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Wrestling Team To Be Featured On MTV Documentary
HeraldNet.com (Everett, Wash.)
It’s an idea Lake Stevens High School wrestling coach Brent Barnes has had for some time. He knew how hard his wrestlers worked. Those around the program knew how hard. Maybe others would be interested in see...

Cliffe Notches 500th Victory As Wrestling Coach
Pantagraph.com (Ill.)
FAIRBURY -- Prairie Central High School wrestling coach Joe Cliffe surpassed the 500-win milestone for his career Thursday as the Hawks won dual meets over University High, 49-26, and Rantoul, 60-15.In his 33rd season, Clif...

Wrestling Coach, UFC Fighter Placed On Leave After Obama Comment
TwinCities.com (Minn.)
The local chiropractor, high school wrestling coach and professional cage fighter who said he wanted to tussle with President Barack Obama has been put on paid administrative leave by the White Bear Lake school district.In...

Mich. H.S. Wrestling Team At Center Of Hazing Investigation
WDIV (Detroit, Mich.)
MONROE, Mich. -- Monroe’s Jefferson High School wrestling team is being investigated for hazing by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office after a student reported he was sexually assaulted in a locker room shower. &...

Naming Road After 2nd Winningest Wrestling Coach Up For Debate
NJ.com (New Jersey)
RARITAN TWP. — Although ardent supporters are many, two people have gone on record opposing a proposal to rename Junction Road after former Hunterdon Central High School athletic director and wrestling coach, Russ Riege...

Reduction In Days Causes Controversy At Minnesota State Wrestling Tourney
West Central Tribune (Willmar, Minn.)When a decision is made on any controversial topic, invariably there are some people that are pleased and some that are unhappy. The same holds true with the Minnesota State High School League and the Minnesota Wr...

’Butt Drag’ Wrestling Move Leads To Sexual Assault Charge
KMPH.com (Fresno, Calif.)Clovis, Calif. (KMPH News) – A Buchanan High School wrestler will go to trial this week for sexual assault.17–year–old Preston Hill is also facing expulsion for using a controversial wrestling move on ...

Jury Rules In Favor Of Wrestling Coach Who Claimed Discrimination
From The Fresno Bee
A former Selma High wrestling coach says he has been vindicated after a jury ruled Tuesday that the Selma Unified School District discriminated against him because of his Palestinian ancestry.Naser Husein -- a division wrestl...

Byron Wrestling Coach Marti Covert Steps Down After 32 Seasons
Marti Covert has known for more than three decades when he would cease coaching wrestling.Before taking over Byron’s program in the fall of 1978, Covert spent two years coaching at Redford Union while teaching at a nearby private school.He did ...

Wrestling Coach, 41, Dies While Running In Road Race
John Chapman, considered by many to be the greatest wrestler to ever come out of Galesburg High School (Iowa), and who had been the head wrestling coach at the school for the last 11 years, died Sunday after he suffered a heart attack while participa...