1 Penn State 2 Ohio State 3 Oklahoma State 4 Iowa 5 Minnesota 6 Missouri 7 Michigan 8 Nebraska 9 Northern Iowa 9 Virginia Tech 11 Lehigh 12 NC State 13 Lock Haven 13 Oregon State 13 Rutgers 16 Duke 17 Arizona State 17 Army West Point 17 Cornell 17 Iowa State
Weighing In with Michael Beard Again
I’ve heard nothing but good stuff from the coaches and through my grapevine about Beard. Very easy to coach and picks up the coaching fast. Look for him to compete at 197 next year no matter the roster situation. Penn State will be reloading with Beard. You can watch the video or audio only below. […]
10 Things that Kill Team Culture
10 Things that KILL team culture: Character- Lack of athlete leadership by top wrestLack of club leadership and integrity. Coaches and kids not giving 100% effort in practice or matches. Poor practice partners – going easy on teammates. Coaches only focusing on their kids. Poor sportsmanship or kids that try to hurt fellow wrestlers. Uncoachable […]
10 Signs that you need a break
10 Signs that you need a break from Wrestling Lost motivation for practice and or competition. Goals don’t seem as important as they once did. Your body consistently aches or hurts. Can’t focus your mind. Nagging injuries are piling up and not healing. Losing matches to kids that you’ve beaten in the past. Not feeling […]
10 High Performance Habits
10 High Performance Habits Wake up at a consistent early time. Give 100% effort at everything. Deal with your most difficult challenges first. Find the lessons from failure, loss and not reaching your goals and then quickly move on. Pay attention to others and learn from their behavior. Choose your attitude. Know what is good […]
2019 South East AAA Regional Finals Video and Interviews
Council Rock South ran away with another regional title tonight in Souderton. While they weren’t as dominating as they were at last year’s regionals, a nearly impossible task. The team race was never in question. The real surprise was there closest opponent was cross town rival CR North, who matched them with 3 individual champions. […]
Craziness in Sports USA Powerlifting Investigated for Banning Biological Males from Competing in Women’s Events is Wrestling next?
USA Powerlifting has banned all transgender women from competing as women, even as a trans powerlifter in Minnesota recently won a state championship with another association, setting a state record. The weightlifting governing body explained their reasoning on their website: Men naturally have a larger bone structure, higher bone density, stronger connective tissue and higher […]
One of the Most Over Looked Keys to Match Success- Your Warm Up
Starting practice with a well thought out dynamic warm up is an important beginning to any training session. I’ll cover several reasons why a dynamic warm-up is key to performance and training longevity. Most teams that I see warm up do a static warmup which doesn’t prepare a body for high intensity activity. Pacing mat […]
#13 Virginia Tech dominates #18 Lehigh 23-9 Highlights and Interviews
Virginia Tech came into the Lehigh Valley this afternoon and dominated a Mountain Hawk team that has been on a roll lately but looked mostly flat today. VT opened up the dual winning the first 4 bouts by pushing the pace before true freshman Josh Humphreys put a stop to the slide at 157. The […]
Blair Creates Separation Beating Bergen Catholic 45-20 Video and Interviews
Blair hosted Bergen Catholic at Lehigh University and put on a show of dominance tonight. One year after BC knocked Blair off and a couple weeks after Blair lost two of their wrestlers to Bergen, Blair totally dominated the 2019 dual. Post match interviews with Coach Antonelli, Coach Bell and AJ Ferarri. Introductions. 113lbs: Ryan […]
Lehigh Pulls Away from Arizona State 23-13 Highlights and Interviews
The Mountain Hawks pulled away from the Sun Devils in the last 2 match to win going away Saturday night in the Snake Pit. Both teams scraped to a 13-13 tie through 8 matches when Chris Weiler and Jordan Wood sealed the dual with a couple of bonus point wins. This is the first time […]
Lock Haven over Arizona State 23-14 Match Video
Red Lion high school hosted alumni Chance Marsteller and his Lock Haven Wrestling team in a major dual with Arizona State. The rise continues. 174lbs: #2 Zahid Valencia (ASU) major dec. Jared Siegrist (LHU) 14-4 / ASU, 4-0 184lbs: #18 Corey Hazel (LHU) dec. Jacen Petersen (ASU) 3-2 / ASU, 4-3 197lbs: Parker McClellan (LHU) […]
#20 Iowa State Stops Rider 29-17 Highlights and Interviews
Videos in process In a match that featured a bonus points in 8 of the 10 bouts there wasn’t a dull moment. ISU opened up strong at 125 but both wrestlers lost a team point for unsportsmanlike behavior at the close of the match. You can make the call watching the video. Rider bounced back […]
Schuyler’s Sudden Victory win gives the MountainHawks wings as #15 Lehigh gets past #10 Cornell, 19-16 Video Highlights
After years of struggling to beat Cornell and in the midst of a very challenging year Lehigh rises in the Snake Pit. This dual had something for everyone: momentum swings, unexpected twists with the final match, but not heavyweights, deciding the entire dual. Lehigh jumped out to an early lead sweeping the first 3 […]
#3 Okie State Cowboys come east and open by shooting down the #14 Tigers 27-12 Highlights and Interviews
Okie State came into New Jersey yesterday and opened up a winning two match Jersey road trip with upstart Princeton before running over Rutgers today. Jadwin Gym was packed and fans were offered early hope when Pat Glory looked solid in the first period versus Nick Piccanninni. Picc dominated the last two periods and Okie […]