Posts Tagged ‘Mark Hall’
Penn State Puts Five Into NCAA Finals, Takes Commanding Hold On Team Race
By Ken Wunderley Tri-State Sports & News Service Ten champions will be crowned Saturday at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Tournament, which is being held at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena. However, one title has already been decided. Penn State clinched the team title for the fourth consecutive year and eighth time in nine years with…
Read More2 Days To Pittsburgh Nationals: Complete Look at Returning NCAA All-Americans in 2019
PITTSBURGH, PA – Wrestling is in the air here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Penguins and their ice are out and the NCAA and their mats are in! Wrestling officially kicks off at noon on Thursday. Photo by Sam Janicki. We are excited to host the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at @PPGPaintsArena here’s a…
Read MoreShort-Handed Penn State Handles Michigan in Sold-Out Bryce Jordan Center
The 2019 Bryce Jordan Center Dual featured one of the best meets of the NCAA season with #1 Penn State taking on #5 Michigan. The Big Ten dual featured a total of fourteen Nationally ranked wrestlers between the two teams in front of a packed BJC. At 125 pounds Penn State’s Devin Schnupp (Warwick) got…
Read MoreMark “Wreck” Hall brings down Champ Valencia as Nittany Lions roll past Sun Devils 41-3
The Friday night dual got underway at 125 pounds, despite pleas from fans to start the match at 184 pounds, in front of a sold out Rec Hall that aired live on ESPN2. Pennsylvania wrestler Devin Schnupp (Warwick) got a standing ovation despite falling to Arizona State’s Brandon Courtney (13-7). After a rough start for…
Read MorePitt’s Micky Phillippi and Millersville Coach Kerry Regner Join the College Podcast
PAPC40: The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee recap the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and reveal who won the pick em’ contest. They welcome on Pitt Panther and CKLV Finalist Micky Phillippi to talk about his progression and growing up competing against Luke Pletcher. The pair looks ahead to Arizona State vs. Penn State…
Read More#1 Penn State Downs the #3 Iowa Hawkeyes in front of Record Crowd
STATE COLLEGE – In front of a record crowd of nearly 16,000 fans the #1 Penn State Nittany Lions outpaced the #3 Iowa Hawkeyes (28-13) inside a sold out Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday night. Pennsylvania wrestling was well represented between the two squads with a total of five Pennsylvania natives taking the mat and…
Read MorePAPC25: PSU/tOSU Thoughts, Freshman AA’s, & Remembering Rande Stottlemyer with Pitt HC Keith Gavin
PAPC25: First-year Pitt Head Coach – and Panther alum – Keith Gavin joins the program to discuss life as a head coach, his coaching mentors, turning the Pitt program around, and his relationship with the late Rande Stottlemyer. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take listeners on more than an hour’s worth of a wrestling adventure. They discuss a…
Read MoreMighty Cassar Propels #2 Penn State past #1 Ohio State in Sold Out Rec Hall
State College – Despite missing undefeated #1 Jason Nolf at 157 lbs. and dropping a swing bout at 141 lbs. the Penn State Nittany Lions found a way to surpass #1 Ohio State in front of a sold-out Rec Hall crowd on Saturday night. The win was highlighted by several factors but most notably at…
Read MorePenn State Survives Scare, Downs Lehigh 23-19 in Front of Record Crowd
ALLENTOWN, PA. – Defending national champion and top-ranked Penn State won the final four bouts to survive a serious scare and defeat Lehigh 23-19 in front of a Lehigh home-record 9,896 fans in Allentown’s PPL Center. All five defending national champs won their bouts today with Darian Cruz, Zain Retherford, and Jason Nolf picking up…
Read MorePAPC15: Vegas Preview, Lehigh Vs Penn State, & Special Guest Mike McMullan
PAPC15: Pennsylvania native, four-time All-American, and current Northwestern University Assistant Coach Mike McMullan joins the program to discuss how he views his career in hindsight, what it took for him to change the landscape of heavyweight wrestling, the unique challenges of coaching college wrestling*, and much more. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take listeners on more than…
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