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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 [...] -
Arizona sends team of wrestlers to ‘world’s largest’ event
Beginning tomorrow, Alex Bambic will be on the largest stage in wrestling. But the Desert Vista High School grappler has been there before, so it’s only slightly intimidating. Bambic is part of Team Arizona that will be competing at the world’s largest wrestling competition, the ASICS/Vaughn Junior Nationals and Cadet Nationals in Fargo, N.D. Every [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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, [...] -
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 [...] -
Sunnyside gets a surprise at 5A state wrestling championships
A couple of points was all it took to let Ironwood Ridge HS slip into the No. 1 seed for Saturday’s 5A-II high school State Wrestling Team Tournament. Sunnyside HS has won 262 consecutive dual meets, although not including tournaments in that record run. The Tucson school has earned the title, “wrestling powerhouse,” that is [...] -
State wrestling tourney gets a breath of fresh (cold) air
Take a short drive to Tim’s Toyota and get your money’s worth. That might be a good slogan for a car commercial. But last weekend, it was all about wrestling. Fans that made the trek from Phoenix and Tucson to the ‘high country’ did get their money’s worth at the 1A,2A and 3A state high [...]
