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Princeton High School John Harris, who wrestled for Princeton High School in suburban Cincinnati, continues to lend his support to his program long after his murder nearly a decade ago ... thanks to fundraisers for his alma mater in his name. A journeyman plumber and father of three, Harris was murdered during a carjacking near his home in Northside within the city of Cincinnati in June 2007. The criminals have yet to be caught. Ever since that crime, John's mother Peggy Harris has spent every day searching for justice and comforting other mothers with the Who Killed Our Kids organization. She has also been active in generating support for the sport at her son's high school. A 2001 graduate of Princeton High, John Harris was a standout wrestler for the Vikings, and named team captain his senior year. Even after graduation, he was a part of the program coaching kids both on and off the mats. For the past two years, John's mother Peggy Harris has held a number of fundraisers in her son's memory to help the Viking wrestling program that meant so much to her son ... providing opportunities for young student-athletes who might not otherwise be able to participate. "I know he loved wrestling, so let's do this, let's give back to the wrestling program," Peggy Harris told WKRC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Cincinnati. "It's fulfilling, it's more joyous than being hurt all the time in so much pain." "After years of being drawn in trying to wondering who murdered Johnny it was eating me up because we still don't have any closure," said Harris. "I was getting overwhelmed with it." But wrestling is helping her with that loss, the same way the sport helped her son years ago. Peggy Harris' latest fundraiser for the Viking wrestling program took place Saturday night, at the Sharonville Convention Center, just up the street from Princeton High. Some of the money collected that night will go towards hotel costs for the team's first away meet in Columbus. "This is a good night, great night, said Charles Mason, an assistant wrestling coach at Princeton. "Getting good people together, good souls together to celebrate the life of a fallen Viking." For more information on the Princeton wrestling program and how you can help, visit the team's Facebook page.

Two-time state champion Mitch Moore (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) verbally committed to Virginia Tech on Sunday afternoon. The No. 12 overall Class of 2018 wrestling prospect has already placed twice at the Super 32 Challenge, and was champion of the Walsh Jesuit Ironman in December of 2014. Mitch will join older brother Brent, who is a true freshman, as a member of the Hokies roster. He projects to compete as a 141/149 pound wrestler in college.

Yianni Diakomihalis (Photo/Alireza Akbari) TBILISI, Georgia -- History was made on the final day of the 2016 Cadet World Championships with Yianni Diakomihalis and Gable Steveson becoming the first two Americans to ever win two Cadet World gold medals, and Travis Wittlake grasping bronze to give the U.S. seven total medals in men's freestyle. Diakomihalis was the first American up on Sunday evening at New Sports Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia, and he stayed true to his championship form. In the 63 kg/138.75 lbs. gold medal match, Diakomihalis was dominant in all phases to secure an 8-0 win over two-time Cadet European medalist Stefan Tonu of Moldova. "That was probably the best match I wrestled all day," an energetic Diakomihalis said after winning gold. "So, like, it's good that I won, but it's good that I finished off wrestling well. Overall I was completely wrestling from setup to finish. It was good." Read complete story on TheMat.com ...

Matt Keller Matt Keller, four-time Tennessee high school state champion wrestler who went on to compete at University of Nebraska-Lincoln then earn All-American honors at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, was shot to death by a homeowner in Marion County, Tennessee Friday night. Keller was 33. The homeowner told investigators he saw a man and woman he didn't know fighting on his property. When the homeowner confronted them, the man -- later identified as Keller -- stopped fighting with his girlfriend and attacked the homeowner, according to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. WRCB-TV, the NBC affiliate in Chattanooga, reported that the TBI spokesperson said the man started assaulting the homeowner when he came outside to see what was going on in his yard. Marion County Sheriff Bo Burnett said the unidentified homeowner had a .25 caliber handgun he fired at least once during the fight before it was knocked out of his hands by Keller. The sheriff said the homeowner ran inside his home and returned with a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun he used to shoot and kill Keller as the former wrestler reportedly began assaulting him again. It's not exactly clear how Keller and the woman -- identified as Ashley Boss, 24 -- ended up on the homeowner's property, but sheriff Burnett said they were camping nearby. WRCB said a reporter interviewed the homeowner off camera who said he begged the couple to leave, but they wouldn't. He added that he fired a warning shot before shooting Keller. Ashley Boss was jailed for public intoxication, trespassing and other charges. No charges have been filed against the homeowner. Keller's body has been sent to Nashville for an autopsy. Born in August 1983 in Louisville, Kentucky, Matthew L. Keller grew up in the Cleveland, Tennessee area, just thirty miles northeast of Chattanooga. "When I was 6 years old, dad took me to the local Boys' Club for their wrestling program," Keller told InterMat in a 2007 feature. "You see, he was a high school wrestler." "It took three years to wipe the smile off my face." Keller went on to wrestle at Bradley Central High School, where he compiled an incredible 140-2 record, and won four straight Tennessee state championships. Despite that impressive prep resume, Keller was not heavily recruited, but managed to attract the attention of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and immediately signed a letter of intent. In three seasons with the Cornhuskers, Keller made positive contributions to the program, twice placing third in the Big 12 conference championships, and finishing just one win shy of earning NCAA All-American honors at 133 pounds. While at Nebraska, Matt Keller's father David was called to serve in the Army in Afghanistan. Coach Mark Manning released Keller from his scholarship, allowing him to transfer to University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. At the time, coach Manning told the Omaha World Herald, "Matt wants to be closer to home, so he can be there to support his mom and his family. I completely understand his decision. We've had a great relationship and I wish him the best." In his first season at UTC, Keller moved back to the 133-pound weight class after being at 125 his last year at Nebraska. During the 2005-06 season, Keller won the Reno Tournament of Champions, the 2006 Southern Conference Championships (and was named Outstanding Wrestler of the event), and earned All-American honors at the 2006 NCAA by placing eighth at 133. As a senior, Keller won titles at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and the Missouri Open. He capped off his collegiate career as a two-time All-American with a fourth-place finish at the 2007 NCAAs. When contacted about Keller's passing, his head coach at UTC, Chris Bono -- who now heads up the wrestling program at South Dakota State University -- told InterMat, "Matt was one of the hardest workers and toughest kids I had ever coached. I am still in shock and having a real hard time knowing he is gone. I loved the guy." "I am real sorry for his family!" Bono, a 1996 NCAA champ for Iowa State, continued. "They are an awesome family who supported Matt and UTC wrestling like no other when I was the head coach." George McIntyre, a long-time wrestling official in Tennessee who watched Keller "on and off his entire wrestling career," said this of the former UTC wrestler: "One thing about Matt that stands out in my mind is what a loyal teammate he was. From little kids wrestling through college he would work extra with anyone who wanted extra mat time. When his individual match was over he wasn't finished for the day. He was every teammates' biggest cheerleader and coach at mat side. He was the perfect friend and when it was time to step on the mat his intensity was off the chart." "After the dual meet or tournament was over he was one of the guys who you enjoyed hanging out with the most," McIntyre told InterMat. "He had that switch that could turn him into a beast on the mat and then a regular guy two minutes after his match was over. He had started to reconnect with friends and teammates recently and seemed to really have his life on track." Services have yet to be announced.

