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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- USA Wrestling has selected Las Vegas to host two of its most important Olympic level events in the next two years, the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling and the 2007 U.S. World Team Trials. The local organizing committee for these two events will be Las Vegas Events, which has successfully hosted numerous major sports events in the city. The 2007 U.S. World Team Trials will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, June 9-10. This event will determine the 2007 U.S. World Team that will compete at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan in all three Olympic wrestling styles: men's freestyle, men's Greco-Roman and women's freestyle. The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling will be held at the Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas – Las Vegas, June 13-15. This event will determine the U.S. team in all three styles that will represent the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. "Las Vegas and Las Vegas Events presented USA Wrestling with an opportunity to take these properties to a higher level," said USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender. "We are confident the organizing committee and the entire community will step forward to insure the success of the 2007 U.S. World Team Trials and the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling. We are excited to form a partnership with Las Vegas Events to the benefit of both parties well into the future." "We are certainly excited about the opportunity to host two of the most prestigious wrestling competitions in consecutive years," said Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events and a former NCAA wrestling champion. "We have experience in hosting wrestling events, and we think that Las Vegas will provide a perfect backdrop for these two events. To be chosen as the host city is significant for Las Vegas, and we're happy to add this to our growing roster of events." Each year, Las Vegas plays host to numerous major sports events including the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, NASCAR Nextel Cup and Craftsman Truck Series events, NHRA Drag Racing, USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Training and Exhibition, the Las Vegas Bowl, PBR World Finals, Vegoose Music Festival and the signature New Year's Eve production, America‘s Party. Among the major wrestling events held in Las Vegas has been the U.S. National Wrestling Championships, which has been held in the city 18 of the last 20 years. Included in the event has been the U.S. Senior Nationals, plus the Veterans Nationals, the FILA Junior Nationals and the Western Junior Regionals. "Las Vegas will do a great job marketing, promoting and presenting the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling and the 2007 U.S. World Team Trials," said Pete Isais, USA Wrestling's Director of National Events. "They also have great ideas for other activities surrounding the Trials events which will draw additional spectators. We look forward to working together to make this the best U.S. Olympic Team Trials in the history of USA Wrestling." Las Vegas Events plans to launch an aggressive marketing campaign to encourage the wrestling community and the general public to attend these major events and enjoy the many entertainment and cultural activities available in Las Vegas. As the host city, Las Vegas is a world-class travel destination. Las Vegas offers spectacular shopping, dining, entertainment, and non-stop excitement 24 hours a day. With approximately 133,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas alone, more than 38.7 million visitors are expected to make the city their convention and tourist destination this year. The United States is one of the world's top wrestling nations, and is expected to be a contender for a number of medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, the U.S. captured six medals, including individual Olympic champion Cael Sanderson in men's freestyle. At the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, the U.S. brought home nine medals, including two individual World champions, Bill Zadick in men's freestyle and Joe Warren in men's Greco-Roman. The past sites for U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling, since USA Wrestling has been the National Governing Body, have included Allendale, Mich. (1984); Pensacola, Fla. (1988); Pittsburgh, Pa. for freestyle and Concord, Calif. for Greco-Roman (1992); Spokane, Wash. for freestyle and Concord, Calif. for Greco-Roman (1996); Dallas, Texas (2000) and Indianapolis, Ind. (2004). For more information on USA Wrestling and the announcement, please go to www.TheMat.com or www.USAWrestlingLasVegas.com About USA Wrestling USA Wrestling is the National Governing Body for amateur wrestling in the United States, and as such, is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the international wrestling federation FILA. USA Wrestling coordinates grassroots and elite wrestling programs across the country, and works to create interest and participation in these programs. USA Wrestling's 145,000-strong membership includes athletes of all ages, plus officials, coaches, parents, volunteers and fans. www.TheMat.com About Las Vegas Events Founded in 1983, Las Vegas Events, Inc. has grown with Las Vegas as the city has emerged as one of the world's top special event and resort destinations. A private, not-for-profit organization, LVE is funded by hotel room tax and serves as the exclusive major special events agency for the city. Since 1991, Las Vegas Events has produced, presented or supported more than 300 events, which have driven more than 2.8 million visitors to the area, resulting in an economic impact of more than $1.6 billion. www.lasvegasevents.com

Saratoga, CA -� This Saturday, October 14th, West Valley College in Saratoga, CA plays host to 20 of California's 22 Community College wrestling programs. In the heart of California's hi-tech Silicon Valley, 20 Community College wrestling teams are looking forward to a low tech, old-fashioned rumble. You can bet this date is circled on a lot of calendars, as both wrestlers and coaches alike look to evaluate where they are now and begin to set their sights on the December championships. With four tournaments in the books, the team race is starting to take shape. Fresno City College has taken the team title in all three tournaments they've entered this season. Head Coach, Paul Keysaw notes, "The Rams are looking forward to the competition this weekend. It will be a great test for the team and a chance to see where we stand among the top programs." Conceding little are the Dons of Santa Ana College, who took team honors at the Cerritos Tournament and 2nd place at their tournament. "With last Saturday's peek preview of what to see at West Valley, we are anxiously looking forward to another tough weekend. We showed our hand, and we'll do what we can � given what we have," says Head Coach Vince Silva. Head Coach Bill Kalivas of Bakersfield College adds, "This tournament will be a barometer for where teams will jockey their line-ups for the end of the year run. Fresno, Sierra and Santa Ana are the class of the field. Teams that can spoil it for the top 3 are Palomar, Cerritos, Bakersfield and Santa Rosa. The rest of the state has some excellent individuals that will make heads turn." Weight class summaries based on performance-to-date. 125: Our first chance to see who is really committed to wrestling at 125. This weight class is six deep with possible champions. Ivan Sanchez, Santa Ana and Chauncey Phillips of Sierra College have both won tournaments this season. Sanchez bested Phillips 13-9 at the Santa Ana Tournament. Hard on their heels are returning All-American Jimmy Valdivia of Cerritos, Dominick Rucireta, Sacramento City, Kyle Crouch, Fresno City, and Jason Moorehouse, Skyline. If any of the contenders from 133 drop down to join this group, we will be in for a barn burner. This should be a very competitive set of quarter finals. 133: Carlos Alaniz, Cerritos and Mike Righi, Fresno are at the head of class in this group; and any other final pairing would be a surprise. The #3 ranked wrestler, Rolando Velasco of Modesto is out with an injury, and #4 Ron Blair from Palomar has a loss at the hands of Righi 20-7. Taylor McCorriston, Santa Rosa and Gabe Aguilar of Santa Ana have wrestled solidly and can contend. If someone else moves into this weight class, they could upset the apple cart�notably Cody Gibson, Bakersfield (ranked #6 at 141) who placed 2nd in Santa Ana at this weight. 141: After opening the season 6-0 at 149, Modesto's Jordan Keckler moved down to this weight class and kept rolling along, winning the Modesto Tournament. There is no shortage of quality wrestlers who are eager for this challenge. Jose Serratos of Santa Ana, Randy Tambare or Andrew Leveille of Sierra along with Ethan Hall of Palomar and Edgar Mercado, Fresno City will all be ready to make sure Keckler earns his berth in the finals. Be on the lookout for either Chris Alves from Shasta or Vlad Kochiev of Moorpark, who have both tested the waters at 141 and may find it to their liking. 149: Similar to 141, Alfonso Sanchez of Fresno City has three tournament titles and is the force to be reckoned with in this weight class. James Nelson, Sierra, Chris Alves, Shasta, John Daly, Sacramento City, Louie Desantis, Palomar, Vlad Kochiev, Moorpark and Jonathon Ronny from Chabot round out this very talented field. There's been a lot of shuffling in and out of this weight class. We will see who lines up to take on Sanchez. 157: Devin Velasquez of Santa Ana has a tight grip on this weight class and does not look to be letting go anytime soon. Matt Giffin from Sierra was the OW at the Sacramento City Tournament, but failed to place at Santa Ana. A very talented and tightly bunched group is poised to make a move, if either of the top two men loses focus. This pack includes JD Thrall, Sacramento City, Stuart Cole, Palomar, Randy Doherty, Bakersfield, Adrian Pachon, Moorpark, Jeff Bridges, Shasta, and Bayardo Sanchez of West Valley. 165: Paolmar's Glenn Shaw has taken on all comers and dispatched them. This past weekend at the Santa Ana Tournament, he was named the Outstanding Wrestler with 3-falls and a victory in the finals of 9-6 over Nick Bardsley from Fresno City, who has two tournament championships under his belt this season. Giving chase is a formidable group of wrestlers including Daniel Garay, Mt. San Antonio, Jaspreet Singh, Sierra, Jack Porter, Cerritos and Zac Johnson of Bakersfield. 174: It's conceivable that any of the top six wrestlers in this weight class can walk away with the crown. #1 ranked Tom Eaton of Santa Ana and #2 Mike Williams have been showing the way so far this season. Williams beat Eaton by decision 4-3 in the finals of last weekend's Santa Ana Tournament. But Kyle Griffin from Santa Rosa and Shaun Ceremello of Fresno have been right there with them at every turn. Chris Minafo from West Valley who turned heads with a strong 7-0 start, stumbled a bit at the Sacramento City Tournament, and is looking to show that he is a contender. Ryan Sughrue from Modesto has had some quality wins at this weight and must not be overlooked. 184: Returning State Champion Tim Hawkins of Mt. San Antonio has been flat out dominant this season. His nearest competitor is Jason Carasco of Bakersfield who lost to Hawkins in the Santa Ana Finals 12-8. It's a crowded field after that, including Travis Edwards, Cuesta, Louie Audelo, Cerritos, Cory Compton, Sacramento City and Greg Villalobos form Palomar. 197: A Clash of the Titans weight class headed by returning All-Americans Ryan Silvera, Mt. Sac and Jayson Collard, Santa Rosa. Both men will be pressed hard by newcomers Tyler Blair of Fresno City, Joe Ramirez, Modesto, Jake Bingham, Santa Rosa, Kellen Desmond, Palomar, and Norman Nail, West Hills. All have at least one loss at this weight � all to one another. This season's four tournaments have given us four-champions at 197. Certainly, a classic, last man standing battle. Heavyweight: Eric Nye, Sierra and Josh Marquez, Bakersfield are the clear favorites. That being said, anything can happen when the big guys take over the mat. Tyler Porras, Santa Ana, Luis Leyva, Bakersfield, Matt Klimek, Palomar, and Robby Roman-Marin from West Hills have performed well and should be part of a very competitive semi-final. Nye has the advantage with 2-championship final decisions over Marquez. Look for their rivalry to continue from here to the North/South All Star Meet and right on through to the State Finals. A comprehensive list of schedules and results can be found at www.caccwrestling.com

