Jul 31, 2014
Prior to the annual NWCA Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Executive Director Mike Moyer talked about the NWCA College Coaches Academy. The Academy started in 2010 and was a way to help educate up-and-coming coaches on traits that will help them land coaching positions and help preserve and entrench their...
Jul 29, 2014
Back in 2008, Henry Cejudo became the youngest wrestler from the United States to win a gold medal at the Olympics in freestyle wrestling. After coming back for one last run in 2012, Cejudo left his shoes on the mat and retired from competition. While he retired from wrestling, his wrestling skills are still used today...
Jul 26, 2014
It was an amazing day in Fargo, N.D., as Cadet Freestyle crowned its champions and the Junior Freestyle semifinals provided some high octane moments that made wrestling fans just giddy. 17 Cadets came away with the big stop sign and 30 juniors will wrestle for the right to do the same after winning semifinals on Friday,...
Jul 25, 2014
Short Time from Fargo rolls on as Jimmy Kennedy and Nick Marable earned berths on the U.S. Freestyle World Team and we talk with announcer Sandy Stevens, who has announced 43 of the 44 Junior National freestyle championships. Men’s Freestyle – July 24 Best of Three Match 2 Two big four-point moves and one takedown...
Jul 24, 2014
Day five is rolling along here in the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota as the Junior Women’s Duals and Cadet Freestyle fired up on Wednesday. With no individual tournaments coming to a head, we got a chance to talk with Olympic champion Brandon Slay and North Dakota State head wrestling coach Roger Kish. Slay recalls...