Kurt McHenry (Photo/Gerhard Remus) TBILISI, Georgia -- The U.S. men's freestyle team sits atop the team standings after the first day of competition at the 2016 Cadet World Championships with four individuals earning a medal on Saturday evening. The electric Kurt McHenry stole the show at New Sports Palace with an instant classic win in the gold medal match to become the first Cadet World Champion for the U.S. this week in Tbilisi, Georgia. Taking on Cadet European champion Mahir Mammadzada of Azerbaijan in the 42 kg/92.5 lbs. gold medal match, McHenry jumped out to an early 4-0 lead courtesy of two slick takedown conversions. Mammadzada returned with four points of his own to lead McHenry on criteria, 4-4, late in the match. With less than five seconds remaining McHenry exposed his Azerbaijani foe from neutral to go ahead for good. After a lost challenge from Mammadzada, McHenry won by a final 7-5 tally. Read complete story on TheMat.com ...

Joe Warren (Photo/Bellator) Joe Warren, former Bellator champion and NCAA All-American wrestler, won his bantamweight co-main event bout at Bellator 161 at the HEB Center in Cedar Park, Texas Friday night. The 39-year-old Warren submitted Sirwan Kakai with a neck crank at 1:04 of the third round. "Warren and Kakai traded blows for over ten minutes of heart-pounding action in the evening's co-main event," according to PWInsiderxtra.com . "Warren (14-5) had to work for it," Sherdog.com reported, saying that the first round was all Kakai, then continuing, "Warren turned the tide in the middle stanza, where the NCAA All-American wrestler dropped the American Top Team-trained Swede with a knee strike, assumed top position and freed himself from an armbar before unleashing his ground-and-pound. "Inside the first minute of round three, Warren connected with another knee that appeared to break his counterpart's nose. Kakai responded by retreating to the fence and shooting for a takedown, blood pouring from his face. Warren scrambled out of his advances, caught a guillotine on the transition and shifted to the neck crank, prompting the tapout." With the win, Warren is now tied for second all-time in Bellator MMA victories with 12. The former two-division Bellator champ has now won seven of his last nine contests. For Kakai, who is now 12-5, it was the first time in his eight-year career that he has been finished by an opponent. Before launching his pro MMA career in March 2009, Joe Warren had an impressive career in both folkstyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. The Grand Rapids native was a Michigan state champion at East Kentland High School. Warren then wrestled at the University of Michigan, where he earned All-American honors by placing third at 133 pounds at the 2000 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Among his championships in Greco: 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships, 2006 Pan-American Championships, and the 2007 World Cup, all at 60 kilograms/130 pounds

Chael Sonnen's last MMA fight came in November of 2013 Chael Sonnen, mixed martial arts veteran and NCAA All-American wrestler for the University of Oregon, announced he has parted ways with UFC and signed a multi-year, multi-fight deal with Bellator. Sonnen, 39, confirmed media reports with this simple message on his official Twitter account: "The Rulers Back." The former Oregon Duck wrestler had built a 29-14-1 record in pro MMA going back to his first fight in May 2007 but received a two-year suspension in July 2014 from the Nevada Athletic Commission for failing multiple drug tests. After testing positive, Sonnen announced his retirement, and had been serving as an MMA analyst for ESPN. He repeatedly denied interest in returning to MMA. When asked Thursday why he took that stance, Sonnen said: "I'm a heel. Heels lie." On Friday, Sonnen said his contract states that if he fails a drug test he will lose his entire purse and an additional $500,000. "I had all of those [money] and ratings records when I retired," Sonnen said. "I lost them all, and I'm here to get them all back. ALL." In July, Sonnen told The MMA Hour that he was interested in fighting again and had officially entered the UFC's USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) drug testing pool. "I definitely have that itch," Sonnen said in that interview two months ago. "I fantasize about it. But it's one step at a time. I'm not holding back from you. I'm not acting like my return is some kind of breaking news. I'd tell it to you right now. But I have to pass this first test, quite frankly. It's still out there. I've gotta pass it. If I pass that, I'll pass all of them. But I have to know that everything is out. Boom, step one down." The MMA fighter known as The American Gangster disclosed some of his plans in a conference call alongside Bellator president Scott Coker. "I'm on a legends ass-kicking tour. I hope they book two guys because one of them is going to pull out. All I can tell you is that for myself, no matter what happens, I will make that walk when my music hits those speakers. Anybody, any time, any weight class, and that isn't bravado or tough guy talk. I've just had it, man. I thought my race was ran. I wrote the book on this thing, and I can tell there's a couple of chapters left." "I'd like to go at light heavyweight," said Sonnen, who had made a name for himself competing in the Octagon at 185 pounds. "I've been mentally preparing to compete and I was thinking about going into the middleweight division. I think with the change of being over in Bellator, just looking at the lineup, looking at the guys they have, I just think 205 is the place to be for right now." Sonnen hasn't fought in an MMA event since November 2013, when he suffered a first-round TKO at the hands of Rashad Evans at UFC 167. Prior to launching his pro MMA career nearly a decade ago, Sonnen was a runner-up at the Oregon high school state wrestling championships. He originally started his wrestling career at Brigham Young University but transferred to University of Oregon when it appeared the Utah school was about to eliminate its wrestling program. While at Oregon, Sonnen earned All-American honors by placing eighth in the 190-pound bracket at the 1998 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. In addition, he was twice a runner-up at 197 pounds at the Pac-10 Conference Championships in 1999 and 2001. Sonnen also competed in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Josh Dziewa rides Iowa State's Dante' Rodriguez (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) PHILADELPHIA -- Drexel Wrestling Head Coach Matt Azevedo has added Josh Dziewa to his coaching staff, the athletic department announced on Friday. Dziewa will join the program as an assistant coach as the Dragons prepare for the 2016-17 season to begin. Dziewa comes to Drexel after serving as the Director of Operations for Penn Wrestling during the 2015-16 season. His responsibilities in this role included coordinating all of Penn Wrestling's operational needs, including travel arrangements, video scouting, camp and clinic registration, and recruiting. In addition, he also served as Penn's liaison to the Beat The Streets program. Dziewa was a two-time NCAA qualifier for Iowa and finished his career there with an 84-26 record. In his senior season, he was runner-up at the Big Ten Championships at 141 pounds and finished the year with a 29-9 record. A four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Dziewa was named to the NWCA All-Academic team in 2015 and received Iowa's J. Donald McPike, Sr. Award as the senior wrestler with the highest GPA. A Yardley, Pa. native, Dziewa attended Council Rock South High School where he posted a career record of 124-7 and was a state champion. Dziewa graduated from Iowa in 2015 with a degree in recreation and sports business.