My name is Burke Barnes. I wrestle at 133 pounds for the 2006 NAIA national champions, Dana College. I will be providing a blog for RevWrestling.com about my training experiences throughout this season and what it is like to be a Dana College wrestler. A team meeting on August 31 marked the beginning of the Dana College 2006-07 wrestling season. Coming off a record setting year that resulted in winning the NAIA national tournament, the Vikings of Dana College are once again ready to start their journey. Over the summer many changes including a new head coach, have been made to the Dana College wrestling team. Since Steve Costanzo's departure last spring, two-year assistant Richard Fergola has taken the reigns as head coach. Now as head coach, Fergola is excited and looking forward to keeping Dana College wrestling at the top of the NAIA division and beyond. Along with experience, Fergola brings a firm no nonsense attitude to the team. Everyone experienced Fergola's business-like approach at our first team meeting that lasted over two hours. During the meeting I was able to catch up with some of the veterans and also meet a lot of the new guys. It is always an exciting time when you first get back together with your team. Being around my teammates gave me a burst of excitement and a sense of pride. New to the program are 15 incoming freshman who together were ranked the second best non-Division I recruiting class in the nation. The Dana College coaching staff and seniors gathered after a preseason workout at Hummel Park in Omaha.Returning to the Vikings line up are Terrance Almond and Craig Trampe. Trampe will be back at 125 where he hopes to vie for a national title. Almond will also return to his weight class of last year, at 141. As for me, this will be my third year of competition, second of which at Dana College. After taking a disappointing third place at last year's national tournament, I am more than ready to get in the room and start banging. This season I will be moving up to the 133-pound weight class after almost a decade at 125. I am both excited and curious to see what this change will bring. Our first day of actual preseason took place on Monday, September 5. On this day we started out with an 11-mile run that has become a tradition to Dana's preseason. Around 4:00 p.m. we piled into vans that took us out of town where we would start the run. As I listened to the freshmen beg for information about the run, I realized that we would not be following the same route as last year. The new route was on a dirt road that resembled a wave. The hills seemed endless. As I reached the top of one hill, I was only rewarded with the sight of a new and seemingly bigger one. It was not until the end of the run that I fully realized that the wrestling season had begun. The next day we went into the wrestling room for an open room practice. It was nice to see the improvement that many of our returners had made over the off-season. I was also impressed by some of the freshmen, including Donny Altman, who didn't hesitate to grab assistant coach and former national champion Jimmy Rollins. Our first week of preseason was wrapped up on Thursday with a circuit that is split into three, 20-minute activities. I became very familiar with this circuit last preseason, and know how much you can get out of it, if you're willing to work. The first station takes place in the weight room, where we go through 10 to 11 lifts. Every lift is allotted one minute per partner, in which time you go as hard and as intense as your mind will let you. The second station is outside on the track. This station takes us through multiple exercises including reverse lifts, squat jumps, motion drills, and pummeling to name a few. The last station is different every practice, but it always proves to be the hardest of them all. Our first day of this circuit was ended with 20 minutes of sprints and wheel barrel runs up a steep grass hill behind the gym. As we stretched after practice, I looked around the team to see if anyone looked as exhausted as I felt. I was relieved to see that I wasn't the only one hurting. The days when you leave the gym drenched in sweat, with a pounding headache, and sore muscles, are my favorite. It's these types of days when we find out who is here to be successful and who is here to simply be a part of something. Looking back at the first week of preseason, I was very happy with my teammates and my own performance. I already feel that I am in better shape than last year during this time. The Dana College wrestlers and coaching staff volunteered their time at a local rummage sale in Arlington that raises money for Katrina victims. The sale raised over $50,000.By Wednesday of Week 2, I was really looking forward to getting back in the wrestling room. When I arrived at practice, however, I was informed that we would not be wrestling but instead running what we call "killer hills." Killer hills are 50 minutes of continuous sprints up a dusty quarter mile hill that normal people wouldn't take their four wheelers up. This reassured everyone that Coach Fergola was not lying when he said "violations of team rules would not go unseen." With sore legs and a hint of resentment filling the air, we took off up the hill. At one point during the run I asked assistant coach Antonio Barber how much time was left. He replied, "You don't want to know." At the time I had figured we were getting close to the end, little did I know we were not even half way through. I had not woken up that day expecting to run. When we finished, though, it felt great knowing that we had done more work than planned for the week. The following day we were back to schedule with our circuit. The first two stations remained the same as last week. The third station however, was changed to buddy carries. At Dana College we have the luxury of being posted on top of one of Nebraska's only hills. So to not let our recourses go unused we performed our buddy carries up Pioneer Memorial Hill. The hill is only about a quarter mile long, but what it lacks in distance it makes up for in steepness. As you battle your way up to the top, you are reminded of why very few people are able to compete at the college level in wrestling. By Week 3, the soreness in my legs was gone, and each school week seemed to be flying by faster than the previous one. On Tuesday in our third week of training, we started with the usual stations, and ended with a three mile long sand bag run. This is similar to a plate run, where you are required to carry and not drop a weight lifting plate. The run was hard, but ended up being a nice break from all the hill work we had put in over the last two weeks. After a long week without wrestling, we were back in the room on Wednesday. As we waited for practice to start, many of the guys were already rolling around. The week without wrestling had everyone anxious to get started. Practice lasted nearly an hour, which was spent mostly on drilling. Towards the end we were able to go some live situations and a live match. The following day we were back to the Dana wrestling circuit, which ended in a comfortably paced team run. Heading into Week 4 of our preseason training, school and practice have become routine. The shape and endurance of our team has improved dramatically over the last few weeks, and the bond amongst teammates is growing stronger with every team activity. On Tuesday, we were back at Killer Hill for round two. It had been two weeks since the last time we ran the hill, and I could see the hard work of the previous weeks was paying off. I also saw improvement in our team that Wednesday in the wrestling room, where everyone was going hard. Following Wednesday's practice we were back to the circuit on Thursday. That Thursday we ended our week with a three-mile buddy carry, which every wrestler can appreciate. Dana College concluded its preseason training with a five-hour trip to Valentine.Bringing an end to our preseason was a five-hour trip to Valentine, Nebraska. Valentine is in Western Nebraska, but in the middle of nowhere. As you drive into town there is actually a sign that reads, "Welcome to the middle of nowhere." We had taken this trip last year, so I knew what to expect. Hosting us on this retreat was the Hansen family. Chancy Hansen is a wrestler on our team, and his parents are Steve and Debby. We arrived late Friday evening and were welcomed by the Hansen's, who were busy grilling burgers. That night our team slept in a motel that had been purchased in town and was later transported out to the Hansen ranch. The motel provided much warmer sleeping conditions than last year's trip. I did, however, miss sleeping in front of the camp fire under the stars. The next morning we awoke around 8:00 a.m. After a quick bite to eat, we gathered to discuss the day's plans. Steve Hansen and Coach Fergola had set up an orienteering activity that would take up most of our day. Before we began, everyone was reminded or taught how to use a compass and read a map. The activity was spread out on a 30-square-mile piece of land, with 15 locations for us to find. In teams of two, we departed the comfort of the motel and ventured into a vast landscape of hills, valleys, and the much hated corn fields of Western Nebraska. Along the way we came in contact with deer, porcupines, snakes, turkey and all forms of farm animals. At the end of the activity, not one team had found all 15 locations, but everyone had trekked at least 15 miles. The activity was a good chance to bond with our teammates, and added some pigment to my sorry Northwest tan. Following the orienteering, we ate lunch and prepared to take on an obstacle course Steve had set up last year. The course had some changes from last year and proved to be more difficult as well. We were first split into two teams, which were then split into sub teams of four. Unfortunately, there was no winner, being that each team had won three heats. The obstacle course marked the end of our trip and the end of our preseason. Looking back on preseason there were some great performances by individuals and by our team as a whole. I was very impressed by everyone's willingness to work hard day in and day out. The returners' showed great leadership and looked determined through out. Our new guys stepped up to the plate and met everyone's high expectations. I have never been one for wrestling sayings on the back of T-shirts or on the wrestling room wall, but I heard one in August that really stuck. "Don't be a should've been," is what I was told. For me this really hit home, and was a constant motivator during preseason. Fall leaves are now filling the streets of Blair, and competition is right around the corner. This week our team is getting their weight down and preparing for wrestle-offs. I am excited to see who makes our team, and excited to see my teammates in live action. With only a month remaining before competition we will buckle down and head into the wrestling room. In this month we hope to ready ourselves for yet another national championship run. To my teammates at Dana College: "If you achieved all your goals this preseason, then you didn't set them high enough. If you didn't accomplish your goals, then you need to work harder. And if you didn't set any at all, reevaluate what you're doing here." Until next time, Burke Barnes

