UNIVERSITY PARK — With top-40 music playing from the speakers and clocks counting down from 48 minutes, the Lorenzo Wrestling Complex brims with activity nearly two months after Penn State finished its official season.

In one corner, an Olympic gold medalist and emerging heavyweight struggle moving each other. In an adjacent circle, a two-time NCAA champion pushes around a sophomore hoping to reach similar heights.

On the other side of the complex, another former NCAA champ trains with a teenager whose life revolves around wrestling. Behind the glass walls separating the wrestling mats and weight room, a man with big hopes for the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club’s newest endeavor and freestyle wrestling at Penn State watches a rehabbing heavyweight.

This mid-May afternoon provides a glimpse into a joke that started last fall when a competitor spotted heavyweight Les Sigman wearing NLWC gear at a major freestyle tournament. The competitor asked Sigman what the letters meant.

“It’s the future of wrestling,” Sigman responded.

via Overseeing the future of wrestling – Sports | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA | Penn State, Nittany Lions, weather, news, jobs, homes, apartments, real estate.

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Collegian Staff Writer

Aaron Anspach considers Phil Davis one of his best friends.

They talk about once a week, and when Davis returns to Happy Valley, he bunks at Anspach’s place. Though Anspach considers himself Davis’ good friend, the former Nittany Lion heavyweight may not watch his former Penn State teammate’s second Ultimate Fighting Championship bout, against Alexander Gustafsson in UFC 112, this Saturday.

It’s not that their friendship has met a bitter end.

Rather, the problem is one out of Anspach’s control — Davis’ fight is an undercard event and may not be featured on the pay-per-view program.

via Ex-Lion looks to stay perfect – The Daily Collegian Online.

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Go to TheMat.com for the USA Wrestling press release announcing the lineups.

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Penn State sophomore Frank Molinaro will begin the season at 149 pounds after finishing eighth at 141 in the NCAA Championships last March.

Coach Cael Sanderson said Tuesday that sophomore Frank Molinaro, who placed eighth at 141 pounds during last season’s NCAA Championships, will compete at 149.

Molinaro is taking the weight Bubba Jenkins wrestled the past two seasons. Jenkins, who is academically ineligible this semester, will likely redshirt during 2009-10.


via Molinaro moves up a weight class | Penn State News | Sports – Centre Daily Times.

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Aaron Anspach claimed the crown at 120 kg (264.5 lbs). Anspach was an All-American hwy and national runner-up for Penn State in 2007. He’s now competing with the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club.

Lee Sigman, former four time DII champion at Nebraska-Omaha is also now competing for the NLWC. He placed third a 120 kg.

Former Nit lightweight Mark McKnight took fifth at 55 kg (121 lbs). McKnight now competes for the Wildcat Wrestling Club at Northwestern.

Former Oklahoma wrestler and new Nittany Lion Wrestling Club coach Teyon Ware lost in the title bout at 60 kg (132.25 lbs).

More info at TheMat.com

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Wrestling assistant coaching staff becomes official – The Daily Collegian Online via kwout

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Cody Sanderson and Casey Cunningham Join Penn State Wrestling Family as Assistant Coaches – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE via kwout

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