Andrew Koponen “aka, Kope” was born in the small suburban town of Livermore, California, where farms spread throughout the tri-valley and hillside areas, residents gather for the annual rodeo and parade, tourists and locals alike enjoy one of 50 wineries and breweries. His father, a nuclear physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and his […]
PURCHASE KICKOFF DINNER TICKETS https://secure.touchnet.net/C23195_ustores/web/classic/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=293 On Thursday, August 22nd, Vanguard University will be hosting its inaugural Kickoff Dinner & Silent Auction at the Newport Civic Center to introduce the relaunch of the wrestling program. Vanguard University is the only four-year institution in Orange County to have a wrestling program. This will be a great opportunity […]
I have been involved in the sport of wrestling for the last forty plus years and from the first day I set foot on the mat, I learned a great deal about the life lessons it teaches. Trust me, my first experience on the mat did not bode well. It was either give up and […]
2x CIF STATE MEDALIST (Since 1973): 3 Jonovan Smith – Birmingham (8, 2) 2018 – ’19 Johnny Prada – San Fernando (1, 5) 2013 – ’14 Ali Naser – El Camino Real (7, 4) 2011, ‘13 STATE MEDALIST (Since 1973): 19 154 – Tony Cooper – Gardena, 6th ‘78 105 – Ben Zuniga – Franklin, […]
The road map to achieving goals in life is through hard work, sacrifice, and being totally dedicated to the process of achieving them. It also requires having a vision and possessing the discipline to move forward, even in the midst of failure. It has been said that “discipline is doing what you don’t want to […]
2019 CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS at Sofia, Bulgaria, July 28-Aug. 4 Team rankings 1. Japan – 195 2. China – 127 3. USA – 106 4. Russia – 101 5. India – 95 6. Uzbekistan – 71 7. Belarus – 70 8. Ukraine – 66 9. Kyrgyzstan – 44 10. Turkey – 43 Finals results 40 […]
49 kg: Cristelle Rodriguez (Buchanan HS, Calif.) – SILVER WIN Antim Antim (India), 10-5 WIN Valeriya Kapustsina (Belarus), 7-2 WIN Yung Hsun Lin (Taipei), fall 0:19 LOSS Moe Kiyooka (Japan), 5-2
This year marks the 41st Annual Monterey Clinic of Champions being held at the Embassy Suites in Pacific Grove, California on October 25th – 27th. The pioneer behind this long-established clinic is California and National Hall-of-Fame recipient Bill Grant of Monterey. Within the national wrestling circles, he is considered by many to be among the […]
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