Thank you to Brad Penrith and his Panthers of the University of Northern Iowa. Steve and I had a great weekend in Cedar Falls, Iowa. We have officially kicked off our season of room shows. Stay tuned for major Room show/Road show announcements. This week on TDR: Former World Team member, MMA fighter and IFL star Mark Kerr (Syracuse) who enjoyed a 31-3-1 record in his senior year a joins us for a look back and a look forward. Mark has 2 boys and is in a committed relationship. He loves to coach and found that he is drawn to teaching little kids. He has a huge fight coming up in the IFL. This fight, being billed as a "Super Fight", will be held Thursday November 2nd in Portland, Oregon 7 PM Pacific. Check your local listings. Ohio University Bobcat Wrestling Head Coach Joel Greenlee joins us for his last visit prior to the season. This program during the 70's and 80's was lead by a former Nat'l Champ, 2 x finalist and great coach Harry Houska who had the Bobcats on a 3 year top 10 run in the mid 70's. Houska was deservedly honored this last February on the OU Campus. The challenge for Coach Greenlee is how to return them to national prominence. This week we'll put a finish on his plans. University of Michigan NCAA qualifier, NCAA All-American Josh Churella. This terrific wrestler and nice kid took fourth overall at the Big 10's and earned an impressive 3-2 record at last years NCAA's. What has he done to improve on his record? Special note -- this kid is well coached by Joe McFarland and his staff and is also well rounded and comes from a tight knit family. You can't deny the Churella pedigree. Enrolled in the Division of Kinesiology ... he was Born on January 19, 1985 ... Son of Mark and Leslie Churella ... Mark Sr. was a four-year letterwinner and three-time NCAA champion for Michigan (1974-79) ... Brothers, Mark Jr. and Ryan, were both letterwinners for the Wolverines. Northwestern University Associate Athletic Director, Midlands Founder Ken Kraft will join us for a look at this years Midlands Wrestling Championships. This invitational holiday tournament is for a select few and most hold it in very high regard. Let's find out who has been invited and who has accepted. University of Iowa Scholar/Athlete/Graduate Ray Brinzer joins us for a look back and inside the head of one of America's unique wrestlers. The founder of Angry Fish Wrestling Club has had more stories told about him and surprisingly most of them are true. TheMat.com message board has a 2 page thread regarding those stories. They are good for a laugh and it will make you stop and say, Hmmmm, could that be true? America's newest World Champion Bill Zadick will join us. This deserving and long suffering athlete is TheMat.com and TDR Athlete of the week brought to you by our friends at Asics! Find out what the journey to the championship was like for this 33 year old. One of wrestling's great stories is Bill Zadick. What must the view have been like for this Montana native from the top of the mountain? Tune in and find out what these fellas have to say on this weeks Takedown Wrestling Radio -- Saturday 9 AM to 11 AM CST at Takedownradio.com. Next week Randy Couture and Matt Valenti!

Orem, Utah -- Utah Valley State wrestling coach Greg Williams has announced the 2006-07 schedule & roster. The schedule includes the inaugural season of the new Western Wrestling Conference (WWC) while 19 newcomers highlight the Wolverine roster. The annual wrestle-off will take place on November 1st before UV opens up the season at the Cowboy Open on November 11th, in Laramie, Wyoming. The Wolverines will again participate in the Las Vegas Invitational and the Reno Tournament of Champions, two tournaments the team has participated in each of its first three seasons of competition. WWC action begins January 13, 2007 when Utah Valley hosts Northern Colorado in the Shurian Family Activity Center. UV will wrestle on the road twice in conference, when it travels to North Dakota State (1/19) and South Dakota State (1/20). The season will wrap up with three conference duals, Wyoming (2/3), UC Davis (2/10) and Air Force (2/17). Youth will dominate the roster in 06-07 as only six wrestlers that have competed at Utah Valley State return. Two of those six, Tanner Cowan (157 lbs.) and Billy Green (197/HWT), will red shirt while Daniel Polkowske (133 lbs.), Justin Rawle (141/149 lbs.), Mark South (157/165 lbs.) and Clayton Wolf (149 lbs.) will all compete this season. 14 freshmen, including 3-time Idaho State Champion Dustin Olsen (165 lbs.) and three-time Utah State Champion and National Champion Ben Kjar (125 lbs.) will dot the UV roster. "I am excited about the future of UVSC wrestling," said Williams. "We have brought in a great group of young talent. This is a hard working group. They are dedicated to reaching their potential." The State of Utah is also represented well on the roster, with 16 wrestlers from Utah high schools. "We want to get involved more with high school and youth wrestling in Utah. There is a great potential of talent in this state and we want to help build it," said Williams.

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern's head wrestling coach Tim Cysewski has announced the schedule for the 2006 Northwestern Wrestling Annual Coaches Clinic. The clinic will take place Thursday, Oct. 26 at Conant High School, located at 700 E. Cougar Trail in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The clinic is a great way to jump start the season and learn from some of the best in collegiate wrestling. This year's clinic will feature two-time All-American and reigning NCAA runner-up Jake Herbert and All-American Ryan Lang, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the nation at 141 pounds. In 2006, Northwestern had three NCAA All-Americans, a Northwestern record seven NCAA qualifiers, recorded a dual meet victory of third-ranked Illinois, had five Big Ten dual meet victories and notched six wins over top-25 teams. Registration is $50 in advance or $60 at the door. Additional coaches from the same school can register for $40 in advance, or $50 at the door. Kids and jr. high wrestlers can attend a separate clinic in the Conant wrestling room for $10 per wrestler. Per IHSA rules, High School wrestlers are not eligible to attend this clinic! Please contact Tim Cysewski at (847) 491-4799 for more information.

In March 2006, Joe Pflug won the NCAA Division III 157-pound title for Heidelberg College … the first Student Prince to earn a national wrestling title. (No, Joe isn't a member of royalty; the athletic teams at this Tiffin, Ohio-based college are named the Student Princes.) Somewhere between winning two Ohio high school state titles and that national championship, Joe encountered a couple detours along the way … which may actually make that NCAA crown all the more special. All in the family x 2 Take a look at Joe Pflug's wrestling background, and two family names familiar to wrestling fans emerge: Deubel, and Milkovich. Joe's cousin is Ricky Deubel, who finished fifth at 125 pounds at the EWL Conference Championships this past March. Joe's father is Jimmy Deubel, an Ohio high school state champ in 1978. It was dad who introduced Joe to organized wrestling at age five. "I wrestled on the carpet at home," says Joe. "It seemed like a natural thing to do." Joe PflugIn high school, Joe Pflug wrestled at Maple Heights High School in suburban Cleveland, one of the most storied programs in the state of Ohio. Wrestling fans with a sense of history are aware of the Milkovich family and its strong ties to Maple Heights, starting with patriarch Mike Milkovich, an Ohio high school state champ for the school in 1941. In his 27-year career as head coach at Maple Heights, Mike, Sr. built the program, amassing an amazing 265-25 record with sixteen undefeated seasons and ten state titles. Building on the father's foundation, Mike's four sons also accomplished great things at Maple Heights and in college, earning Big Ten and NCAA individual titles. Joe Pflug's high school career benefited from another Milkovich -- head coach Jamie Milkovich, cousin of Mike, Sr., who continues the family legacy. While at Maple Heights, Joe made a name for himself as a four-time finalist in Division I competition at the Ohio state tournament. After placing second his first two years, as a junior Joe defeated Chris Vondruska of national powerhouse Cleveland St. Edward 9-4 to win the 2001 130-pound state title. The following year, Joe got a 7-3 decision over Deonte Penn of Solon in the 2002 145-pound finals to claim his second state championship. Roadblocks to wrestling in college With these credentials, it's easy to see how Joe Pflug was recruited to wrestle at Ohio State. While Joe had the mat talent to be in the Buckeyes wrestling program, academics were an issue at the Big Ten campus in Columbus with over 50,000 students. His first year at Ohio State, Joe ran into the NCAA's Prop 16 -- a successor to Prop 48 -- which addresses grade-point averages, class requirements and other academic issues for student-athletes, all with an eye to boosting graduation rates. By Prop 16 standards, Joe did not have enough total credit hours to remain eligible to compete for the Buckeyes. Eager to continue his college wrestling career, Joe jumped at the first opportunity offered to him: wrestling at Iowa Central. "A friend called me on the phone and said, 'Come out here' so I literally caught a plane with just one bag of clothes," says Joe. "I soon realized the school was not a good fit for me." He left the community college in Fort Dodge in his first semester, and returned to his high school as an assistant wrestling coach. Joe Pflug was away from college wrestling for approximately two years … but had the good fortune of being "rediscovered", this time by Heidelberg College as they were looking at a wrestler from Maple Heights. Back on the mats Joe Pflug and Heidelberg seem well-suited for each other. As head coach Jason Miller -- a native of Tiffin and 1998 graduate of Heidelberg, where he was the 1997 Ohio Athletic Conference 158-pound champ and two-time NCAA All-American and -- says, "Athletically, Joe is a Division I kid. Academically, he can use the attention that a small school provides." (Heidelberg has approximately 1,200 students.) "Joe is one of the most gifted athletes I've coached," Coach Miller continues. "He's quick, explosive, with a great sense of balance." When asked in a separate interview to discuss his style, Joe mentioned his athleticism without prompting. "I always enjoyed playing lots of sports -- football, baseball -- in addition to wrestling. I'd do flips just for fun." Joe continues, "I'd say that I'm very fluid, slick. I'm always working combinations, thinking three or four moves ahead. I enjoy scrambling. I think have good mat awareness." That championship season All those attributes paid off handsomely for Joe in the 2005-06 season, his first at Heidelberg, located southeast of Toledo. Among his regular-season accomplishments as a sophomore Student Prince: First-place finishes at the Concordia Open and Petrofes Invitational … second at the Nittany Lion Open … and fifth at the Citrus Open. Last season, Joe compiled a 29-3 record, with an astounding 93 takedowns and seven pins, and finished the year ranked sixth in the Brute-Adidas/NWCA Division III rankings at 157 pounds. Joe PflugJoe capped off this incredible season with back-to-back championships. First, he claimed the 157-pound title at the 2006 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships held at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Joe, who scored a 21-3 tech fall win in the semifinals, continued his dominating ways into the finals with 12-5 victory over second-seeded Gino Russo of the host school to win the conference crown. (Fellow teammates Tim Maxworthy and Nick Sanchez also won 2006 OAC titles, with three other Heidelberg wrestlers placing second, to ensure Heidelberg's first-place team finish. In addition, Jason Miller earned OAC Coach of the Year honors.) Then, at the 2006 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships at the City College of New Jersey, Joe Pflug re-emerged on the national wrestling scene. In the quarterfinals, he got revenge on the man who beat him at the Citrus Open -- Jacob Malone of St. Johns University -- with a 5-2 decision. Joe then defeated the eighth-seeded Ross Needham of Wisconsin-LaCrosse by a 12-4 major decision in the semifinals. Then, in the finals, the fourth-seeded Pflug upset Augsburg's second-ranked Jeremy Anderson 11-5 to earn the 157-pound Division III title. It was the first individual national championship for Heidelberg's wrestling program. Here's what makes Joe's championship season all the sweeter: "I broke my hand just before Christmas," says the national titleholder. "I injured it even more in Florida (at the Citrus Open)." But it appears the hand healed, and didn't hold back the Student Prince from his title quest. Physical + Mental = Success How did Joe Pflug prepare for the nationals? "I worked out with our 184, and even coach Miller," says Joe. "I wrestled up to forty minutes straight." Along with all these physical preparations, Joe also focused on the mental aspect. "I knew I had to keep a level head for nationals," according to the champ. Jason MillerBut that's Joe's attitude for every match. "I need to be relaxed, in a good mood," says Joe. "I like to be cracking jokes before matches. I don't need to get pumped up. I learned that from the Ohio state finals. The first time, I was really tight, and it affected my wrestling." In a post-NCAA interview posted at the official Heidelberg wrestling Web site, Coach Miller is quoted as saying, "Joey is Joey and he is a special kid. He made it look easy out there yesterday and today. Joey was such an influence for the team this year, he made everyone better." Here's how Coach Miller described Joe Pflug in a phone interview for this story: "He has a very charismatic personality. Free-spirited." Yet moments later, Miller followed up by saying, "He's always in phenomenal shape." Goal-Setting Joe Pflug isn't resting on his laurels. Already ranked thirteenth in the country among all 157-pound wrestlers in all divisions in RevWrestling.com's preseason rankings, Joe is making plans for the new season. "Last year, I had set my main goal to go undefeated," says the champ. "When I lost a match, I was able to bounce back, correct my mistakes, and focus on working harder." This year, Joe's goals encompass success in wrestling … and beyond. "I plan to work even harder this year," according to the champ. "I would like to go undefeated, and win back-to-back titles... I'd even like to compete at the Midlands." As for off-the-mat, Joe says, "I want to do better in the classroom. Wrestling requires discipline that helps in the classroom." Joe PflugWhen asked about goals beyond college, Joe first mentions career goals. He's majoring in Health and Physical Education at Heidelberg. "I plan to go to grad school, and get a master's in Education," says Pflug. "I would like to be coaching at the college level someday." Later in the conversation, Joe discusses wrestling after Heidelberg: "Right after high school, I was invited to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. I'd like to see about competing on that level, too." In the meantime, Joe Pflug has two years of eligibility left as a Student Prince wrestler … and his coach sees a bright future. In the interview conducted after the 2006 NCAA's, Jason Miller said, "I am so proud of Joey, I am proud for this program, and I am proud for Heidelberg College." Perhaps Joe Pflug will earn another NCAA crown or two. He has the talent and drive to make it happen … coupled with an outgoing personality and easygoing attitude that makes him a prince among all college wrestlers.

