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Iowa State’s Austin Gomez – OTM624
January 05, 2021 21:42 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBIowa State Cyclone Austin Gomez goes On The Mat After a history of injuries and concussions, Iowa State’s Austin Gomez announced last month he was stepping away from the sport of wrestling after a short lifetime competing within it. Gomez was a 2019 NCAA qualifier, finishing a match away from placing in Pittsburgh. A four-time champion in Fargo and a three-time Illinois high school state champion, he was one of the top recruits in the nation. Join Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton as they talk...
In his own words, Sgt. Slaughter on the late Danny Hodge
January 02, 2021 02:07 - 12 minutes - 8.91 MBThe wrestling world lost Danny Hodge on Christmas Eve. The only wrestler to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated for his wrestling credentials, Hodge was a standout in three varieties of the sporting world - collegiate and international wrestling, boxing and professional wrestling. As Hodge became one of the favorites in the world of professional wrestling, he worked and trained with hundreds of would-be superstars, including Robert Remus, an Eden Prairie, Minnesota native who would later b...
Get to know The Grind at Appalachian State #InternationalPodcastDay
December 29, 2020 22:24 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBJeremy Barnes (aka J.B.) is one of the hosts for The Grind, a podcast committed to promoting all things Appalachian State Wrestling. The show started in effort to bring more awareness to Appalachian State Wrestling. Most people probably recognize the name from football, but our wrestling is just as successful or even more so. All that news and more … Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointh...
Launching the Keep Fresno State Wrestling campaign
December 26, 2020 20:37 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBOn October 16, California State University, Fresno announced it was dropping men’s tennis, women’s lacrosse, and for the second time in school history, men’s wrestling. After a decade-long quest to bring the sport back to campus in 2016, a new quest has been started by Keep Fresno State Wrestling. In conjunction with USA Wrestling, the National Wrestling Coaches Association and Flowrestling, the Keep Fresno State Wrestling group will kickoff its official efforts on Monday, December 21 at 6 p....
5PM43: Christmas Time with Millersville’s Kerry Regner
December 23, 2020 23:14 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBEpisode 43 features Millersville University head coach and former US Greco-Roman National Team member Kerry Regner in his first appearance on the program. Regner provides an overview of how he has stayed on top of his athletes despite their season being canceled while also sharing his perspective on why Greco-Roman, or any wrestling style, can succeed at enrollment-driven colleges. After that is out of the way, a special guest drops by to wish Regner a Merry Christmas in very unique fashion. ...
Oklahoma State Recruiting Coordinator Tyler Caldwell – OTM623
December 23, 2020 02:23 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBOklahoma State wrestling Recruiting Coordinator Tyler Caldwell goes On The Mat Kansas native and four-time NCAA Division I All-American Tyler Caldwell is next up On The Mat. A two-time All-American at both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, Caldwell serves as the Recruiting Coordinator for the Oklahoma State wrestling program. He was also a 2014 World University champion in freestyle wrestling. On The Mat is presented by Cliff Keen Athletic. Join Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton as they talk about...
The Rankings Episode with The Open Mat’s Earl Smith – NCS72
December 22, 2020 23:11 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBEpisode 72 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is up and out as host Brian Reinhardt talks about the upcoming season and one of the more divisive subjects in wrestling - rankings. To talk about all things wrestling, the show welcomes back Earl Smith of @theopenmat to talk about what goes into it and how the @PackWrestle combatants stand. Show Segments 1:00 - Welcome 2:00 - Earl Smith has big shoes to fill. 5:15 - How does the season play out with only duals in the regular season? 8:30 - ...
Casey Moss has more to his game than daytime TV and The Last Champion
December 21, 2020 00:27 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBCasey Moss was best known as J.J. Deveraux on the long-running daytime drama Days of Our Lives. As Moss was toward the end of his run on the show, he earned the role of Scott Baker in the recently released wrestling-themed drama The Last Champion. On Episode 639 of Short Time, Moss talks about his role as Baker in the movie, what it was like to gain the role, his background wrestling growing up in Arizona before we go way off the original topic and talk about his band, Inner Echo, and our fav...
Formulating a college wrestling schedule with Coach Ersland – AAS2E10
December 19, 2020 17:14 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBWhile Purdue wrestling head coach Tony Ersland hasn't had much new news since the U23 and Junior national freestyle championships, the Boilermakers are getting closer to the reveal of the 2021 schedule and wanted to share what we do know about the coming season on the latest episode of the Always Aggressive Podcast. Ersland dives into the format of the pending Big Ten schedule, along with some of the potential additions and match structures of the coming season. The conference is tentatively ...
