By Sandy Stevens In the last issue of WIN, a column by Olympic gold medalist Ben Peterson carried the headline “Successful wrestlers learn from coaches, others who can help.” Ben stressed that young athletes can learn more than just technique from a variety of teachers, including officials, school administrators and spiritual leaders. He also declared, [...]
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Editor’s Note: In many people’s minds, Dan Gable’s wrestling career started at the Midlands where he won six folkstyle championships, including in 1971 between winning both the 1971 World championship and 1972 Olympic gold medal in freestyle. Recently, Gable, who also excelled as a coach on the NCAA and international level, spoke with Mike [...]
By Bryan Van Kley Commitment to wrestling runs deep for the families in the sport. No story may dictate that more than what happened to the family of Midlands champ Devin Carter two weeks ago. After winning his quarterfinal match as the No. 2 seed at 133 on Dec. 29, Virgina Tech’s Carter and his [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Editor’s Note: Dan Gable, who captured 15 NCAA championships in his 20 years of coaching at Iowa, knows all about setting winning standards in a university setting. He recently sat down with WIN Editor Mike Finn and spoke about college athletics’ crisis in leadership after the many recent scandals like Miami, Ohio State and [...]
By Jason Bryant When it comes to showing wrestling on television, whether it be live or tape delayed, the Big Ten Network has been the clear leader since its inception in 2007. On Nov. 18, the Big Ten Network released its annual schedule of wrestling broadcasts and webcasts. It was somewhat of a relief [...]
By Leo Kocher In 1999, two native Iowans, Eric LeSher and Dale Anderson, decided that the issue of the destruction of intercollegiate sports opportunities caused by the policies and rules imposed by the federal government should be injected into the 2000 Presidential campaign. The group “Iowans Against Quotas” was created and the Iowa Presidential [...]
Editor’s Note: Dan Gable, who won 15 national championships while coaching at Iowa, recently sat down with WIN Editor Mike Finn and talked about the upcoming college wrestling season and the coaches of the top-four ranked programs. WIN: Now that Cael Sanderson has led Penn State to the school’s first NCAA title since 1953, the obvious question [...]