State Champion Victor Hojilla (48-1 last year, 198-34 career) of West Carteret High School was presented the James Johnsons award for being the top 2006 scholastic wrestler in eastern North Carolina, at halftime of their home football game with D.H. Conley. The award is named in honor of three time national champion James Johnson. TakeDown Report Editor Martin Fleming presented the award to Victor and his coach Dan Varner. Victor placed 2nd in the state his junior year and 5th his sophomore year. He was the Eastern Regional Champion three years along with numerous tournament and conference titles. Victor has joined the wrestling team at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. His brother, Eddo, has wrestled two years at Pembroke. Victor is a National Honor Society member and a Business Administration major with goals of becoming a successful entrepreneur along with goals The TakeDown Report, an on-line publication promotes amateur wrestling in eastern North Carolina, sponsors the Award. "The award is to recognize the most successful wrestler from the area each year." Fleming noted, "It encourages the young men from the teams in the eastern part of the state with another opportunity for others to realize the hard work, determination and discipline it takes to be a top notch wrestler," he added. The TakeDown Report is in its' 10th year of publication in North Carolina reporting wrestling results and encouraging media coverage of the sport. Contact the TDR at tdr@tarboronc.com or (252) 883-3311 and http://www.thetdr.com James Johnson started wrestling in his junior year for D.H. Conley High School in Greenville with Milt Sherman as his coach. James was Coney's 1st state champion in any sport in 1976. He was North Carolina's 1st Eastern Junior National Champion in 1975 and North Carolina's 1st Junior Nationals All-American with 3rd in 1976. He went on to start four years at the University of Kentucky. He is now a sports consultant and coach for the Phoenix-based Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club. He also specializes in developing unique training for people of all fitness levels with a broad background in public speaking, sports training techniques, and health and fitness. Before developing James Johnson, Inc., James served as a Public Relations/ Community Speaker for Sunkist worldwide. He was on the USA National Wrestling team for 12 years, winning 3 National Championships, USA Athlete of the Year, AIM Christian Athlete of the Year, Olympic Team Alternate, and numerous accolades worldwide. He has been an Ambassador for the United States Olympic Committee, USA wrestling and The Sunkist Kids Wrestling organization for over 16 years. More information available at http://www.nutritionforlife.com/blueteam/ or http://jjchamp3x.com/ A picture of the trophy can be seen at http://www.pittsburghtrophy.com/wrestlingpage/guillotine.htm and is exclusively manufactured by Pittsburgh Trophy.

DeKalb, Ill. -- It is every collegiate wrestler's goal to advance to the NCAA Tournament and even place at the ultimate grappling event. The Northern Illinois wrestling team will get to draw from their new assistant coaches' experiences, as Huskie head coach Dave Grant announced that he has hired 2001 NCAA Qualifier Mike Castillo and three-time NCAA Champion and 2004 Olympian Joe Williams as his new aides on Tuesday. Castillo and Williams join second-year assistant coach Ryan Ludwig as Grant's right-hand men. "We are very excited about bringing in two experienced coaches to NIU," Grant said. "Mike (Illinois) and Joe (Iowa) have been involved in very successful programs and their knowledge and experience will be very valuable to help move our program forward. "Both coaches have strong ties to the Chicagoland area and will play crucial roles in helping propel the Huskies to new levels." Castillo, who has spent the last five years as a volunteer assistant coach for Lyons Township, also tutored under Sean Bormet, founder of the nationally-renowned Overtime School of Wrestling in Naperville, Ill., for the past two seasons. "I'm excited about the opportunity to coach at the Division I level and helping Dave Grant take the NIU wrestling program to the next level," Castillo said. During his senior year at Illinois, Castillo compiled a record of 22-11 on his way to qualifying for the NCAA Tournament in 2001. As a sophomore, Castillo was recognized as a USA 1998 Espoir All-America Wrestler. Castillo will be mentoring younger brothers Pat and Vince, both members of the Huskie squad. Pat Castillo (Western Springs, Ill.), a senior, is one of three returning NCAA Qualifiers for the Huskies from 2006, including classmates Johnny Galloway (Iowa City, Iowa) and Mike Grimes (Villa Park, Ill.). Williams is one of the most decorated wrestling athletes in United States history, as he was a four-time Illinois High School Association champion for Mount Carmel High School, two-time Big Ten Champion, 10-time Midlands Champion, six-time U.S. National Freestyle Champion and a two-time World Bronze medalist. "I look forward to working alongside some great coaches and great athletes and look forward to competing for both individual and NCAA team titles," Williams said. Williams finished his high school career with a record of 171-1, with his only loss coming as a result of an illegal slam as a freshman. At Iowa, Williams was 129-9 overall with a winning percentage of .935, which is good for ninth in Hawkeye history. The Harvey, Ill., native spent four seasons at Iowa on the Hawkeye athletic staff, serving as the strength and conditioning coach in 2001, followed by three seasons as an Assistant Coach on Jim Zalesky's staff, including a second-place team finish at the 2004 NCAA Championships. Last season, Williams was a volunteer assistant coach for Iowa State. NIU will host the 2006-07 Wrestle-Offs on November 1, 2006 at Victor E. Court with the first match beginning at 6:05 p.m.

