Stories By Gerry deSimas, Jr. , Connecticut Wrestling Online
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International
/ 5 years agoEmotional victories for Dake, Maroulis at U.S. Olympic Trials
The emotion at the U.S. Olympic Trials in wrestling Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas, was overflowing as men and women...
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International
/ 5 years agoStrong start by Walsh beats Fisher at U.S. Olympic Trials
Peyton Walsh remembered the last time he squared off with Jake Fisher and it was in the same venue as Friday...
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International
/ 5 years agoFormer state wrestling coach is No. 1 seed at U.S. Olympic Trials at 77 kg
The 2021 U.S. Olympic wrestling trials begin Friday in Fort Worth, Texas, with 15 spots on the American Olympic team that...
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High School
/ 5 years agoBristol’s Ella Nichols brings home silver medals from two national tournaments
Two nationally-ranked Connecticut high school wrestlers picked up medals at meets in Coraville, Iowa this weekend. Bristol junior Ella Nichols finished...
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International
/ 5 years agoFundraising campaign under way to help wrestler with expenses for Olympic Trials
Jake Fisher was an assistant coach at Greens Farms Academy in Westport and the Greco-Roman wrestling coach with South Side Wrestling...
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College
/ 5 years agoInjured Spencer Lee wins third NCAA title, helps Iowa secure another national title
If he had lost, we may have never known what an accomplishment that Iowa senior Spencer Lee achieved Saturday at the...
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College
/ 5 years agoCamacho falls one win shy of All-American honors after 4 OT loss
West Virginia junior Killian Cardinale is on a roll. Cardinale won three straight consolation round bouts Friday at the NCAA Division...
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College
/ 5 years agoCamacho advances in NCAA tournament; two Sacred Heart wrestlers eliminated
Falling behind or wrestling in a close match didn’t rattle North Carolina State’s Jakob Camacho Thursday in the first round of...
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College
/ 5 years agoTwo state wrestlers to be competing at NCAA Div. I nationals in St. Louis
Two wrestlers that grew up in Connecticut will be on the mat Thursday morning as the 2021 NCAA Division I wrestling...
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College
/ 5 years agoPreparation, practice have helped Nick Grosso get to the NCAA tournament
Away from the bright lights of a NCAA championship meet where the roar of the fans fills your ears and 20,000...