Former wrestler Michael Madden plays Deck Hines in The Last Champion
December 16, 2020 05:36 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBWashington native and former University of Jamestown wrestler Michael John Madden joins the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to talk about his role as Deck Hines in The Last Champion. Madden was a 2009 state qualifier in Washington for White River High School in Buckley. He wrestled for a season at NAIA Jamestown in North Dakota before leaving school to pursue acting. SHORT TIME SHOTS (it’s the scores and such, people) In the NAIA, Grand View broke one of college wrestling’s oldest records as the...
Michigan head coach Sean Bormet – OTM622
December 15, 2020 01:51 - 1 hour - 44 MBMichigan head wrestling coach Sean Bormet goes On The Mat Sean Bormet, the head wrestling coach at the University of Michigan, is the latest guest On The Mat. Bormet will talk about his ascension to the head coaching ranks, the success of the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club and more on this episode. On The Mat is presented by Cliff Keen Athletic. Join Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton as they talk about the world of wrestling on the flagship podcast of Trackwrestling.com. Show Segments 0:50 - Andy’...
WIBN Speaker Series: Carl Eschenbach
December 11, 2020 15:12 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBCarl Eschenbach is a Partner at Sequoia Capital and a former wrestler originally from the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. Episode 9 of State of Wrestling kicks off the Wrestlers In Business Network Speaker Series with Eschenbach as he talks about leadership, business and technology and our current state of business affairs. Eschenbach will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an Outstanding American in 2021, although he and his fellow induction class were set to be inducted...
Popolizio on scheduling, RTC Cup and a chat with Dustin Kawa – NCS71
December 09, 2020 23:29 - 50 minutes - 35.2 MBEpisode 71 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is back, in person, with head coach Pat Popolizio. The Wolfpack Wrestling Club recently competed at the RTC Duals and coach Popolizio will break down that and more, including the schedule, on this episode with host Brian Reinhardt. Show Segments 1:40 - So much wrestling news right now! 3:30 - How hard was it to prep for this season? 5:00 - No notes, no problem. It’s a free year. 6:50 - Looking at the home schedule. 8:20 - How the heck are th...
Penn head wrestling coach Roger Reina – OTM621
December 08, 2020 01:40 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBPenn head coach Roger Reina goes On The Mat Roger Reina, in his second stint as the head wrestling coach at Penn, joins the show to talk about the state of his program, Ivy League wrestling and topics relevant to the Pennsylvania RTC (and more). On The Mat is presented by Cliff Keen Athletic. Join Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton as they talk about the world of wrestling on the flagship podcast of Trackwrestling.com. Show Segments 0:50 - Shimmy Shamrock Shake, Please. 1:30 - Kyle Klingman’s ...
Writing and directing The Last Champion with Glenn Withrow, Hallie Todd and Ivy Withrow
December 07, 2020 05:31 - 42 minutes - 29 MBGlenn Withrow grew up wrestling in Kentucky. A state runner-up in high school, he quickly went into film and over the last several decades, he’s acted, written and produced a number of serieses and films. On Episode 637 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Glenn and his wife Hallie Todd and their daughter Ivy Withrow, join the show to talk about the December 8 release of The Last Champion, a film they wrote and directed together with high school wrestling as the backdrop of this story about r...
Earl Smith breaking down the Vengeance in Virginia on December 6
December 03, 2020 15:41 - 50 minutes - 35.2 MBEarl Smith talks Vengeance in Virginia coming December 6. The event, which starts at 3 p.m. at Top of the Podium in Sterling, will feature 18 bouts with a mix of high school boys, high school girls and one college all-star bout. Information can be found at VirginiaWrestling.com. Live streaming will be available on Trackwrestling.com. SHORT TIME SHOTSThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga announced on Wednesday that the 2021 Southern Scuffle has been canceled. Full details can be found at ...
Mark Churella | Wrestling Values = Successful Career/Life
December 02, 2020 04:23 - 46 minutes - 36.1 MBThis is the final installment of the Mark Churella story- The post wrestling career. With the amount of success Churella had as a wrestler, certainly international success would follow. Perhaps a coaching job. While things don't always happen the way we want them to, for Mark Churella, things always seem to fall into place. Etched in Stone, the stories of wrestling’s legends will take you inside the lives of over 170 of the greatest wrestlers in history as they share their never-before-told ...