Few things about Joe Warren's temperament lead people to believe he is a patient man. Warren's aggressive wrestling style seemed to be fueled by a raucous nature that left people to decide to love him or hate him quickly. The kid was in a hurry to get to the top and he wasn't willing to wait. So, for Warren, 2001, 2002, and 2003 had to leave him with a feeling rivaling a kick to the gut with a steel-toed boot. Each year he began the season fully confident that he was the man. This was his year. So, with failure not as an option, three years running Warren finished the World Team Trials one place off of the National Team. Every year 4th place with the same three arch rivals keeping him away from his dreams. Glen Nieradka, Dennis Hall, and Jim Gruenwald were the puzzle that couldn't be cracked for Warren, who already knew he would be a World Champion someday. "I never doubted myself. Even when people thought I was crazy to switch from freestyle to Greco-Roman. I knew that I was meant to be the best." Warren never patiently waited for next year. And, his dogged determination paid off last week in Guangzhou, China as Warren became the 60 kgs Greco-Roman World Champion. The odd thing was for Warren as he wrestled still wearing his flaming hot emotions on his sleeve, he showed remarkable patience and even resilience to overcome the politics of the mat. Wrestling on the international stage can be a frustrating mix of furious desire and on the spot pragmatism. When should an athlete or coach come unglued from a muffed call or worse yet a referees' political bent to take it out on the American? Over the years Warren had developed his answer to that question, and the answer was always. The sport of wrestling was always black and white, the best guy should always win, so if a call went against him when it shouldn't he was ready to unleash the firebrand intensity that he honed through years of fierce training on the mat. Look the other way when a bad call happened? No way would be Warren's answer. Joe Warren didn't face an easy draw to capture a World Title, no one will be able to look back at his bracket and say that he faced the weak-side. Warren plowed through his competition beating the Uzbek, the Iranian, the Russian, and the Romanian before facing David Bedinadze of Georgia for the gold. This was a deep weight class, and Warren faced medalist after medalist including beating past World Champion Dilshod Aripov of Uzbekistan in the first round of the tournament. By the time Warren had reached the finals, he was wrestling with a head full of steam, he knew this was his chance. All tournament long American fans had to shake their heads and raise their eyebrows at the peculiar nature of the calls. Nothing was taken for granted, a clear throw for exposure by an American suddenly turned 3-2 in favor of the American's opponent�thus was the nature of international wrestling. Going into his final match Warren knew that he would have to wrestle beyond any irregularity in officials' judgment. A critical moment in a Greco-Roman match occurs with the flip of the coin after one minute of wrestling from the neutral position. The winner of the flip�the color that faces up�gets to be down in par-terre last and defend for the win. Essentially, if neither athlete turns the other in their thirty seconds of par-terre dominance, then the athlete who is on bottom last wins the period because they score a point for not being turned. The last point scored in a tie gives the wrestler the victory. Following a minute of scoreless wrestling, the all-important first flip took place. Warren breathed a sigh of relief as he watch the disk rest on the mat blue side up; he had won the flip and he quickly looked to his coaches for orders. No sooner did he turn back to look at the ref did he realize he was being ordered to assume the down position�opposite of what the flip of the coin had foretold. At worst this was a nefarious plot of global proportions, at best it was officiating shenanigans that had the potential to take away Joe Warren's dream of a World Title for another year. Warren didn't know what happened, and by nature he was ready to explode into an epic tirade that matched the seriousness of being cheated out of winning the first period. After years of volatility, Joe Warren somehow accepted his fate, finding serenity enough to avoid the tirade of emotions welling inside him. Warren knew little of the circumstances of how he came to be put down first until he received a congratulations phone call from Darryl Christian a former U.S. Greco-Roman National Champ. Christian related how he watched the referee palm the blue side of the disk. It can be easily done and if the officiating team allows it to happen it can easily change positions for the athletes. In these circumstances the referee reached down and picked up the disk with his fingertips and raised the red to the judge and chair on both sides of the mat. Miraculously up was now down, and Warren decided to just wrestle the position. Both wrestlers were unable to turn their opponent; consequently, Warren ended up losing the first period. Warren didn't leave the second period to chance, even after losing another coin flip. The second period was all Warren with a 5-1 scored that showcased Warren's bone-crushing hand-fighting dominance, including a takedown and a push-out. The third period would determine the title and Warren knew he faced more closed and passive wrestling from David Bedinadze. "They had me scouted pretty good. All he (Bedinadze) wanted to do was stay away from me on my feet. He didn't want to fight with me. He wanted to win the title off of the flip of the coin." The third period Warren was countered for a takedown, and Warren defended for a point in par-terre leaving Bedinadze on bottom�after winning another coin flip�with a chance to win the World Title by defending his position. Thirty seconds of defense and three coin flip "victories" Bedinadze would have Joe Warren's title. Not wanting to defend on the mat Bedinadze came to his feet and freed himself from Warren's grasp. All he had to do was stay away for the remainder of the thirty seconds and he would be given the final point for the victory. Warren felt the weight of the moment as the time raced off the clock. He says that he heard Coach Shawn Sheldon yell to be patient�that he still had time. He needed one takedown for the victory, just one score. Scoring from the feet in Greco-Roman has become significantly harder over the last decade. Where wrestlers used to have to make chest to chest upper body contact now wrestlers shrink into a blocking stance�head down, grasping at wrists to stay clear of the opponent. Surely, in Bedinadze's mind was the thought just stay solid. This is yours. Warren reached down deep and faked to one side of Bedinadze's body, freezing him in his tracks. Immediately, Warren pulled off the pick-pocket technique reaching with his left hand around Bedinadze's back catching his far hip as he jumped behind him. It was a wily technique in a fleeting moment that captured the World Title for Warren�Champion Du Monde! Warren said that it was an unbelievable moment that he felt the joy of the American contingent in the stands. "I could hear all of them. It was just overwhelming. Even Bill and Mike Zadick's dad came up and congratulated me�I think he said something like, Holy Catfish!, Warren said laughing, "It was great. I feel like I got the freestyle wrestlers revved up. Mike and Bill (Zadick) were awesome over there." Warren left the venue a World Champion, and Kevin Jackson, National Freestyle coach, pulled him off the van to give him a hug and a handshake, "Welcome to the club!" he said referring to his own World Titles and the addition of another American international champ to the record books. Times are quickly moving forward for Warren as he already is making plans to compete at the NYAC this fall and to keep building for another World Title and an Olympic Gold Medal in '08 back in China. Joe Warren also wants to add one more title to his list of accomplishments. Real Pro Wrestling's Season 1 Title escaped Warren's grasp as he was defeated by Zach Roberson, and he plans on being back to capture the Season 2 Title. "I didn't train for leg attacks like I needed to the last time. I don't plan on making that mistake again. RPW is great and I'm looking forward to being a part of Season 2 and to help do whatever I can to make RPW successful." Joe Warren has been added as a guest clinician at the San Jose qualifier, and wrestling fans are encouraged to come to the October 28th qualifier and meet Joe Warren an intense wrestler and now World Champion�also known as "the baddest man on the planet." Just ask him. RPW Regional West Qualifier, October 28th Location: San Jose Convention & Cultural Facilities, Parkside Hall A, 180 Park Ave. San Jose, CA 95113 Website: http://www.sjcc.com/meetings/facilities/parkside.php Map: 180 Park Ave San Jose, CA 95113, US Schedule: 8:30 a.m. - Doors open 9:00 a.m. - RPW Rules Clinic 10:00 a.m. - Quarter-Final Round (free) 11:30 a.m. - Semi-Final Round (free) 2:30 p.m. - RPW Fan Fest ($5/person, $20/family, $30/team) 5:00 p.m. - Championship Finals 6:30 p.m. - Awards Ceremony 8:00 p.m. - After Party - VooDoo Lounge (no cover with wristband) www.voodooloungesj.com RPW Fan Fest: Includes clinics with Olympic silver medalist Stephen Abas, World Champion Joe Waren, World Bronze Medalist Lindsey Durlacher. Autographs, admission to finals, giveaways, live music.

The Buena Vista University wrestling program will be hosting its annual Fall Wrestling Clinic this year on Saturday, November 4 starting at 9:00 A.M. The clinic will be held in the Lamberti Recreation Center on the Buena Vista campus in Storm Lake. The featured clinicians this year will be Doug Schwab and Zach Roberson. Schwab, an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, was an NCAA Champion for Iowa, the 2006 Pan American Games Champion, and Real Pro Wrestling Season One Champion. He is the brother of current Buena Vista head coach Mark Schwab. Roberson was an NCAA Champion for Iowa State University. More recently, he was crowned the 2006 National Freestyle Champion. "I am excited and feel privileged to have two of the state�s best former college wrestlers here to share their knowledge,� said Mark Schwab. �Both of our featured clinicians were national champions in college and both have been ranked in the top three in the country. Last spring, Roberson won the National Open and Doug was a Pan American Champion this summer, so having them here will provide a boost for Buena Vista and Northwest Iowa wrestling.� The clinic will be open to wrestlers of all ages and will last from 9:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. The cost will be $35 per wrestler or $30 per wrestler with a team of 15 or more. The cost for coaches is $15. For more information contact Mark Schwab at 712-749-2657 or SchwabM@bvu.edu

IOWA CITY, IA -- Head Coach Tom Brands and the University of Iowa wrestling team will hold an open practice Saturday at 8:30 a.m. in the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Fans are welcome to stop by and get a sneak peak at the 2006-07 Hawkeyes. The squad will open the 2006-07 season November 18 at the Kaufman-Brand Open in Omaha, NE.

