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The following is a list of feature stories that readers can find in the latest issue of WIN Magazine (Vol. 24, Issue 12), which includes comprehensive coverage of the 2018 UWW World Championships in Hungary and a look at WIN’s 2018-19 preseason high school rankings.

The issue was printed and mailed on Nov. 1, 2018. Click here to subscribe to WIN Magazine or call 888-305-0606.

RUDIS TABLE OF CONTENTS:

7 – PARTY, THEN PREPARATION

USA Wrestling is coming off its best-ever World Championships with a record 12 medals earned in three styles. Now, some of those medal

winners must decide what Olympic weight they will wrestle in 2020.

10 – ADELINE GRAY COLUMN

Gray puts up World title No. 4 after a year off from an injury and a disappointing end to the Olympic year in 2016. She now ties Tricia Saunders for most titles in U.S. history.

11 – DAVID TAYLOR Q&A –

Find out what the first World championship meant to two-time NCAA champ David Taylor, who dominated opponents in Hungary in the second period.

12 – KYLE DAKE COLUMN

On his first World team with buddy David Taylor, Dake said he was jokingly sick of Taylor outdoing him at tournaments. So, he replicated Taylor’s World title, dominating opponents by not giving up a point the entire tournament.

18 – WIN’S HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS

FloWrestling’s “Who’s No. 1?” dual featured several upsets, including by Eric Barnett (below), who upset Kurt McHenry in the event held at Lehigh University. Barnett moved up to No. 2 at 120 pounds after the win.

22 – LEWIS WAS GOLD AT JUNIOR WORLDS

Mehki Lewis, who will be a redshirt freshman at Virginia Tech, led an impressive effort at Trnava, Slovakia, where he won a championship and was among eight medal winners for Team USA.

24 – WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: MEN’S FREESTYLE

Kyle Dake, J’den Cox and David Taylor, former mat rivals in past World Team Trials all won gold medals, while former multiple-time champs Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Snyder won bronze and silver, respectively.

34 – WORLDS: WOMEN’S FREESTYLE

The past two years were tough for Adeline Gray, who used her new experience as a coach for perspective as she won a record-tying fourth title. In all, U.S. women brought back four medals and placed third.

40 – WORLDS: GRECO-ROMAN

American in the upper-body style of wrestling were having a tough time in Hungary until Michigan finalist Adam Coon pinned four foes to reach the gold-medal match at 130 kilograms.

48 – NEW SEASON, NEW HOME

A large number of NCAA Division I wrestlers, like Austin DeSanto of Iowa, transferred over the summer and have a variety of reasons on why they decided to compete elsewhere.

50 – BUSINESS OF WRESTLING: BEFOUR

Since 1979, Befour has been producing digital scales and scoring systems. The company has recently partnered with LevelChanger to unveil technology that will update parents and coaches on wrestlers’ weights.

53 – TRACKWRESTLING’S WORLDS NOTEBOOK

Trackwrestling provided plenty of content and livestreaming from the World Championships, where Andy Hamilton discovered unique stories from Hungary and recorded some of them in his daily notebook.

54 – RMN EVENTS – OUTWEST ALL-STARS

Dominick Serrano and Jesse Ybarras, state champions from Colorado and Arizona, were scheduled to meet each other in the high school portion of the NWCA annual All-Star Classic in Denver, Colorado.

55 – Jason Frable/ONDEK COLUMN

What is true mental toughness when it comes to competitions, and can it be learned? The answer is yes and Frable, who has a double masters degree, shares the start of some of the recipe of success.

61 – AAU’S BOB JOHNSON PASSES AWAY

The wrestling chair for the Amateur Athletic Union died in October after suffering a stroke. But, the former teacher and coach from South Dakota who was widely known across the country, left quite a legacy.

64 Oversized Pages of Content.

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