Cole Hauser talks about his role as a former wrestler and coach in The Last Champion
December 01, 2020 04:19 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBJohn Wright is a disgraced American wrestler who finds himself back in his hometown with a chance at redemption. Cole Hauser plays Wright as he returns to his hometown and finds himself back near a wrestling mat after years away. On this episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Jason Bryant talks with Hauser about the role, the release and production of the film and how he approached taking on a role of a wrestler and wrestling coach for the film. The film gets released digitally on Ap...
Blair Academy’s Brian Antonelli and St. Edward’s Paddy Gallagher – OTM620
November 30, 2020 20:28 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBBlair Academy coach Brian Antonelli and St. Edward senior Paddy Gallagher On The Mat Brian Antonelli, the head coach at one of the nation’s premiere high school wrestling programs, Blair Academy, joins the show, as does Trackwrestling’s Cliff Keen Preseason Wrestler of the Year, Paddy Gallagher from St. Edward in Ohio. On The Mat is presented by Cliff Keen Athletic. Join Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton as they talk about the world of wrestling on the flagship podcast of Trackwrestling.com. S...
5PM42: A Dennis Hall Thanksgiving
November 25, 2020 23:11 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBIn what has become an annual tradition, if by accident, the Five Point Move Podcast is here with the Thanksgiving 2020 Special. Hall assumes his duties as co-host to discuss the match between Ben Provisor and Fritz Schierl along with the various tie-ins all three have with one another. After that, some off-topic commentary on the general state of the country makes its way into the conversation before Hall closes it out with his view of UWW's Individual World Cup next month in Serbia. Su...
Cam Tessari and Drew Tewell on the screenplay for the #CamTessariMovie project
November 25, 2020 18:01 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBCam Tessari was one of the top high school wrestlers in the country. On a team with high school superstars Logan and Hunter Stieber and Chris Phillips, the "Monroeville Four" were destined for college greatness. Phillips never wrestled in college, while the Stiebers and Tessari went to Ohio State. All were All-Americans with Logan winning four NCAA Division I wrestling championships. Tessari placed as a freshman, then his off the mat issues sent him down a destructive path. A second chance w...
Mark Churella | Intensity Creates Pain For Opponents
November 25, 2020 13:57 - 38 minutes - 30.9 MBMark Churella's successful high school career caught the attention of top college wrestling programs around the country and while it wasn't apparent to anyone but him, the only place he was planning on going was to Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan. Even today, college recruiting pitches can be colorful. Even without the instantaneous technology and communications that we have today, coaches will still try to talk the athlete into believing that their option, where they coach is the be...
Talking Turkey with Tony Robie – VT100
November 25, 2020 00:23 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBIt’s been a while since Tony Robie has addressed #HokieNation on Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and what better time than Episode 100! It’s also mildly coincidental this will be the 100th season of Hokie wrestling. On today’s show, Coach Robie talks about his contract extension, the 2020-21 schedule and what it looks like. The Southeast RTC also picked up World teamer, NCAA champion and four-time All-American Nahshon Garrett, so that’ll be a point of discussion as well. Finally, we wrap up ...
Stanford head coach Jason Borrelli – OTM619
November 24, 2020 17:52 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBStanford head wrestling coach Jason Borrelli goes On The Mat Jason Borrelli, the head wrestling coach at Stanford and an alum of Central Michigan, is the latest guest On The Mat. Borrelli will give us a breakdown on what’s going on to keep the program, as well as what they want to bring to The Farm. On The Mat. Presented by Cliff Keen Athletic, join Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton On The Mat, the flagship podcast of Trackwrestling.com. Show Segments 0:45 - Herbal Essences isn’t the title ...
Wrestling podcaster Ryan Warner has one simple question for you
November 24, 2020 06:44 - 33 minutes - 23 MBHow did wrestling change your life? That’s exactly the question Ryan Warner wants to know and that’s exactly the theme of his podcast, Wrestling Changed My Life. Warner, an Illinois native, started up the podcast a couple years ago and has been prolific with his interviews and his conversational style of podcast. Digging into greats, documentary series on his own and with the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Wrestling Changed My Life has been a fan favorite and it’s only getting better. Che...