Macey Kilty and Gracie Figueroa claimed bronze medals TBILISI, Georgia -- The U.S. women's freestyle squad capped off the 2016 Cadet World Championships with a three-medal performance on Friday evening at New Sports Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia. The repeat bid fell just short for 2015 Cadet World champion Ronna Heaton as she was edged by 2015 Cadet World bronze medalist Haruna Okuno of Japan, 4-2, in the 52-kilogram/114.5-pound finals. Okuno won the takedown battle two to one over Heaton to come away with the win. "I felt pretty good today. My finals match I was feeling alright then, just little mistakes I can work on. My defense, I'll go back and work on that with my coaches. [Okuno] just had really good positioning. I really wanted to be a Cadet World champ, two time, but maybe Junior World champ sometime," said Heaton following the loss. Heaton finished with a 3-1 record on the day, picking up three pins in the morning session to secure her spot in the championship match for the second-straight year. Read complete story on TheMat.com ...

Hunter Burnett compiled a 41-0 record en route to winning a state title (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine) Undefeated state champion Hunter Burnett (Pipestone Area, Minn.) has registered for the 2016 InterMat JJ Classic at 120 pounds. Last season Burnett capped a 41-0 sophomore season with a state championship at 113 pounds in Minnesota's Class A division. In the state semifinals he took out returning state champion Ethan Cota (Kenyon-Wanamingo), then in the state finals dominated previously unbeaten Jace Geving (Deer River) 15-3. Burnett was a state fourth-place finisher as a freshman in South Dakota. He placed sixth at the 2014 InterMat JJ Classic competing at 100 pounds. He is ranked as Minnesota's No. 9 junior wrestler by The Guillotine. The 2016 InterMat JJ Classic takes place on Saturday, Oct. 22, in Rochester, Minnesota. For more information on the InterMat JJ Classic and to register, visit the event website.

