Tag Archives: Sam Sherlock
CDT: Wrestling riches
PSU coaches struck by PIAA quality
Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — The sights and sounds of last weekends PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Championships captivated one group of interested observers.
Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson and assistants Casey Cunningham and Cody Sanderson made stops in Hershey between the Nittany Lions’ preparations for the NCAA Championships, which begin Thursday in Omaha, Neb. The three-day event represented one of the few major tournaments Cael Sanderson, a four-time undefeated NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist, had never attended.
OpenMat: The Best Class Ever – 2010 PIAA State Wrestling Championships Preview | OpenMat News
Pennsylvania Seniors Making Their Mark on History
Willie Saylor, Editor
The PIAA State Wrestling Championships will be staged this weekend in Hershey. Always a triumphant affair, this year will be increasingly special, as it will serve as a swansong for perhaps the greatest senior class, from any one particular state, in the history of high school wrestling.
Pennsylvania has long been known as a hotbed of wrestling; since about, well, forever.
AP: PIAA wrestling tourney to get under way in Hershey
The Associated Press previews the PIAA Tournament. From the coverage our guys get, you would think that it was written by a PSU guy. Sherlock, Cowburn, Martellotti, Megaludis, and both Altons are all mentioned.
PPG: Wrestling icon leans on Penn State’s Paterno for input
“We’;re not trying to get in the Top 10. … We’re trying to win it all.”
By Ron Musselman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Cael Sanderson was a college wrestling legend at Iowa State.
He never lost a match, going 159-0 en route to capturing four NCAA titles. He also won a freestyle gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
In April, Penn State pulled off one of the biggest shockers in college wrestling history, hiring Sanderson away from his coaching position at his alma mater.
PPG: Knee injury finishes Sherlock’s season
John Heller/Post-Gazette
Sam Sherlock, a senior at West Mifflin High School who won WPIAL and PIAA titles last season, went out with a season-ending knee injury at the Beast of the East tournament in December.
The high school wrestling season has ended a lot sooner than expected for Sam Sherlock.
“We were hoping the injury wouldn’t keep him out of the postseason tournaments,” West Mifflin coach Tony Salopek said. “He had an MRI last week and the doctor told him it was a torn ACL. He will have surgery this week and will be out for the rest of the season.”
PPG: Wrestling Preview: 3 champs have sights set on Penn State
By Ken Wunderley, Tri-State Sports & News Service
Nico Megaludis of Franklin Regional is a returning PIAA champion who already has committed to Penn State.
Sam Sherlock, Nico Megaludis and Frank Martellotti have three high school wrestling achievements in common: one PIAA wrestling championship apiece, two WPIAL titles apiece and commitments to attend Penn State.
via Wrestling Preview: 3 champs have sights set on Penn State.