Coach Ersland grades performance at U23 championships – AAS2E9
November 20, 2020 04:01 - 48 minutes - 38.5 MBThe Purdue wrestling team saw its first action in eight months over the weekend, and head coach Tony Ersland, Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett recap the action on this week's episode of the Always Aggressive Podcast. In addition to the results from the U23 and UWW Junior Nationals, the guys take a look at FloWrestling's showcase event from the weekend and put the final touch on last week's recruiting news. The show dives into the overall results for the team, putting four placewinners on the podi...
IAwrestle’s Tony Hager and the podcast tech within wrestling
November 19, 2020 07:09 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBTony Hager, one of the guys behind IAWrestle, joins Short Time as part of International Podcast Day to talk about what he’s been doing with IAwrestle, Night of Conflict and his Rokfin-based Hager’s Happy Hour, which is a wrestling-centric show about pretty much anything. Well, beer and wrestling and everything else. Hager and Bryant talk about the genesis of the show idea, turn things around to talk about the importance of podcasting on the wrestling medium, as well as thing we all do to he...
5PM41: Calvin Germinaro and Alec Ortiz of the Minnesota Storm
November 18, 2020 19:22 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBEpisode 41 brings together a pair of Minnesota Storm teammates with whom everyone is familiar: two-time Senior National runner-up Calvin Germinaro and Alec "The Gunslinger" Ortiz. Germinaro just added a silver from the U23 Nationals to his collection while Ortiz's last time out was his third-place showing at the Senior event in October. Topics holding importance relative to both wrestlers' careers and impending training plans are discussed, as well as a few other items on the general Greco pe...
Mark Churella | 3X NCAA Champ Planned To Play Basketball
November 17, 2020 03:35 - 26 minutes - 19.6 MBThe first story in the Etched in Stone series is Mark Churella, a three-time NCAA Division I champion from the University of Michigan. Few dominated a match like Mark, or came as close to winning four NCAA titles, but what you will find most rewarding about listening to his story is how he used the values passed down by his parents to have one of the most successful careers in NCAA history, and then building a successful business while passing on those same values to his children. Etched in S...
Launching the Etched in Stone podcast series with NCAA champion and show architect Pat Christenson
November 16, 2020 21:17 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBPat Christenson has spent the last 19 years as the President of Las Vegas Events, which has helped bring major sporting events and such to Las Vegas. He’s been a key person behind the bid process for the NCAA championships for Las Vegas in all sports. He was also instrumental in the 2008 Olympic Trials and 2015 World Championships coming to Las Vegas. As a wrestler, Christenson won the 1976 NCAA Division I championship at 167 pounds as an unseeded senior for the University of Wisconsin. He’s ...
Meet the new recruits – AAS2E8
November 13, 2020 21:14 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBThe three newest members of the Boilermaker family join the Always Aggressive Podcast as we welcome Stoney Buell, Dustin Norris and Ben Vanadia to Purdue. The trio joins head coach Tony Ersland to talk about they chose Purdue, why Purdue chose them and what the future holds. Ersland also discusses the Boilermakers' return to the mat this weekend as a group heads West to Omaha, Nebraska for the U23 and UWW Junior National Freestyle Championships. All three Boilermaker commits were top-100 rate...
Exploring the world of Fantasy College Wrestling
November 13, 2020 19:04 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBFantasy wrestling has become a thing. Tony and Todd aim to bring the wrestling fans who host their own leagues information on the top scorers and favorable schedules as well as talking some general wrestling news while they're at it. It's for all your major decisions. ALSOThe 2021 Virginia Duals have been canceled. I’ll breakdown a bit of information as to what led to it. Don’t yet have a presser about it, but it’ll be out when I get a chance to write it. I also talk about Friday The 13th m...
Breaking down what’s happening this fall – AAS2E2
September 04, 2020 16:57 - 35 minutes - 33 MBBreaking down what’s happening this fall – AAS2E2 With the second week of classes underway, Purdue head coach Tony Ersland, Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm return for another episode of the Always Aggressive Podcast. On this week's show, Ersland gives some of his early impressions of the team and guys who put in some noticable work this summer, naming rising sophomore Thomas Penola as one to watch. They also look into the new requirements in scheduling the team's workouts in the weight room...
Anthony Robles is still going strong
September 01, 2020 21:05 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBCatching up with 2011 NCAA Division I champion Anthony Robles as he continues to break records and explore new avenues.
Colorado’s greatest wrestling upset documented in Unmatched
August 27, 2020 04:44 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBBrady Buck talks about what it took to break down one of the biggest shockers in high school wrestling nearly 20 years ago in his book Unmatched.
