By Mike Finn Some people consider wrestling the sport of Abraham Lincoln, considering the 16th United States president first made his name known when Lincoln squared off against Jack Armstrong in this Midwest state years before Abe entered the White House. If this is indeed true, than what better place for the National Wrestling Coaches [...]
Archive for December, 2011
By Mike Finn Hunter Stieber and Cam Tessari were among the Ohio State wrestlers who were happy that Logan Stieber, their old high school teammate, helped the Buckeyes capture the recent Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational when the redshirt freshman won the 133-pound championship, Dec. 3, in the Las Vegas Convention Center. But Logan Stieber, [...]
By Leo Kocher Anyone who cares about the athletic program at their local high school should go to americansportscouncil.org and read the letter posted there. This letter, dated June 24, 2010, is from the U.S. Department of Education to the School Superintendent of Idaho Falls, Idaho. The school boards and administrators in 99 percent of [...]
By Sandy Stevens Chad Lammer underwent a corneal transplant at age 4. Mike Lammer has been a Type I diabetic since age 11. But as eighth-grade, they told their parents, “We want to wrestle.” “And we just stuck with it,” Mike says now. “We love it!” Now 17, the Lammer twins enter their senior season [...]
Another incredible year inside Walsh Jesuit High School’s athletic dome is in the books. Some of the nation’s top talent have entered the national fray. Some have added to their legacy. Some have made Ironman tournament history. All of them put on a great show, Dec. 10-11, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. On the team side [...]
Editor’s Note: Perhaps the biggest reason that Dan Gable was successful as a college and Olympic wrestler and later as a coach at Iowa, where he won 15 national championships in 20 years, was that he knew how to motivate himself and many different individuals. The wrestling legend recently sat down with WIN Editor [...]
By Scott Goodpaster Stability Ball Skiers are an excellent way to work on rotation while using the hands on the ground. Skiers develop rotational core strength in prone wrestling positions. This exercise gives you a wrestling-specific training stimulus. Movements such as this one will help any wrestler with base control and the sit out used [...]
By Willie Saylor The following are WIN’s Top-10 high school wrestling stories from 2011. 1. Weight Changes It was rumored for awhile, but no one thought it would actually go through. Then it did. The National Federation of High Schools felt there was a need to tailor weights to provide an even distribution among the [...]
By Mike Finn The following were chosen Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine as the Top-10 post-high school wrestling stories of 2011. 1. Penn State leads Eastern resurgence with NCAA championship When Penn State lured Cael Sanderson away from coaching his alma mater Iowa State in 2009, many of the Nittany Lion faithful hoped Penn State would once [...]
December 19, 2011 NEWTON, Iowa — The following are WIN’s current Tournament Power Index (TPI), Team Dual and individual rankings. The previous rankings were Dec. 12, 2011. WIN will continue to release its TPI and individual rankings every Monday, except Dec. 26, through the NCAA qualifying tournaments in early March. In working to compile the [...]
