By Mike Finn ST. LOUIS — For the first time in history, both Binghamton and Appalachian State left the NCAA Division I nationals with two All-Americans each Saturday afternoon in the Scottrade Center. Binghamton’s effort was highlighted by an incredible third-place finish by Donnie Vinson at 149 pounds where the first-round loser fought back to [...]
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By Mike Finn ST. LOUIS — While five Penn State wrestlers were helping the Nittany Lions wrap up a second straight team championship, several other semifinal wrestlers avenged earlier-season losses at the NCAA Division I national tournament Friday night. Thanks in large part to an upset win by tenth-seed Nico Megaludis at 125 pounds and [...]
By Mike Finn ST. LOUIS — Penn State moved even closer to repeating as national champions as five Nittany Lions guaranteed themselves All-American honors and a spot in tonight’s semifinals by scoring victories Friday morning at the Scottrade Center. It was hard to determine what Penn State performance garnered the most attention, considering 125-pound Nico [...]
By Mike Finn ST. LOUIS — David Taylor and Ed Ruth continued to waste little time in showing that top-ranked Penn State is definitely the team to beat as those top-seeded Nittany Lions added two more first-period pins and won seven of eight second-round matches Thursday night to solidify their lead at the NCAA Division [...]
By Mike Finn ST. LOUIS — Defending champion Penn State and Minnesota flexed their wrestling muscles at the 2012 NCAA Division I Championships in St. Louis Thursday morning as each school advanced eight of nine national qualifiers to the second round Thursday morning at the Scotttrade Center. Session One Team Standings Session One Brackets First-round [...]
By Mike Finn On Feb. 16 of this year, the Oklahoma State was on top of NCAA Division I wrestling world. The Cowboys were ranked No. 1 in national dual ratings and were about to remain the only undefeated team when they defeated Bedlam rival Oklahoma in between winning the NWCA National Duals Regional and [...]
By Kyle Klingman Chad Zaputil has a tattoo on his chest and Dan Gable doesn’t like it. The tattoo is of a Hawk ripping open Zaputil’s chest. It is symbolic, and it is a reminder of the one thing Zaputil did not do during his time as an Iowa wrestler: win an individual NCAA title. [...]
Wrestling fans…..if you’re going to the NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis, MO, on March 15th-17th, or live in the St. Louis area, stop by the 22nd annual WIN Magazine Memorabilia Show & NCAA Fan Festival at the Peabody Opera House, just adjacent to the Scottrade Center. For approximately four hours each of the three [...]
Editor’s Note: No NCAA coach had as much success at the national tournament as Dan Gable, who was part of 17 NCAA championship as either an assistant or head coach at Iowa between 1973-1997. Recently Gable spoke about this year’s favorite but also looked back on what it takes for average teams to become [...]
By Mike Finn It seems like most wrestlers have one. No, not a cauliflower ear or singlet, but something … or someone … each wrestler has dealt with since he was a little boy wrestling on the family carpet: a brother. And together, wrestling siblings eventually take their mat activities to the same place: first [...]