Purdue’s Productive Summer – AAS2E1
August 25, 2020 21:21 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBWhat was going down in West Lafayette this summer? The second season of Always Aggressive visits with Tony Ersland to find out.
Alum Tommy Gantt talks about his upcoming match at Wrestling Underground – NCS69
August 25, 2020 20:49 - 14 minutes - 6.83 MBAlum Tommy Gantt talks about his upcoming match at Wrestling Underground – NCS69 SUBSCRIBE TO #PACKMENTALITY POP-INS Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Podcasts Spotify | Android | RSS NC State alum Tommy Gantt comes on board for the latest edition of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast to talk about his upcoming match at Wrestling Underground, a pay-per-view promotion that will air this coming weekend on UFC Fight Pass and has the support of one of the most polarizing figure...
Speaking up with Dr. Airron Richardson – The MatBoss Podcast Ep. 59
August 25, 2020 18:04 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBDr. Airron Richardson joins Chad Dennis to talk about his career at Michigan, but also why he spoke up regarding the allegations of abuse at his alma mater.
Introducing James Green – VT99
August 24, 2020 17:45 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBThe next chapter of James Green's competitive career brings him to Blacksburg to join the Southeast Regional Training Center.
NASCAR Truck Series Driver Derek Kraus – OTM613
August 23, 2020 05:10 - 50 minutes - 23.3 MBDerek Kraus is battling to try to make the playoffs in the NASCAR Truck Series. The recent high school graduate talks about his time on the wrestling mats in his native Wisconsin.
5PM39: Lucas Sheridan and Corey Hope
August 22, 2020 20:14 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBA veritable cornucopia of topics are touched upon with Lucas Sheridan and Corey Hope on the latest episode of the Five Point Move Podcast.
Wrestling coach and author J.D. Oliva talks novels, comics, Fargo and even pro wrestling
August 21, 2020 15:37 - 1 hour - 38.2 MBWhat's the crossover between wrestling coaches, horror novels, comics and pro wrestling? DeKalb H.S. coach J.D. Oliva shows us on Short Time.
Troy Nickerson, Northern Colorado head coach and D1 Leadership Group Chair – SOW7
August 19, 2020 17:48 - 52 minutes - 23.8 MBTroy Nickerson explains the recent recommendation to start wrestling on January 1 and the role the NWCA Leadership Groups play in college wrestling.
Missouri super senior Grant Leeth and his unfinished business
August 17, 2020 19:27 - 47 minutes - 21.9 MBMissouri super senior Grant Leeth and his unfinished business Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherPodcast RSSTuneInSpreakeriHeartRadioOvercastPocket CastsCastboxPodchaserTwitterAndroidPatreon Grant Leeth is one of the oldest athletes in Division I wrestling. A 2014 high school graduate, Leeth’s career started at Duke before he transferred back to his native Missouri to wrestle for coach Brian Smith at the University of Missouri. Leeth joins Short Time to talk about his caree...
What’s next for NCAA wrestling? Anthony Holman of the NCAA goes On The Mat – OTM612
August 15, 2020 03:51 - 1 hour - 28 MBAnthony Holman, the NCAA's Managing Director of Championships, comes back On The Mat to talk about the state of NCAA wrestling right now.
Romania’s Simona Buibar and her unique journey with wrestling
August 11, 2020 18:25 - 38 minutes - 17.9 MBStranded? Not entirely. Romanian national team member Ana Simona Buibar talks about her attempts to get home while training in the U.S.
Marc Sprague, longtime coach of Cobra Wrestling, goes On The Mat – OTM611
August 08, 2020 21:50 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBAn institution in Oregon, Marc Sprague has led one of the most successful wrestling clubs in the country. Find out more about him On The Mat.
Ryan LeBlanc, new head coach at The Citadel – OTM610
August 01, 2020 20:56 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBGet introduced to the new head wrestling coach at The Citadel, Ryan LeBlanc.
Olympic champion and Pennsylvania RTC coach Brandon Slay – OTM609
July 25, 2020 17:32 - 1 hour - 35 MBBig things are happening with the Pennsylvania RTC. Kyle and Andy catch up with 2000 Olympic champion Brandon Slay to talk about it.
Cadet and Junior Nationals King: David Kjeldgaard won 11 medals and eight championships
July 24, 2020 16:18 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBNo American wrestler in history is as accomplished at the Cadet and Junior level as David Kjeldgaard.