This Thursday marked the Mid-Autumn Festival for the people of China, Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan. The festival shifts depending on the lunar calendar but is the 15th day of the 8th month and coincides with a full moon. The diversity of cultures celebrating the same holiday means you have a variety of events and traditions accompanying the day. For the Chinese it's important to give moon cake to friends and family and release floating sky lanterns. Filipinos play a dice game and Koreans cook a massive feast called Cheosuk, which is essentially their version of Thanksgiving. The festival takes a slightly different form in each country, but there is another common thread to these festivals outside of eating and seeing a new moon rise: traditional wrestling. The Chinese hosts a variety of matches in villages throughout the country, but one of the biggest is in Xinzhou, Shaanxi, China where competitors take part in a version of traditional wrestling (known as Shuai Jiao) where they look for takedowns against six straight opponents. There is no touching of anything except the bottom of your foot and opponents simply walk out from the collection of fans. The winners (there are usually three rounds) are awarded a sheep and roughly $1500. The Koreans celebrate Cheosuk with a traditional wrestling event as important as watching the Lions get smashed on Thanksgiving. Traditional Korean wrestling tournaments -- the style is known as Ssireum -- are held nationwide, with the top tournament being shown on national television. The style is most closely associated to belt wrestling, but is extremely entertaining and high-flying. In Vietnam traditional Dau Vat tournaments are held in villages and town centers, often in stadiums built only for wrestling. Like with the other styles there are no weight categories or other classifications and prize money is awarded to the last wrestler standing. The aim of the style is to either lift your opponent off the ground or expose his belly to the sky. The Mid-Autumn tournament is usually the most important of the year, with the possible exception of the New Year tournament in February and the end of season tournaments in April and May. Wrestling is everywhere. To your questions … Q: What do you make of Kyle Snyder's comments about wanting to fight in UFC? What kind of fighter do you think he will be? -- Mike C. Foley: I mostly have mature thoughts that tell me he can handle learning the new techniques without taking away from his wrestling. However, my initial reaction was more "eww" than anything positive. While I think MMA is a great career path for athletes to take after their career has ended, I don't think you can be great at more than one sport at a time. Snyder hasn't spent much time in jiu-jitsu practices, Muay-Thai sessions or boxing classes. While he is a physical freak and natural athlete there is A LOT to learn and those interested in excelling need to have an appetite for humble pie. I'd prefer that he tackle school, NCAA wrestling (if he HAS to) and compete overseas. Most mortals would break with only having to approach the above, never mind the additional considerations of family and a significant other. I'd be a touch depressed to see Snyder miss an opportunity to be a legend of our sport, just for the chance to be decent in another. Q: Here is an idea for an offseason tournament that would make matches interesting. Matches would consist of three, two-minute periods all starting in neutral. The three periods would each be a different style (folkstyle, freestyle, Greco-Roman). The match would begin with a flip of a coin, the winner could either pick the style of the first period. The second period the other wrestler gets his choice of the two remains styles and the third period wrestled is the remaining style. It would take a lot more strategy. What do you think? -- Mark M. Foley: I'm totally in for this type of madness! As you might be able to figure out there are a variety of nationalities at work during most international wrestling tournaments. Among the group of IT workers and cameramen, is a former Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler in his young 30's. After two years of talking trash to each other about wrestling each other we finally took to the mats at the Youth Olympic Games in 2014. Like your scenario, however, we faced an issue of which styles to wrestle. Ultimately, we flipped a coin and went freestyle first and Greco-Roman second. My Serbian friend was completely incapable of stopping a shot, which helped me rack up an eight-point advantage. That spread was almost eliminated in the second period when I was tossed through time and space for a five-point throw. The match was certainly difficult in terms of my conditioning, but I liked that the various styles forced us into strategies -- some of which worked, others that ended with me being tossed onto my head. Q: I am working on recruiting some football players right now. Do you have or know of a list of current NFL players who have wrestled? The only lists I can find have some great players, but most of the middle school guys I am trying to recruit are too young to know who they are. -- S. Mead Foley: I did a quick Google search and came upon this list, which might be the one you are referencing. If you look around there are quite a few quotes from big-time college coaches that advocate for their recruits to wrestle as it teaches them about balancing and conditioning. Good luck! MULTIMEDIA HALFTIME Korean Ssrieum Dau Vat Chinese Shuiajiao Q: Team USA failed to get a medal at the Cadet World Championships and Olympic Games. The Americans won a couple bronze medals at the Junior World Championships. Why is Team USA struggling so much in Greco-Roman, especially on the senior level? Is it simply because the best athletes in the United States just aren't wrestling Greco-Roman? -- Mike C. Foley: There are a number of issues for the Greco-Roman team to solve, primarily how to score early, in bunches and hold a lead. For many American fans (and wrestlers) the sport is just too distant, with very few entry points. There are limited youth club opportunities and very little upper-level coaching. Even if the majority of American athletes choose freestyle, there are enough eligible athletes in this country to make any dream a reality. The numbers are an issue, and I'm not sure that we have the correct development program in place to help the middle and high school-aged wrestlers improve quickly. Even if they chose to only wrestle Greco-Roman year-round there are almost no tournaments to enter between September and April. No tournaments means no style-specific training or on-the-mat learning session and that is a massive concern when considering the likelihood of positive growth and development for Greco-Roman in the United States. Q: Do you think Chance Marsteller will focus on senior level freestyle wrestling now? Or do you think we will see him back in college wrestling? -- Mike C. Foley: I think Chance's days on the mat are over. There is always room for forgiveness, but from what I'm being told Chance doesn't want to make the tough decisions. He was great for his span of time. He excelled and then he hit a downward spiral. As much as I'd love to see him fulfill his potential, my instinct says this behavior is part of his character, not an exception.

Julia Salata talks to her coach Travis Mercado at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials (Photo/Robbert Wijtman) BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Former Tornado women's wrestler has returned to her Alma Matter as head wrestling coach Jason Moorman announced the hire of Julia Salata earlier this week. Salata had an outstanding career wearing the scarlet and navy and returns to help lead the Tornado as a coach. In her four years as a wrestler at King, Salata was a four-time Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA) All-American, winning two national championships. The Canton, Michigan native finished fourth her freshman season at the WCWA National Championships before taking runner-up as a sophomore. Her final two years as a Tornado may have been the best two, going undefeated and winning national titles in both her junior and senior seasons. Along with the individual success, Salata helped the Tornado to the first two of their three straight National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) National Duals championships. "I am excited to return to the King wrestling program in a new role," Salata said. "I take a lot of pride in being an alum of such a great program, and I'm thrilled to return to this special team." Outside of collegiate wrestling, Salata has been successful internationally as well. She has been a training partner for 2016 Olympian Adeline Gray and is a current U.S. Senior National Team member. In 2014 she was a U.S. World Team Trials runner-up and finished fourth in 2012 and 2016 at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. She was a 2014 University World Championship bronze medalist and a two-time University National and University World Team member. Salata was a two-time Junior World Team member and a two-time Pan American Championships bronze medalist. "I am excited to have Julia join our coaching staff, as a former King wrestle she understands what our program is about," said Moorman. "She has already brought some great ideas this year." Off the mat, Salata interned for USA Wrestling, and later graduated from a pair of wrestling coaching courses, the NWCA Women's Leadership Academy and the United World Wrestling Level 1 International Coaching Course. Salata has been involved in wrestling in many different ways, including providing commentary and articles for Flowrestling on high school national championships and the U.S. Open.