The season truly gets underway as Steve Foster and I take to the road for our first of many broadcasts from around the country. This week we start the year at Brad Penrith's University of Northern Iowa Panther Wrestling Room. We'll broadcast 2 separate shows from 9 to 11:00 AM CST on AM 1460 KXNO and at Takedownradio.com with a regular slate of guests and then we'll broadcast a complete 2nd 2 hour show on TakedownRadio.com only from 11:05 to 1:00 PM CST. The 2nd show will be UNI specific with panther wrestlers, coaches and alumni as our guests. First 2 hour show Guest lineup: The Head Coach of Dana College in Blair Nebraska Rich Fergola will join us for the NAIA National Preview. Who better to do the preview then the Head Coach of the defending NAIA Champions Joel Greenlee, Head Coach of the Bobcats of Ohio University will join us to fill us in on all that's happening in Athens Ohio. While some of the coaches have changed in the state Coach Greenlee has remained a rock. Tune in to see what's in store for the Bobcats this season. Jeff Murphy, President of the Cyclone Wrestling Club with news on a fundraiser dinner and tailgate party. Jeff should write a book on club fund raising. he and the other members of the board of the Clone Club are doing things very well. University of Minnesota 3 X All American and World Silver Medalist Brandon Eggum will join us for a look inside Minnesota's wrestling program. Eggum, Gopher Assistant Coach, wrestled 1997 -2000 for the Golden Gophers. What's ahead for this tremendous athlete? Tune in to find out. Mike Chapman, Author, Wrestling Pioneer and founder of the International Wrestling Institute and Museum will join us to discuss his recent literary offering "Legends of the Mat" which coincidentally is about wrestling. "Legends of the Mat" is Chapman's 19th book in print. Chapman along with wife Beverly and museum associate director Kyle Klingman are engineering the relocation of the museum from its current site in Newton, Iowa to its new home in Waterloo where it will take on the moniker of "The Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum". The museum is set to reopen in its new and expanded location January 12, 2007. 2nd 2 hour show scheduled Guest lineup: Brad Penrith, Head Coach of the Panthers of the University of Northern Iowa We'll take an in-depth look at the 2006-07 UNI wrestling team. Assist. Coaches of the Panthers Randy Pugh, Jose DeAnda, Tolly Thompson, Sean Stender, and the wrestlers of the Purple and Gold

COLUMBUS, Ohio -– Starting with the 2006-07 season, the Ohio State Department of Athletics will offer a season ticket package to Buckeye wrestling matches. A season ticket package, with reserve seating, will be $30 for adults and $25 for students. Single-game tickets will cost $8 for adults and $5 for students. With an advance purchase, a group rate of $4 for groups of 10 or more also is available. Children 6 and under are admitted free. Fans can buy both season and individual-match tickets by calling 1-800-GO-BUCKS or by ordering online at ohiostatebuckeyes.com. The Scarlet and Gray begin the season under first-year head coach Tom Ryan Nov. 12 at the Michigan State Open in East Lansing, Mich., before competing in its first home dual meet of the season in St. John Arena vs. Missouri Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The Buckeyes return six NCAA qualifiers, including All-Americans J.D. Bergman and Kirk Nail. As a true freshman in 2004, Bergman finished third at the NCAA championships at 197 pounds. Last season, Nail garnered All-America accolades as a sophomore with an eighth-place finish at heavyweight.

UtahWrestling.org has named Brandon George of Woods Cross the 2006 Youth Wrestler of the Year. George, a 12-year-old student in the seventh grade at Millcreek Junior High, has had an excellent year on the mat, compiling a season record of 87-8, three state championships, a national title, and an Western Regional championship. He is a member of the Elite Wrestling Club, based in Kaysville. Bill Kilpack, editor of UtahWrestling.org and Utah editor for Wrestling USA Magazine, said, "Brandon is a genuinely tough kid. I've had the chance to watch him develop for some time now, because he and my son spent a number of years butting heads every weekend, and his growth as an athlete and as a young man had been remarkable to see." George's first big accomplishment in the season was finishing second at the U.S. Folkstyle Nationals this past January. But he didn't let that loss in the finals shake him as he went out the next weekend and took state at the 4A/5A Junior High State Championships. Several months later, he won the state titles in both freestyle and Greco-Roman at the USA Wrestling-Utah State Championships, rounding out his place at the top in the state with titles in all three styles. He took fifth at the Reno World Championships, one of the toughest folkstyle tournaments in the country, took the gold in Greco-Roman at the USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships (11-state championship tournament) held in Klamath Falls, Ore., and won a national title in Greco-Roman at the AAU Grand Nationals held in Omaha, Neb. At that same tournament, he took runner-up honors in both freestyle and folkstyle. He wrapped up the season as a selection for the Utah All-Star team, winning one of the five matches that Utahns rose victorious against the Ohio All-Star team this past July. He has been a prominent athlete in Utah wrestling for several years. In 2006, he was ranked no. 1 in the Novice division (ages 11 and 12), as well as for all Kids divisions (ages 4 to 14), outscoring the no. 2 ranked overall, William Kilpack of Sandy (the 2005 Youth Wrestler of the Year, 74-70 (third came in with 66 points). In 2005, George was the no. 3 ranked Novice in Utah, and no. 9 overall. In 2004, he was the no. 1 ranked Midget division (ages 9 and 10) wrestler, and no. 4 ranked overall. Over his young career, George has won five state championships, three national titles, and nine All-American finishes. In 2003, he won the World Cup tournament, held in Boise. Another young Utah wrestler who really shined was Caleb Williams of Wellington. He finished out 2006 as the no. 1 ranked Midget division wrestler, and no. 5 overall, but was the first Utahn to win a Triple Crown, then a Golden Gear Award in the Rocky Mountain Nationals series of tournaments. This series includes six national tournaments. To win a Triple Crown, a wrestler must take first in three; to win the Golden Gear Award, a wrestler must win four championships. Nine-year-old Williams is a student at Wellington Elementary School in Wellington, Utah, where he is in the fourth grade. In this series, which started in Orem, with the Gladiator World Championships in October 2005, Williams took gold, then followed with a championship at the Monster Match Nationals in Denver in November 2005, then the Who's Bad National Classic (also in Denver) in January 2006, winning the Triple Crown, and wrapped up the series by taking first at the most prestigious of the series, the Rocky Mountain National Championships in Denver in March 2006, also earning him the Golden Gear Award. Williams is an nine-time Utah state champion (between freestyle, folkstyle and Greco-Roman). He has won seven national titles in folkstyle wrestling. This is the third year that UtahWrestling.org has named a Youth Wrestler of the Year. In 2005, the Youth Wrestler of the Year was William Kilpack of Sandy. At that time, he was a 10-year-old fourth grader at Sunrise Elementary, with an excellent season on the mat, winning a national title in each of the three styles (freestyle, Greco-Roman and folkstyle), a state title in Greco-Roman wrestling, a fourth-place finish at the USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships in Greco-Roman, and a total of seven All-American finishes. In February of 2005, he was recognized by Utah Sports magazine as one of Utah's Finest. He is a member of the Mountain Top Wrestling Club, based in Sandy. In 2004, the Youth Wrestler of the Year was Carson Kuhn of Sandy. At that time, he was a 12-year-old seventh grader. That year, he won a national title in freestyle, was the runner-up in Greco-Roman, and earned two championships at USA Wrestling Western Regionals (freestyle and Greco-Roman). This came after taking state in all three styles. WrestlingUSA Magazine has been the voice of national high school wrestling since 1965. For more information, see www.wrestlingusa.com. Kilpack is editor of UtahWrestling.org, an AAU national champion and seven-time national silver medalist, a 15-time AAU/USA Wrestling All-American, and earned an alternate position on the U.S. Pan-Am Team in Greco-Roman. He coaches an independent freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling program through Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation, Mountain Top Wrestling Club.

CORVALLIS, Ore. -– Season tickets and single-meet tickets for Oregon State's 2006-07 wrestling season will go on sale Monday. The Beavers will wrestle seven duals at home, going against Oregon, Arizona State, Stanford, Boise State, Cal State-Fullerton, Portland State and North Dakota State. Season tickets will be $30 for adults and $18 for youth (ages 2-18) and seniors (age 60 and over). Single-meet tickets will be $6 for adults and $4 for youth and seniors. There is also a group rate of $2 per ticket available for groups of 10 or more. All seating will be general admission. Tickets can be purchased online at www.osubeavers.com, by calling 1-800-GO BEAVS, or in person at the OSU Athletic Ticket Office in Gill Coliseum Room 107. OSU's home schedule has the Beavers taking on Portland State on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., Oregon on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m., Cal State-Fullerton on Jan. 14 at 2 p.m., Arizona State on Jan. 26 at 7 p.m., Boise State on Jan. 28 at 12 noon, Stanford on Feb. 11 at 12 noon, and North Dakota State on Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. Oregon State is in its first season under head coach Jim Zalesky, who guided Iowa to three team titles at the NCAA Championships, won three individual titles as a wrestler, and was named the 1980s Wrestler of the Decade by Amateur Wrestling News. On Zalesky's staff are assistant coach Troy Steiner, who earned a NCAA title; assistant coach Kevin Roberts, who was a two-time All-American; assistant coach Travis Pascoe, who earned All-America honors; and Orange Crush Wrestling Club coach Stryder Davis, who was a two-time NAIA national champion. The Beavers return five qualifiers from the 2006 NCAA Championships: Eric Stevenson at 125 pounds, Bobby Pfennigs at 133 pounds, Kyle Larson at 141 pounds, Jeremy Larson at 174 pounds and Ty Watterson at heavyweight. Oregon State opens its regular season on Nov. 14 when the Beavers host Portland State at 7 p.m. at Gill Coliseum in a Pacific-10 dual meet. On the national level, OSU ranks third nationally in all-time dual meet victories with a record of 895-286-26 since 1909. The Beavers have finished among the top 10 teams at the NCAA Championships 18 times, have won 12 individual NCAA titles and had 81 All-America finishes.

