Posts Tagged ‘Zain Retherford’
Penn State Opens Season with 45-3 Win Against Army
STATE COLLEGE – Things quickly went from banners to bonus points for Penn State’s top-ranked wrestling team Thursday night. It wasn’t long after Penn State raised yet another commemorative NCAA championship banner in Rec Hall before 6,320 onlookers that it flattened Army West Point 45-3 and made the Black Knights its 32nd straight victim. Three…
Read MorePenn State Preview: Lions Eye Another Title
When the NCAA finals drew to a close in St. Louis last March, it looked like Penn State had not only won its sixth team championship in seven years, but that another one in 2018 would be little more than a formality. After all the Nittany Lions would return five individual champs – Zain Retherford…
Read MoreMitchell Port Talks Edinboro Wrestling and 149 Preview
PAPC5: Current Edinboro assistant coach and 3-time All-American for the Fighting Scots Mitchell Port joins the PA Power College Podcast to help preview their squad in 2018. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity discuss the best swag in college wrestling, update on the Suriano Saga, and listen to Tristan’s cat swat the microphone. The pair also previews the 149…
Read MoreZain Retherford Will Represent Pennsylvania Wrestling at World Championships
LINCOLN, Neb – Pennsylvania Wrestling will be represented at the UWW Senior World Championships in Paris, France come August 2017. 2-time NCAA National Champion Zain Retherford (Benton Area/Penn State) qualified for his first Senior Freestyle World Team in Lincoln, Nebraska with an impressive performance against his former coach and training partner Frank Molinaro. Retherford, a…
Read MoreFour Pennsylvania Wrestlers Set to Compete in Times Square at Beat The Streets
NEW YORK – Four Pennsylvania grapplers are headed to Times Square in New York City to compete in the Beat The Streets Benefit featuring a main event between the USA and Japan. A preliminary match between members of the New York Beat The Streets Club will face off with wrestlers from the Philadelphia Beat The…
Read MorePennsylvania's Jordan Oliver Inches Closer to World Team Berth with U.S. Open Win
LAS VEGAS – Jordan Oliver is finally on top. The former Easton Area Red Rover claimed his first career U.S. Open Championship on Saturday with a win over 2016 Olympian Frank Molinaro in the 65 kg finals. Winning the U.S. Open is a huge first step in the road to Paris at the 2017 World…
Read MoreJordan Oliver Leads Pennsylvania Wrestling at U.S. Open
LAS VEGAS – Jordan Oliver (Easton Area) leads a contingent of Pennsylvania wrestlers in Las Vegas at the 2017 U.S. Open (Photo of Oliver by Tony Rotundo of Wrestlers Are Warriors). The 3-time PIAA State Champion is the lone Keystone Wrestler who advanced into the Senior Men’s Freestyle Finals. Overall ten wrestlers from Pennsylvania are…
Read MorePennsylvania Wrestlers Prepare for U.S. Open in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS – The 2017 U.S. Open returns to Las Vegas this weekend and Pennsylvania Wrestling will be represented by some of the Nation’s best. The event is broken down into several different age and style divisions including Senior Men’s Freestyle and Junior Men’s Freestyle. The Keystone State will also be represented in the Senior…
Read More20 Pennsylvania Wrestlers Named NWCA All-Academics
MANHEIM – Not only do they excel against their competition on the wrestling mat but some of Pennsylvania’s best NCAA Division I wrestlers dominate in the classroom. A total of 20 wrestlers from the Keystone State were named to the 2017 National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic list that showcases the Nation’s top performing student-athletes. Of…
Read MorePenn State Nittany Lions Crowns 5 Champions, Wins Team Title
ST. LOUIS – Jason Nolf jumped up, screamed and raised his arms in triumph. The rare display of emotional wasn’t the result of the Penn State 157-pounder his first NCAA title on Saturday night at the Scottrade Center. Instead, it came when his teammate, Vincenzo Joseph, pinned Isaiah Martinez for the 165-pound championship. That was…
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