Chance Marsteller walks off the mat after losing to Isaiah Martinez at University Nationals (Photo/Sam Janicki) On the same day Chance Marsteller waived his right to a preliminary hearing for alleged crimes last month the local district attorney claimed the former Oklahoma State and Lock Haven University wrestler was drunk and had illegal drugs in his system during those incidents. Clinton County district attorney David Strouse said Tuesday that Chandler S. Marsteller, a four-time undefeated Pennsylvania state wrestling champ for Kennard-Dale High School, had cocaine and marijuana in his body, and a blood alcohol level of .274, more than three times the legal limit. At the preliminary hearing, Strouse added a charge of public drunkenness against Marsteller, who had been originally charged with six counts each of aggravated and simple assault and recklessly endangering another person, two counts of disorderly conduct and one count of open lewdness, according to the arrest report. Marsteller is free on $50,000 bail and is now staying his parents. According to his attorney, Ryan Gardner, the 21-year-old wrestling phenom will be undergoing intensive counseling. Marsteller's next court appearance - a formal arraignment -- is scheduled for Oct. 17, but Gardner said it could be waived. Marsteller had been on the roster at Oklahoma State for two seasons, but was suspended from the team last February for an unnamed violation of team rules. He left the Cowboys to return to his native Pennsylvania, announcing that he would enroll at Lock Haven and wrestle for the Bald Eagles. On August 25, Lock Haven police reported they received calls that a naked man was banging on doors at a university-owned apartment complex. Police said they found Marsteller clad in a towel, and took him into custody after he dropped it twice, exposing his genitals. Once under arrest, Marsteller threatened police, yelled obscenities and banged his head on the partition between the front and back seats of the police cruiser, according to the police report. Police said they used pepper spray to get him to stop and instead of taking Marsteller to the county jail, transported him to Lock Haven Hospital for detoxification. According to the incident report, Marsteller was handcuffed behind his back and lunged at a hospital staff member trying to obtain information. Officers said they attempted to restrain Marsteller, but he repeatedly banged his head on the floor, causing injuries to his nose and face and profuse bleeding. According to the arrest report, he kicked, elbowed and head-butted the officers and pulled vigorously on his handcuffs while attempting to stand. He is accused of spitting blood into one of the officer's eyes, the report states. Police said Marsteller continued to act violently until the effects of several doses of a tranquilizing agent took effect. The incident in the hospital lasted nearly an hour, police said. The following day, Lock Haven University announced that Marsteller was "no longer associated" with the Pennsylvania school. Marsteller had a 166-0 career record at Kennard-Dale, tallying four Pennsylvania state titles to become only the fifth undefeated four-time state champ. The highly-recruited wrestler had originally committed to Penn State before switching to Oklahoma State. However, Marsteller's two years with the Cowboys were challenging. The wrestler who had won a 170-pound title at the 2013 PIAA championships was struggling to compete in college at 157 pounds. In his Thfirst season (2013-14) at the Stillwater school, Marsteller compiled a 14-4 record wrestling unattached as a true freshman. Last season, the Keystone State phenom went 6-5 before coach John Smith suspended him in mid-January for an undisclosed violation of team rules for the remainder of the year. This summer, Marsteller announced he would be transferring to Lock Haven in his home state.

Macey Kilty and Gracie Figueroa claimed bronze medals TBILISI, Georgia - Macey Kilty and Gracie Figueroa have announced themselves to the World. Both Americans posted breakout performances at the 2016 Cadet World Championships held at New Sports Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia by scoring bronze medals in women's freestyle competition on Thursday evening. Kilty left no doubt in her 49-kilogram/108-pound bronze medal match against Cadet European silver medalist Zhala Aliyeva of Azerbaijan. From the first whistle Kilty was on the offensive, notching six takedowns and picking up a 13-2 technical fall win. "It feels pretty good. It's something I've been working for for a long time," Kilty said after her bronze medal performance. "I've still got two more years to prove that I'm good enough to get the gold." Read complete story on TheMat.com ...

Adam Coon (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan senior Adam Coon, a two-year wrestling team captain and two-time NCAA All-American at heavyweight, will redshirt the 2016-17 season due to injury. Coon, who reached the nation's No. 1 ranking as a true freshman, had not yet used his redshirt season and will have one more year of eligibility. Coon has ranked among the nation's top heavyweights over the last three seasons, claiming NCAA runner-up honors in 2015 before earning a third-place NCAA finish as a junior last season. He owns an 87-13 career record, twice leading the Wolverines with 32-win seasons, and boasts 42 bonus wins, including 26 career falls. Coon last competed in April's 2016 USA Olympic Team Trials, where he took second place to Robbie Smith in the best-of-three championship final in the 130kg/286-pound Greco-Roman division. Coon earned a pair of dominant technical falls in the preliminary rounds to advance to the final series. He is a two-time world team member, capturing freestyle gold at the 2011 Cadet Worlds and claiming double bronze in freestyle and Greco at the 2014 Junior Worlds. Michigan returns six starters for the 2016-17 season, including NCAA All-Americans Alec Pantaleo (149 pounds) and Brian Murphy (157) and Big Ten champion Domenic Abounader (184). The Wolverines have three additional heavyweights on their roster: freshman Dan Perry, sophomore/freshman Kostya Golobokov and senior/junior Payne Hayden.