On the one hand, it's difficult not to be happy with the performance of Team USA at this year's Freestyle World Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou, China. Last year, we returned from Hungary with only two bronze medals and 20 team points. This year, four of our seven athletes medaled: Bill Zadick: Gold at 66 kg Mike Zadick: Silver at 60 kg Sammie Henson: Bronze at 55 kg Donny Pritzlaff: Bronze at 74 kg Moreover, we scored 35 points, which was good enough for third place in the team race. But despite this obvious and significant improvement, it's also difficult not to utter the common phrase: What if … USA held a 35-32 lead over Russia going into the last day of competition. Our final two athletes were Daniel Cormier at 96 kg (fifth in 2003, fourth in 2004) and Tolly Thompson, who won a bronze medal at 120 kg last year. Both had tough draws while their Russian counterparts had relatively easy ones. But still, our destiny was in our hands. We had the chance to upset one of the toughest teams Russia has fielded in a long time. Russia won six of the seven weights at this year's European Championships (which was identical to their World lineup, with the exception of 84 kg, where Adam Satiev won gold at the Euros) and came into the 2006 Worlds with an astounding 17 senior-level world or Olympic medals, 14 of which were gold. Daniel Cormier (Photo/John Sachs)When the 96 kg bracket came out, it was clear that Daniel Cormier had an uphill battle. He faced longtime nemesis Ali Reza Heydari of Iran in his opening match and had 2001 world champ Georgi Gogchelidze (formerly of Russia, now competing for Georgia) looming in the second round. Fans desperate for team points for USA noticed that two scenarios kept us alive even if Cormier didn't make the finals. If Cormier won against Heydari, he could still lose to Gogchelidze since he would be a likely finalist. If Cormier lost to Heydari and then Heydari beat Gogchelidze, Cormier still had a shot for the bronze. The matches played out in the worst possible way. Heydari beat Cormier and then lost to Gogchelidze. Tolly Thompson did his part in the second round, beating two-time world champ Eldar Kurtanidze but then losing to Farin Masoumi in the quarters. This ended USA's chances for an upset. It was a series of tough breaks, but team USA still had a lot to be proud of. In looking at the results this year, one tends to wonder if the new rules FAVOR American wrestling. The M.O. of many of our international losses in years past was that we'd give up a few points early and then not be able to catch up. The new system of needing to win two periods neutralizes the take-an-early-lead-then-hold-on strategy that was employed against us under older rules. USA won seven bouts in which we lost the first period (and one more in which we lost the second period, Bill Zadick vs. Geandry Garzon). This suggests that we're still getting scored on early, but that conditioning and constant-but-strategic pressure is a winning formula. Despite the number of first period losses, USA did not seem uncomfortable with the rules and made far fewer mistakes than last year. Indeed, because of the incredibly high skill level of this event, the main key to success is simply not making any errors. Mike Zadick (Photo/John Sachs)Mike Zadick had a nearly perfect tournament, not giving up any periods and only giving up one point (on a pushout) in his run to the finals. However, for the gold, Zadick won the coin toss for a first-period leg clinch then allowed Seyed Mohammadi to slip his leg out during the initial scramble. This turned out to be a big factor in the match. Interestingly, in older brother Bill's gold medal match, the third period also went to the leg clinch. Otari Tushishvili tried a similar maneuver to slip his leg out, but Bill Zadick responded correctly and got the winning takedown. While one can look at USA's improved results as a stepping stone to winning the team championship down the line, our final day lead is not something we can bank on again. Russia suffered two stunning upsets in the quarterfinals. Standing world champ and 2004 bronze medalist Mikach Murtazaliev lost to Ukrainian Andriy Stadnik 3-0, 1-1, 3-2 and the great Buvaisar Satiev, eight-time world champ, lost to upstart Mihail Ganev of Bulgaria 0-3, 1-1, 2-2. Both Stadnick and Ganev lost in the semis, which eliminated Murtaliev and Satiev from being eligible for repechage. Those series of matches were huge in allowing a team to upset Russia, but the solidity of their lineup up and down still saw them run away with the title. This year, the Russian squad added five medals to their already impressive tally. They should be considered just as strong a favorite to win the title next year. I believe two things are necessary for USA to beat them either sooner or later: 1. Have more young guys like 2006 Jr. World silver medalist Henry Cejudo focusing on freestyle year-round. Just out of high school, Cejudo lives at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He almost made the world team this year and that is clearly the reason. 2. Have more guys like Bill Zadick stick around and still chase the dream even when they're no longer at the top of the ladder in the US. Bill Zadick finished seventh at the Olympic Trials in 2004. It would have been easy for him to call it quits. But instead, he too moved to Colorado and re-focused his efforts. There can be no doubt that that made the difference. The results from this year prove that our freestyle coaching staff knows what we need to do in order to be world champs. To take the title away from Russia, we need as many athletes as possible to be as committed as they are.

In 2004, watching Stephen Abas wrestle was an absolute experience. He attacked opponents with cobra like quickness darting left and right before unleashing an indescribable high-c unlike any shot that other wrestlers had in their arsenal. Even just getting to watch the youthful Abas warm-up was compelling. The athletic and nimble California native often captured spectators' eyes with his mixture of dance and Brazilian street fighting techniques that tumbled him across the crowded pre-tournament mats. Following a rise to the tops of international competition with a silver medal finish in the 55 kgs weight class at the Athens Olympics, Abas was sidelined with injury, the most serious of which was a torn ACL. Abas , earlier that year, had already knocked off the 60 kgs Olympic Champion from Cuba in front of a wild crowd of friendly Cuban fans in the winter of 2005. Instead of getting to build on that feeling of greatness Abas was forced to take the lonely road back as he battled to regain form through hours of rehab. Stephen Abas is not done competing and many wrestling fans anxiously a wait seeing his successful return to competition. Before the 3X NCAA Champion battles again in a match Real Pro Wrestling will welcome him to the San Jose Qualifier on October 28th as a featured clinician for its fan-fest. Coaches and wrestlers of northern California are encouraged to be a part of this great day of competition for an incredibly low price that includes countless exciting matches under the RPW rules and a two hour clinic with a truly great Olympian. Price for entry for the day is $5 per individual, $20 per family, and $30 per team. Matt Case, President of Real Pro Wrestling, was excited to announce this affordable day of wrestling "we think this is a great opportunity for local clubs and high school teams to attend a wrestling clinic for a really great price. We are looking for a great turnout in San Jose to kick start Season 2 of RPW." 8:30 a.m. - Doors open 9:00 a.m. - RPW Rules Clinic 10:00 a.m. - Quarter-Final Round 11:30 a.m. - Semi-Final Round 2:30 p.m. - Fan Fest and Clinic ($20/family, $30/team). Includes admission to finals, free stuff, autographs 5:00 p.m. - Championship Finals 6:30 p.m. - Awards Ceremony 8:00 p.m. - After Party (check website for location)

Head Coach Tom Brands and Assistant Coach Dan Gable are the featured clinicians for the Mt. Vernon, Northern Region Qualifier for Real Pro Wrestling set for Saturday, November 4th. Fans of great wrestling can expect to see what is shaping up to be the toughest of the four qualifiers. Top-level wrestlers from across the country will be in Iowa to battle for the Regional Champion crown and a spot to wrestle in the Super Qualifier to become a member of one of the pro teams. The cost to attend the Regional Qualifier is only $5 per individual, $20 per family, and $30 per team. Wrestling fans can watch all of the great action of the tournament and be a part of RPW's Fan Fest. Fan Fest participants participate in the clinic with the new Iowa coaching staff that includes two wrestling legends, Olympic Champions Dan Gable and Tom Brands. Also on-hand for the RPW Fan Fest clinic will be former Iowa standouts Wes Hand and Doug Schwab. Coaches are encouraged to bring their teams and wrestling shoes to come experience a great day of wrestling with a low-cost clinic! The Iowa qualifier is sure to have hard hitting action with wrestlers like Luke Eustice, Nate Gallick, Dylan Long, Mark Rial, Ryan Churrella, Kyle Ceminara, Greg Wagner, and Mike Faust already slated to compete. America's best wrestlers are training hard to be a part of Real Pro Wrestling's Season 2! 9:00 a.m. RPW Rules Clinic 10:00 a.m. Quarter-Final Round 11:30 a.m. Semi-Final Round 2:30 p.m. Fan Fest and Clinic--includes admission to finals, giveaways including posters, trading cards, and DVDs 5:00 p.m. Championship Finals ($5/person) 6:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony 8:00 p.m. After Party (check website for location) * All times subject to change. Check RPW website for updates

