Oney & Lee to Moscow for 2010 World Championships

Matt Oney, head wrestling coach at Punahou School, will be traveling to Moscow this weekend as a member of the 2010 US World Team coaching staff. He was selected this summer as an apprentice coach and will be joining the coaching staff, led by Terry Brands & John Smith in freestyle, Rob Herman & Dan Hicks in greco-roman, and Link Davis &... [Read more...]

2010 Excel Wrestling Summer Camp – Matside Coverage

The 2010 Excel Wrestling Summer Training Camp was held on July 1 (Thursday) through July 3 (Saturday) at Punahou School in the Intermediate wrestling room (Forrest Hall). The camp was run by Excel Wrestling’s Executive Director and Head Coach, Steve Knight. Coach Knight was an NCAA All American and Big 12 Champion for Iowa State before becoming... [Read more...]

REMINDER: Excel Wrestling Camp – July 1-3

Excel Wrestling is returning to Hawaii for it’s annual training camp, Thursday July 1st – Saturday July 3rd at Punahou School (Forrest Hall). Steve Knight has been a member of 2 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Coaching Staffs, was the 1992 Pan-Am Games Champion, and a Big-12 champion for Iowa State.  He’s come to Hawaii every summer... [Read more...]

HIADA Decisions on Wrestling & Judo

From Paul Honda at the Star Advertiser: Wrestling 1. Maintain the start dates but insert an additional week to the Winter Sports Season. Adjust each of the winter state tournament weeks to one Committee: 28-0-1 passed APPROVED 85-0-4 The rest of the results can be found here: 2. Change the over-hydrated disqualification rule to a reading of 1.000 on... [Read more...]

Is Hawaii Killing High School Wrestling?

A couple weeks ago, The Open Mat ran an interesting article titled “Who is to Blame, the Slow Death of College Wrestling” and it got me thinking: are we slowly killing high school wrestling in Hawaii? On the surface, things don’t look too bad here. Participation is decent (if uneven), the caliber of wrestling is solid, and there’s a widespread... [Read more...]

REMINDER: Iolani Clinic June 7-11, 2010

You can still register for the upcoming Iolani Clinic. Lead Clinician: Brian Smith, Head Coach, University of Missouri Three-time All-Big Ten wrestler and four-time letterman at Michigan State 13 All-Americans and 2 National Champions  have come through Coach Smith’s program University of Missouri has finished in the top-15 at the NCAA Championships... [Read more...]

Excel Wrestling Hawaii Training Camp – July 1-3

Excel Wrestling is returning to Hawaii for it’s annual training camp, Thursday July 1st – Saturday July 3rd at Punahou School (Forrest Hall). Steve Knight has been a member of 2 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Coaching Staffs, was the 1992 Pan-Am Games Champion, and a Big-12 champion for Iowa State.  He’s come to Hawaii every summer... [Read more...]

Win a trip to the 2010 U.S. World Team Trials!

As the traditional freestyle and Greco-Roman seasons are in full swing, USA Wrestling would like to tell all members of USA Wrestling about a special offer! All current members of USA Wrestling will be entered in a drawing to win The World Team Trials Experience in conjunction with the 2010 U.S. World Team Trials in Council Bluffs, Iowa on June 11-12. ... [Read more...]

Molokai Invitational Results

The Molokai Wrestling Club dominated their own tournament, the Molokai Invitational, Saturday at Molokai High School. It was Molokai’s first win of the Maui Style Wrestling season. Molokai had 16 champions and 22 runner-ups. Central Maui Style finished second with five champions while the Napili Surfriders were third and had six winners. Upcountry... [Read more...]

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