2015-16 Saint Amant wrestling team Hit hard by last month's flooding in Louisiana, the wrestling program at Saint Amant High School near Baton Rouge is seeking help to replace mats, singlets, headgear, warm-ups, scales and other items destroyed by devastating floodwaters. A GoFundMe page has been established to raise funds to replace damaged items worth thousands of dollars which had been used by the wrestling team at St. Amant, a public high school of approximately 2,000 students located in Ascension Parish, about 20 miles east of the Louisiana capital. The entire region suffered severe flooding in mid-August caused by 31 inches of rain in 36 hours which damaged over 100,000 homes and businesses in greater Baton Rouge. "We figured we lost about $40,000 in equipment, uniforms and gear," St. Amant head wrestling coach Brian Hess told InterMat. "We had a wrestling mat, brand-new last season, which we purchased after a fundraiser. It had been used maybe ten times. We found it floating in the water in the wrestling storage room at the high school. It had to be thrown out." "In addition, we had to toss a digital score clock, digital scale, singlets, and 40 sets of headgear," coach Hess added. "All of our trophies were also destroyed. This really got to me because our boys worked so far for each of them." "In our district, five schools were flooded," said Hess, a Pennsylvania native. "However, we believe ours was the only wrestling program to have suffered damage." "I'd say seventy-five percent of my wrestlers had their homes flooded. Three out of four of our coaches live in homes that were damaged by the flooding." Saint Amant High School on Aug. 16 St. Amant High remains closed one month after the epic flood which damaged approximately 10,000 of the 45,000 homes located within Ascension Parish. All St. Amant High students are now attending a nearby high school within the district on a split-shift basis. "The tough thing is, our wrestling season starts in about seven weeks," said Hess. Right now, about the one thing the St. Amant Gators wrestling program will have is off-the-mat uniforms -- T-shirts, shorts, sweatshirts and polo shirts. These items were ordered just two days before the flood, and will be delivered at a later date. The need remains great. That's why an assistant coach set up the GoFundMe page, with a goal of $20,000. As of Wednesday night, the St. Amant High wrestling program had raised approximately $2,150. Saint Amant wrestling coaches:Chase Dupuis, Brian Hess and Mike Pernat "We appreciate any help we can get," said Hess. "Donations to the fund -- as well as items to replace what was destroyed in the flood -- would be welcome." "I want our wrestlers to have their own (wrestling) things because some of them don't even have school clothes because of the flood." Saint Amant's new wrestling matFounded in 2001, the St. Amant wrestling program has been on the rise in recent years. Hess became head coach in 2011; last season, he led the Gators to a 32-5 overall record. (According to Hess, the state of Louisiana does not have limits on how many total events a team may participate in, other than there's a limit of one dual meet or tournament per week.) He told InterMat that he expected a similar record for the 2016-17 season. "Over the past three seasons we've become one of the top one or two programs in the state," Hess said of the St. Amant program, which competes in Louisiana's Class 5A. Readers wishing to help the St. Amant Gators wrestling program may visit the GoFundMe page or contact Coach Hess directly at brian.hess@apsb.org or at (410) 430-4255.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Former Central Michigan All-American wrestler Joe Roth has returned to the Chippewa mats. Roth, who earned All-America honors in 2014 with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships at 133 pounds, has joined coach Tom Borrelli's staff as a volunteer assistant coach. “Joe will work with our lighter weights and should be a major boost to them as a workout partner and technician,” Borrelli said. “He will also add value to our staff and help each athlete with mental preparation and motivation. Being an alum and former All-American gives him immediate credibility with our current student-athletes.” Roth finished a standout career at CMU in 2014, joining the Chippewas' 100-Win Club with a 100-33 career mark. He was a Mid-American Conference champion in 2012 and earned the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler Award. He placed second in the MAC Tournament in 2014 and closed his career as a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier. He earned Academic All-America honors in 2014. Roth earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master's degrees from CMU. His bachelor's is in health fitness preventative and rehabilitation, and his Master's is in exercise science.

It's an extreme makeover designed to give more New Jersey high school wrestlers greater opportunities to win titles. On Wednesday the Executive Committee of the NJSIAA (New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association) approved three proposals that will realign districts and regions for greater equity, increase the number of qualifiers to the individual state championships, and expand the number of teams that qualify for the team championships. New Jersey's state high school wrestling tournamentThe vote to realign the districts and regions passed by a 21-6 vote. The other two proposals were each approved by a unanimous vote. "This is my 42nd year in athletic administration," said NJSIAA Executive Director Steve Timko. "I don't think I've ever been in a committee before that unanimously approved a specific recommendation. "This committee did." All three proposals will need to be officially approved by the Executive Committee on Oct. 19, which Timko pretty much expects to be a done deal. District/region realignment Under the proposed realignment, the NJSIAA sought to balance districts and regions both in terms of number of teams and strength of programs. To that end, teams will be placed into eight regions based on geography. A total of 321 schools have wrestling teams -- 281 public schools and 30 non-public schools. To even out the strength of the regions, the NJSIAA determined each team's power-point average over the last five years to identify the top 32 programs in the state. An effort then was made to balance those "power" programs among regions, with no region having more than five or fewer than three of the power schools. Once the regions were determined, efforts were made to even out the strengths of each district as well, according to Timko. Timko said there has been a long-time push for realignment among coaches and others in wrestling. "For the 16 years I've been here, I've been hearing concerns about districts and regions," Timko said. Last December, the NJSIAA Executive Committee voted for separate post-season competitions for parochial and public schools in wrestling and football ... a decision vetoed by the state's commissioner of education, David C. Hespe. That episode gave greater impetus for the NJSIAA's proposed realignment approved Wednesday. More qualifiers for state individual tournament In a proposal approved unanimously by the Executive Committee, there will now be a new methodology for determining which individual wrestlers will compete at the state individual championships. Now the number of wrestlers going to Atlantic City from the eight region tournaments will grow from three per weight to four. The expansion to four qualifiers per region for each weight for the individual championships would result in 448 wrestlers or 32 per weight, instead of 336 wrestlers or 24 per weight that has been in place for many years, when only the top three finishers from each region qualified. With an increased number of wrestlers competing at Boardwalk Hall during the individual state championships, there would be an increased number of matches, necessitating another full round for both the main and wrestleback portions of the tournament. If the Executive Committee gives its final blessing to this proposal in October, Timko said he will hold discussions with officials at the iconic Atlantic City venue about starting the first day of competition two hours earlier. More qualifiers for state team tournament The third proposal -- also approved by unanimous vote -- would increase the number of teams that qualified in each of the 24 sections to the state team tournament to eight. This would mean 192 teams will be eligible to participate in the team tournament, instead of 144 teams -- or six per section -- as has been the case in recent years. The new proposal will eliminate byes within the brackets. After the Executive Committee's approval of the three proposals that could substantially change the post-season for New Jersey wrestlers, their coaches and teams, Timko said, "I think, without hesitation, this is progress for wrestling." The changes, if approved in October, will go into effect this season, which begins in early December.

Brent Jones (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine) Three-time state champion Brent Jones (Shakopee, Minn.) verbally committed to the in-state Minnesota Golden Gophers on Wednesday evening. The No. 99 overall ranked wrestler in the Class of 2017 placed fifth in both styles at the Junior Nationals in Fargo, N.D. this summer at 132 pounds. It was a second consecutive All-American finish in Junior Greco-Roman as well. In addition, Jones was an All-American in both styles at the Cadet level in both 2013 and 2014. He projects to compete as a 133/141 in college.