2006 Sacramento City College Tournament Results: 1 Fresno City 2 Sierra 3 Cerritos 4 Bakersfield 5 Sacramento City 5 Santa Rosa 7 Modesto 8 Shasta 9 Cuesta 9 West Hills 9 West Valley Most Outstanding Wrestler –- 157 Matt Giffin (Sierra) 125: 1st--Chauncey Phillips (SIE) 125: 2nd--Kyle Crouch (FCC) 125: 3rd--George Silva (BAK) 125: 4th--Addison Hay (BAK) 125: 5th--Joe Serrano (WV) 125: 5th--Jason Moorehouse (SKY) 133: 1st--Carlos Alaniz (CER) 133: 2nd--Mike Righi (FCC) 133: 3rd--Rolando Velasco (MOD) 133: 4th--Taylor McCorriston (SRJC) 133: 5th--Martinez Armando (DELTA) 133: 5th--Carillo Jason (CER) 141: 1st--Jordan Keckler (MOD) 141: 2nd--Randy Tambare (SIE) 141: 3rd--Andrew Leveille (SIE) 141: 4th--Jewel Jackson (FCC) 141: 5th--Jesse Guertin (SIE) 141: 5th--Cody Gibson (BAK) 149: 1st--Alfonso Sanchez (FCC) 149: 2nd--James Nelson (SIE) 149: 3rd--Chris Alves (SHA) 149: 4th--John Daly (SCC) 149: 5th--Jim Caraveo (FCC) 149: 5th--Jon Ronny (CHA) 157: 1st--Matt Giffin (SIE) 157: 2nd--Scott Sandy (SCC) 157: 3rd--Jake Bridges (SHA) 157: 4th--Bayardo Sanchez (WV) 157: 5th--Tony Ruiz (CER) 157: 5th--Joe Cesena (WH) 165: 1st--Nick Bardsley (FCC) 165: 2nd--Jack Porter (CER) 165: 3rd--Jaspreet Singh (SIE) 165: 4th--Dan Barreza (SIE) 165: 5th--JD Thrall (SCC) 165: 5th--Robert Doherty (BAK) 174: 1st--Mike Williams (CUE) 174: 2nd--Shawn Ceremella (FCC) 174: 3rd--Travis Edwards (CUE) 174: 4th--Marques Gales (SRJC) 174: 5th--Carlos Orodonez (DELTA) 174: 5th--Chris Minafo (WV) 184: 1st--Jason Carasco (BAK) 184: 2nd--Louie Audelo (CER) 184: 3rd--Cory Compton (SCC) 184: 4th--Sean McCellany (BAK) 184: 5th--Mark Ryan (SRJC) 184: 5th--Mike Leslie (SIE) 197: 1st--Jayson Collard (SRJC) 197: 2nd--Jake Bingham (SRJC) 197: 3rd--Joe Ramirez (MOD) 197: 4th--Norm Nail (WH) 197: 5th--Tim Wallace (SHA) 197: 5th--Tyler Blair (FCC) 285: 1st--Eric Nye (SIE) 285: 2nd--Josh Marquez (BAK) 285: 3rd--Luis Leyva (FCC) 285: 4th--Chip Baker (CER) 285: 5th--Jeremy Pagaran (CUE) 285: 5th--Rob Roman-Marin (WH) Match-ups - Finals - 3rd/4th - Semis - and Quarters Finals 125: Chauncey Phillips (SIE) def. Kyle Crouch (FCC) 133: Carlos Alaniz (CER) def. Mike Righi (FCC) 141: Jordan Keckler (MOD) def. Randy Tambare (SIE) 149: Alfonso Sanchez (FCC) def. James Nelson (SIE) 157: Matt Giffin (SIE) def. Scott Sandy (SCC) 165: Nick Bardsley (FCC) def. Jack Porter (CER) 174: Mike Williams (CUE) def. Shawn Ceremella (FCC) 184: Jason Carasco (BAK) def. Louie Audelo (CER) 197: Jayson Collard (SRJC) def. Jake Bingham (SRJC) 285: Eric Nye (SIE) def. Josh Marquez (BAK) 3rd/4th Matches 125: George Silva (BAK) def. Addison Hay (BAK) 133: Rolando Velasco (MOD) def. Taylor McCorriston (SRJC) 141: Andrew Leveille (SIE) def. Jewel Jackson (FCC) 149: Chris Alves (SHA) def. John Daly (SCC) 157: Jake Bridges (SHA) def. Bayardo Sanchez (WV) 165: Jaspreet Singh (SIE) def. Dan Barreza (SIE) 174: Travis Edwards (CUE) def. Marques Gales (SRJC) 184: Cory Compton (SCC) def. Sean McCellany (BAK) 197: Joe Ramirez (MOD) def. Norm Nail (WH) 285: Luis Leyva (FCC) def. Chip Baker (CER) Semifinal Matches 125: Chauncey Phillips (SIE) def. Jason Moorehouse (SKY) 125: Kyle Crouch (FCC) def. Joe Serrano (WV) 133: Carlos Alaniz (CER) def. Rolando Velasco (MOD) 133: Mike Righi (FCC) def. Taylor McCorriston (SRJC) 141: Jordan Keckler (MOD) def. Andrew Leveille (SIE) 141: Randy Tambare (SIE) def. Jewel Jackson (FCC) 149: Alfonso Sanchez (FCC) def. Jon Ronny (CHA) 149: James Nelson (SIE) def. Chris Alves (SHA) 157: Matt Giffin (SIE) def. Tony Ruiz (CER) 157: Scott Sandy (SCC) def. Jake Bridges (SHA) 165: Jack Porter (CER) def. JD Thrall (SCC) 165: Nick Bardsley (FCC) def. Dan Barreza (SIE) 174: Mike Williams (CUE) def. Carlos Ordonez (DELTA) 174: Shawn Ceremella (FCC) def. Marques Gales (SRJC) 184: Jason Carasco (BAK) def. Mike Leslie (SIE) 184: Louie Audelo (CER) def. Mark Ryan (SRJC) 197: Jake Bingham (SRJC) def. Norm Nail (WH) 197: Jayson Collard (SRJC) def. Joe Ramirez (MOD) 285: Eric Nye (SIE) def. Rob Roman-Marin (WH) 285: Josh Marquez (BAK) def. Luis Leyva (FCC) Quarterfinal Matches 125: Chauncey Phillips (SIE) def. George Silva (BAK) 125: Jason Moorehouse (SKY) def. Sergio Valdez (WV) 125: Joe Serrano (WV) def. Addison Hay (BAK) 125: Kyle Crouch (FCC) def. Alex Uribe (WH) 133: Carlos Alaniz (CER) def. Mike Howard () 133: Mike Righi (FCC) def. Daymond Bland (SCC) 133: Rolando Velasco (MOD) def. Jason Carillo (CER) 133: Taylor McCorriston (SRJC) def. Armando McCrea (CHA) 141: Andrew Leveille (SIE) def. Andrew Holmes (CER) 141: Jewel Jackson (FCC) def. Eddie Ngo (WV) 141: Jordan Keckler (MOD) def. Cody Gibson (BAK) 141: Randy Tambare (SIE) def. James Durago (CHA) 149: Alfonso Sanchez (FCC) def. Edgar Duran (DELTA) 149: Chris Alves (SHA) def. Travis McCrea (CHA) 149: James Nelson (SIE) def. John Daly (SCC) 149: Jon Ronny (CHA) def. Leland Gridley (SIE) 157: Jake Bridges (SHA) def. Jim Gallegos (FCC) 157: Matt Giffin (SIE) def. Mike Oliveria (WH) 157: Scott Sandy (SCC) def. Travis Wood (SIE) 157: Tony Ruiz (CER) def. Anthony Lucero (SIE) 165: Dan Barreza (SIE) def. Franklin Howard (SIE) 165: Jack Porter (CER) def. Robert Doherty (BAK) 165: JD Thrall (SCC) def. Zac Johnson (DELTA) 165: Nick Bardsley (FCC) def. Shawn Shantin (CHA) 174: Carlos Ordonez (DELTA) def. Chris Minafo (WV) 174: Marques Gales (SRJC) def. Ryan Sughrve (MOD) 174: Mike Williams (CUE) def. Martin Beeler (MOD) 174: Shawn Ceremella (FCC) def. Travis Edwards (CUE) 184: Jason Carasco (BAK) def. Caleb Orozco (WV) 184: Louie Audelo (CER) def. Sean McCellany (BAK) 184: Mark Ryan (SRJC) def. Marcus Garcia (WH) 184: Mike Leslie (SIE) def. Cory Compton (SCC) 197: Jake Bingham (SRJC) def. Tim Wallace (SHA) 197: Jayson Collard (SRJC) def. Tyler Blair (FCC) 197: Joe Ramirez (MOD) def. Thomas Curtis (WH) 197: Norm Nail (WH) def. Armando Melendez (RH) 285: Eric Nye (SIE) def. Fabian Ojeda (RH) 285: Josh Marquez (BAK) def. Tim Plummer (SIE) 285: Luis Leyva (FCC) def. Jerred Dixon (SCC) 285: Rob Roman-Marin (WH) def. Victor Leyva (FCC)

Naval Academy Head Coach Bruce Burnett starts us off this week as we said the waters of wrestling. he has a new assistant coach in Brian Antonelli. His thoughts on the season and more. This weeks Themat.com and TDR's Athlete of the week is Ivan Sanchez who will join us right after weigh ins at his Saturday Morning competition. This feature is brought to you by: Asics Tom Ryan, Head Coach of The Ohio State will join us to discuss the settling of the dust at the home of the Buckeyes. Coaching staff is out beating the bushes for recruits around the country. How will it all fit together and what are his early expectations? Mike Finn, W.I.N. Magazine writer and editor will join us for his perspective on the season to come. If you haven't read Mikes work please do so as he is tremendous. Koy Kosek, Former University Wisc. 96-99 Heavy Weight wrestler turned writer looks to make a success of his new venture called The Wisconsin Wrestling Preview. This is designed to be a comprehensive preview of every HS and collegiate wrestler in the state of Wisc. WIWrestling.com Boston University's Head Coach Carl Adams will join us for a preview of the east coast and maybe even a look back at his collegiate days. Carl is perhaps one of the kindest men I know and is certainly a beacon that shines its light throughout wrestling. Cole Konrad, Minnesota's NCAA champion and all around good guy. What's his take on the year and on the season to come? Who's going to be working this horse to prepare for a repeat? Tune in and find out. Thanks for listening Saturdays at 9:00 to 11:00 AM Central time. Guest suggestions are welcome. Let me hear from you.

IOWA CITY, IA -- The University of Iowa wrestling program will hold its annual coaches clinic November 3-4 at the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex in Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Registration will be held from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, November 3 outside the wrestling room. The clinic fee will be $45 per coach. The clinic will run from 6:30-9 p.m. Friday. The Hawkeyes will hold team wrestle-offs Saturday morning in the practice room. The first 100 coaches to register will receive a free ticket to the Iowa vs. Northwestern football game on November 4. Clinic speakers will be current Hawkeye assistant coach and former head coach Dan Gable and former Hawkeye wrestler Daryl Weber, who is now the head wrestling coach at Christiansburg High School in Christiansburg, VA. Iowa's winningest wrestling coach, Gable led the Hawkeyes from 1977 to 1997, compiling a career dual record of 355-21-5, crowning 152 all-Americans, 45 NCAA champions, 106 Big Ten champions and 10 Olympians. Under Gable the Hawkeyes won 15 NCAA titles, including nine straight from 1978-86, and 21 straight Big Ten titles. The nine straight NCAA titles equaled the longest streak of national titles won by any school in any sport (Yale golf-1905-13 and Southern Cal track-1935-43). Gable's Hawkeye squads averaged over 17 wins and just one loss per year. As a competitor, Gable won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics. During his prep and college careers, he compiled a record of 182-1. Weber was a three-time all-American at Iowa, winning the 167-pound Big Ten and NCAA titles in 1996. In his seventh year at Christiansburg High School, Weber has led the Blue Demons to five state titles and has crowned 32 individual state champions. Christiansburg ended the 2005-06 season ranked sixth in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News, and is currently ranked fourth in the 2006-07 pre-season rankings.

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