11 Sep 2024

Category: Articles

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The University of Regina loses its Wrestling Programs

Wednesday May 2nd 2018 The University of Regina announced on Monday that they have cut the Men and Women Wrestling programs for the upcoming varsity 2018-2019 season.  The cutting of the programs is in line with the athletic department’s philosophy of saving money.  The removal of...
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Some random thoughts

Thursday April 26th 2018  Usually when I write my blog, I have clear objective in mind.  I want to talk about the state of wrestling in Quebec and maybe the country, the things that I’ve noticed throughout my many years in the sport or to talk...
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Life after wrestling

Monday April 2nd 2018 Legendary American wrestler and coach Dan Gable once said that “Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy”.  While that statement may seem pretty presumptious, anyone who’s wrestled will attest to the fact that wrestling gives you supreme amount of self-belief...
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The Junior-Senior Nationals makes its return to Quebec

Monday March 26th 2018 The Junior-Senior Nationals made its return to Quebec for the first time in over twenty years with CLIC taking on the task of hosting Canada’s premiere wrestling event at the Centre Claude Robillard.  The hosting of a tournament requires a lot of preparation...
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My experience at the U-Sports Wrestling Nationals

Tuesday February 27th 2018 The U-Sports Wrestling Nationals took place this past weekend and for the first time in my career, I got to experience it as a coach.  Throughout my wrestling career I competed at five U-Sports National (Formerly known as the CIS) championships, the...
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The intangibles to being a wrestler

Sunday February 11th 2018 The question that I get asked a lot is what makes a wrestler?  For that matter, what makes any athlete the way they are?  Athletes are a funny bunch as they are collectively obsessed with competition and self-improvement.  The best athletes...
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Two Concordia athletes claim Academic All-Canadian Honours

Francis Carter and Genevieve Lamarche of Concordia University were named as Academic All-Canadians for the 2016-17 school year.  The status of Academic All-Canadian is given to university varsity athletes who have competed on a varsity team, achieved significant athletic results at the university level and have...
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Cross-training for wrestling

Wednesday January 31st 2018 Wrestling as we all know is one of the most physically demanding sports out there.  It requires the strength of a weightlifter, the agility and finesse of a soccer player, the endurance of a marathon runner and the flexibility of a gymnast....