STILLWATER, Okla. -- The National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum announced that it will offer all-session tickets for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on March 16-18, 2017 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The Hall of Fame tickets are located in the lower bowl and cost $245 each. To be eligible to purchase two tickets in the Hall's section, you must make a tax-deductible donation of $500 to the Hall of Fame before Oct. 14. Donations can be made online at NWHOF.org/support, by telephone at (405) 377-5243 and by mail at NWHOF, 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue, Stillwater, OK 74075. The Hall of Fame reopened in June following a $3.8 million renovation that included a complete demolition and rebuild of the interior. The museum now features interactive exhibits and electronic kiosks, as well as the opportunity to watch NCAA Championship matches from the 1930s to present day. Located on the corner of Hall of Fame Avenue and Duck Street, the museum is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for military veterans and seniors (65 and older), $3 for students and $15 for a family. Children 5 and under and active military with an ID are free. For more information, visit www.nwhof.org or telephone (405) 377-5243. National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum As America's shrine to the sport of wrestling, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum was founded as a nonprofit organization in 1976 to honor the sport of wrestling, preserve its history, recognize extraordinary individual achievements, and inspire future generations. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame has museums in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Waterloo, Iowa. The Stillwater, Oklahoma, location reopened in June 2016 following a $3.8 million renovation and now features interactive exhibits and electronic kiosks, as well as the opportunity to watch NCAA Championship matches from the 1930s to present day. It also has the John T. Vaughan Hall of Honors where the greatest names in wrestling are recognized, including iconic granite plaques presented to Distinguished Members since the Hall of Fame opened in 1976. The museum has the largest collection of wrestling artifacts and memorabilia in the world, including the most collegiate and Olympic wrestling uniforms. Wrestling truly is for everyone and the diversity and accessibility of the sport continues to be highlighted through exhibits featuring females, African-Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Latino Americans. There is also a library featuring historical documents, including NCAA guides and results, as well as books on the sport.

Jaden Van Maanen was dominant en route to winning a JJ Classic title in 2015 (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine) Top 100 recruit Jaden Van Maanen (La Crosse Central, Wis.) is returning to the InterMat JJ Classic. He will compete at 138 pounds. Last year Van Mannen captured a JJ Classic title at 132 pounds, outscoring his opposition 29-1. Van Maanen compiled a 46-1 record this past season as a junior en route to winning a state championship at 132 pounds. It was his third state medal after finishing runner-up as a sophomore and third as a freshman. He has a career record of 142-4. He is a two-time Bi-State champion. This summer Van Maanen placed fourth in the UWW Cadet National freestyle competition at 63 kilograms. Van Maanen is ranked as the No. 93 senior wrestler in the country by InterMat. The 2016 InterMat JJ Classic takes place on Saturday, Oct. 22, in Rochester, Minnesota. For more information on the InterMat JJ Classic and to register, visit the event website.

HENNIKER, N.H. -- Director of Athletics Louis Izzi is pleased to announce the hiring of John Archambeau as the program's first head wrestling coach at New England College. John Archambeau"We are very excited to have John join our coaching staff and lead our men's wrestling program into its first season of varsity competition," said Izzi. "His passion, vision, and knowledge of the sport are essential to successfully building our program from the ground up. I am looking forward to seeing our wrestling program grow and consistently compete at the highest level in Division III under John's direction." Archambeau joins NEC after serving two seasons as head wrestling coach at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, New Hampshire. Archambeau is no stranger to the creation of a program as he was responsible for the establishment of varsity wrestling at Daniel Webster in 2014. Prior to Daniel Webster Archambeau served two seasons as a graduate assistant for Springfield College. While at Springfield, Archambeau coached 12 all-regional wrestlers, eight national qualifiers, four All-Americans and one national champion. "I want to thank New England College President Michele Perkins, and athletic director Lou Izzi for this great opportunity," stated Archambeau. "The entire college campus community has been very welcoming and I look forward to doing everything I can to make this program successful from the start." Archambeau earned his Masters of Science degree in advance physical education licensure pedagogy and his Bachelors of Science degree in movement and sport studies both from Springfield College. As an undergraduate Archambeau was a member of the varsity wrestling program earning all-conference honors in 2010 and 2011. New England College wrestling will be a member of the New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) and will begin varsity competition this November. Members of the NEWA include, in-state opponent Plymouth State University, neighboring University of Southern Maine and Norwich University, plus 11 other institutions.

