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After 7 years, Nebraska back on ASU wrestling schedule
The Arizona State wrestling program has added a big-name opponent to this year’s schedule as it continues with its rebuilding process. The University of Nebraska is down on the calendar for a Feb. 4 meeting in Lincoln. A scheduled January match-up was scheduled last year at ASU, but was canceled due to a winter storm so [...] -
ASU harvests good crop of wrestlers in coach’s 2nd year
Shawn Charles is preparing for just his second season as Arizona State’s wrestling coach, but he thinks he has the foundation in place to begin taking the Sun Devils back to prominence. Charles, who replaced Thom Ortiz last season after his eight years at the helm, came from the University of Missouri, where he was an [...] -
Roll up the mat…college wrestling takes another fall
That thud emanating from northern California was another college wrestling program hitting the mat and losing to the count. For ASU wrestlers and their fans, it brings back not-too-distant memories of their own program on life support. And it doesn’t bode well for the future of the sport. The University of California, Davis just announced that wrestling [...] -
All-American wrestler Jenkins decides to switch to ASU
It looks like the Sun Devil wrestling program will have an extra All-American next season. Bubba is on the way. Bubba Jenkins, the 2008 national runner-up at 149 lbs., announced yesterday that we will be transferring from Penn State to attend ASU for his senior season. He should be a welcome addition to the Sun Devil [...] -
ASU will send five to the NCAA Wrestling Championships
The good news for ASU wrestling is they will be able to send five of this year’s squad to compete at the NCAA Championships this weekend, more than double last year’s number. The better news is that the Devils will lose only one of those to graduation. Erik Nye, wrestling in the heavyweight division, is the senior. [...] -
Safford, Sunnyside wrestlers get all but two All-Arizona picks
After wrestlers from Safford HS and Sunnyside HS were added to the All-Arizona wrestling team, there were just two spots left for other high schools. The dominance of the two schools in Arizona high school wrestling continues, as Sunnyside won this year’s 5A-II dual state tournament and Sunnyside won the 3A team title. For Sunnyside, it [...] -
4A-I gets a new wrestling champion, but little else changes
Big-school wrestling competition is getting pretty predictable. There was a changing of the guard this year in 4A high school wrestling. But it was more of the same in 5A as Sunnyside HS won its 12 straight title in 5A-II and Corona del Sol HS repeated as state champions in 5A-I. Sunnyside rode its group of youngsters [...] -
Robles still winning on one leg; one of 3 ASU ranked wrestlers
Anthony Robles continues to do more on one leg than most college wrestlers on two. As the Arizona State grapplers close out their regular season today in a match against Stanford, they have three of their own nationally ranked, the highest being Robles. Robles, who has wrestled his entire career with what would normally be considered [...] -
ASU’s heavyweights put on a show in Flagstaff
Ryan Whiting didn’t waste any time. The two-time defending NCAA champion in the shot put claimed the top mark in national competition in just his first week of competition! The ASU senior won the shot put competition at the Mountain ‘T’ Track & Field Invitational in Flagstaff as the Sun Devils opened their 2010 season. The [...]