2008 Big 12 Coach of the Year. Manning, in his eighth year at NU, has led the Huskers to new heights, particularly during the 2007-08 season. Manning has accrued a 109-42-2 record in duals, including 14-3 and 3-1 in the Big 12 last season. Under Manning, the Huskers nearly went undefeated in the conference for the first time in their 98-year history. The year's highlights include a second-place finish at the National Duals in January before defeating Oklahoma State for just the third time in school history on Jan. 20. Manning also collected his 100th career dual win at Nebraska against Northern Colorado.
Jayson Ness- University of Minnesota 125 lb Wrestler. It was a disappointing end to a tough season for the Golden Gopher wrestling team. Jayson Ness, Minnesota's lone representative in the finals round at the 2008 NCAA Championships in St. Louis, was beaten 10-3 in the 125-pound championship match by Indiana's Angel Escobedo. Ness' defeat means the Gophers finished the national tournament with 61.5 team points and in 10th place, their lowest finish since 1996. Despite the loss, it was an outstanding year for the Gopher redshirt sophomore and Bloomington, Minn. native. Ness finishes the 2007-08 season with a 39-2 record and his second All-American award. He also tied a school record with 20 pins (two at the NCAA Championships), a feat also accomplished by Gopher head assistant coach and fellow Bloomington Kennedy High School graduate Marty Morgan. Ness rounds out his second NCAA tournament with a 4-1 record. He is 9-3 lifetime at NCAAs (79-7 total in two seasons with the Gophers) and has lost just three times in his last 43 official collegiate matches. All three of those losses have come against Escobedo.
Troy Nickerson- Cornell University Big Red 125 lb Wrestler. Big Red wrestling's Jordan Leen was named the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association's (EIWA) Wrestler of the Year, while rookie Mack Lewnes earned Freshman of the Year honors. Leen won the NCAA title at 157 pounds in St. Louis last weekend to earn his second All-America honors. Placing fourth at 165 pounds, Lewnes also became an All-American. The duo helped lead the Big Red to a ninth-place team finish with 67 points. One has to wonder if the complexion and overall outcome of the Championships would have been different if Cornell's sparkplug, Troy Nickerson would have been in the line up. Nickerson, now cleared for active practice had shoulder surgery early in the season to repair some previous damage. Nickerson sports some impressive credentials. All-American (2006, 2007), NCAA Qualifier (2006, 2007), EIWA Champion (2006), EIWA Finalist (2006, 2007), All-Ivy First Team (2006, 2007), Ivy League Wrestler of the Year (2006), Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2006)
Westley Tielens- Former HS and College wrestler who has made a Wrestling Docudrama
"The Perfect Circle" A quest for State.
Two brothers are on a quest to become state champion wrestlers. They cant... do it alone and must seek advice from CA's greatest like Dan Henderson, Steve Neal and Daryl Vasquez. In the end one brother makes it and one does not. If you want to be the best this video is for you. Very Inspirational. Order only at zfire.org "Beyond the Norm we come not as humans but as wrestlers."
Richard Fergola- Head Coach of Northern Iowa Area Community College- Since leaving his post at Dana College Coach Fergola has only sped up the action by placing third in his Division after less than a year of having completed his team. He has also been busy on the political front and will make expound on an announcement regarding his conference championships and the new locations that will include Des Moines, Seattle and Rochester.
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