MatBoss recording screen on the iPad (Freestyle/Greco-Roman score pads shown) As a wrestling coach, you want -- and expect -- your wrestlers to constantly improve. To gain new skills. To perform better each time they step out onto the mat. In the highly competitive environment that is wrestling, maintaining the same level of performance just isn't good enough. That same idea of continuous improvement drives the folks at MatBoss, the product arising from a joint venture between InterMat and JP Chaos that brings together stats and video in one seamless solution that incorporates the technology of a tablet that most coaches and wrestling programs already have. The MatBoss App for iPad integrates wrestling stats directly into the video recorded for each match, eliminating the need for traditional, labor-intensive pencil-and-paper scoring. John Peterson, former wrestling coach at Elk River High School in Minnesota for nearly three decades, is the "boss" behind MatBoss ... and what he describes as new "bells and whistles." These new features for 2016 make this already proven app even stronger and better for the upcoming season, helping coaches save even more time and labor, while gaining additional flexibility for a competitive advantage. A proven winner, now made even stronger MatBoss was already incredibly easy to use, allowing wrestling coaches to easily bring together match video, scoring information and statistics, and additional notations in various forms, all for the purpose of providing enhanced instruction to wrestlers ... without the time and effort of traditional methods that made separate functions of filming matches and keeping stats using paper and pencil. MatBoss offers various options for a coach to annotate match footage with his own comments or illustrations. The coach can offer verbal instruction with a voice-over ... or written commentary, with words that appear right on the screen ... or with illustrations, using a "telestrator" feature added last season that allows the coach to make markings, directional arrows or other drawings on the screen -- just like sports commentators on football telecasts, or your local TV weather forecaster -- as an instructional tool for wrestlers. New SpeakToScore feature Now it's even easier for MatBoss users to annotate match footage, thanks to the brand-new SpeakToScore feature for the 2016-17 season. A user with a headset and microphone can speak into the mic to note a specific scoring action -- for instance, saying "takedown, red" -- and MatBoss automatically puts the correct number of points on the board for the right wrestler. The feature recognizes verbal commands for standard scoring procedures, such as "takedown" and "escape." "With SpeakToScore, the user doesn't need to look at the scoring pad," according to John Peterson. "Though, if they prefer to use the buttons on the screen to note scoring, they can still do that. The user has the option to turn the voice-activation feature on or off." "SpeakToScore has been thoroughly tested," Peterson added. "It has worked very well in our testing, even in large spaces with lots of background noise. It recognizes standard scoring terms, as long as they are accompanied by an ID of who scored the move -- for instance, 'takedown, green' or 'escape, red.'" New zoom-while-recording feature It can easily happen at any wrestling event, especially a big tournament. You're recording a match right in front of you. As that action wraps up, suddenly one of your wrestlers is stepping onto the mat across the gym. How do you get a clear view of that match without flying across six mats? With MatBoss' new zoom-while-recording feature, a coach, team trainer or anyone else operating the iPad with the MatBoss app can easily zoom in on distant action without having to purchase a separate zoom lens. That way, a team can record and annotate the action of all its wrestlers, without having to purchase additional iPads or train additional users. New freestyle/Greco scoring "We've received requests from coaches whose wrestlers also compete in freestyle and Greco-Roman as well as traditional folkstyle," Peterson said. "Now MatBoss incorporates scoring symbols for freestyle and Greco along with folkstyle. This new feature allows wrestling programs to use MatBoss to record and score folkstyle, freestyle and Greco within the same event, all at no additional cost." This new functionality is great for programs with wrestlers who take to the mats beyond the traditional high school and/or college season to also compete in freestyle and/or Greco-Roman. Match viewer accessible from inside customer's online account Easy access to new features, greater functionality Even with these new features, MatBoss remains an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use recording-and-scoring tool that simplifies things for coaches, trainers and others who maintain stats and records for their team. "We offer users access to an extensive library of instructional videos -- what we call MatBoss University," said Peterson. "Tutorials, refresher courses, all designed to provide clear instruction to our users. We want every one of our users to get full functionality from the MatBoss app." As Peterson proudly pointed out, a number of these new features are the result of comments and suggestions direct from existing users. "I'd say at least 70% or more of our new features come from existing users," according to Peterson. "As coaches contact us with ideas for new features, we start working to see how we can add them to our existing product." "Once we incorporate a specific new feature and test it thoroughly, we then roll it out to our customers as soon as possible, at no extra charge." Upgrades to the MatBoss Cloud One of the best aspects of the MatBoss app is that makes it easy to archive (save, store and file) video footage of each wrestler. All footage is saved to the Amazon Cloud. To save footage, simply hit the 'start' button. It takes only about 2-3 minutes per match to upload to the Cloud. This eliminates the need to make DVDs for each wrestler. What's more, because footage is stored to the Cloud, a wrestler or his friends or family can call up their matches on a smartphone, tablet, or laptop, and watch anywhere, at any time. New for the 2016-17 season, coaches can order highlight clips that can be dropped directly into video editing software to make highlight videos. "Coaches can notify us for memorable clips from their wrestlers," said Peterson. "This is so much easier than the coach having to review hours of footage and edit just the best parts for a highlight reel." "This feature is great for end-of-season highlight videos for team banquets, the team website or Facebook page," Peterson added. Another feature for marking memorable moments: MatBoss can alert coaches as the team or individual wrestlers are about to reach a milestone (for instance, 100 wins) or break a record. That way, the historic moment can be acknowledged and celebrated right away; no worries about missing a big event in the lives of athletes and their families. New 'Career Leaders' report MatBoss also provides career reports for users that have been using this innovative technology tool for multiple years. For example, coaches can request individual or team records over the years to acknowledge milestone performance achievements, and for motivating athletes to attain goals. Enhanced interconnectivity = time-savings MatBoss' Cloud feature also now offers additional connectivity tools that make life easier for coaches ... so you can concentrate on instruction and motivation, not paperwork and record-keeping. For instance, now MatBoss users can easily email their lineups to opposing coaches without having to retype the roster for every event. Enter the roster once; MatBoss stores it so you can easily share it with others in seconds. What's more, MatBoss makes it easy for coaches in Illinois and Ohio to fill out paperwork online, in full compliance with the athletic associations in those states ... without giving a second thought as to "did I do this right?" MatBoss can work with state athletic associations, districts, conferences, regions and other competitive divisions to provide seamless solutions for record-keeping and compliance ... making life so much easier for individual coaches, and for the athletic organizations they work with. In fact, MatBoss is already working with officiating organizations in three states -- Minnesota, Missouri, and Tennessee -- by providing features sure to be a valuable tool for wrestling referees and other mat officials. For instance, state officials can review officiating of any event -- whether it's a dual meet or a tournament -- remotely, by seeing the same match video with scoring annotations as seen by any coach or staff member on a team. "With these features, state officials can now review (on-site) officiating from anywhere, make comments, add notes," according to Peterson. "It can save hours in travel time." Making MatBoss better As stated in the opening of this article, the most successful wrestling programs are the ones where individual athletes and coaches work together towards improving performance and enhancing competitive advantage. That philosophy is at the heart of how MatBoss works. "We're constantly growing and improving MatBoss as time goes on," Peterson said. "Our yardstick is: 'Is it easy to use?' We want our tools to be easy and intuitive to use. We strive to make MatBoss a robust, all-encompassing solution that makes life easier for wrestling programs." It's the basic functionality of MatBoss -- along with a quest for constant improvement to make life easier for coaches and more rewarding for individual wrestlers -- that makes this app so popular with programs at every level, from youth groups to high schools to colleges. In fact, four of the top eight NCAA Division I wrestling programs (as ranked by InterMat) now use MatBoss. For more information on MatBoss, wrestling's premier VideoStats app, visit www.MatBossApp.com.

Three-time state champion Parker Filius (Havre, Mont.) became the first Class of 2017 verbal commitment for the Purdue Boilermakers. Filius is ranked as the No. 62 overall prospect in the senior class, and has earned All-American honors in Junior freestyle the last two summers in Fargo. His projects to compete as a 141/149 pound wrestler in college.