Wrestling

Funny how things work out. Brock Herman and Jaivon Jones, both northeast Ohio boys, grew up as wrestlers separated by just about 30 miles on Interstate 271. Their paths diverged after high school, with Herman electing to stay close to …

If the season were to end today, the Little Rock Trojans men’s basketball team would slip into the Ohio Valley Conference tournament as the eighth and final seed. And that in itself can be marked as an accomplishment. Picked in …

Plenty of capital has been invested in Little Rock Trojans athletic facilities, and more is on the way. Little Rock Director of Athletics Frank Cuervo said at a Monday media luncheon that 10 total facility projects have been completed over …

Olympic gold medalist Brandon Slay has become the executive director of SportsLife Wrestling in Springdale while also serving as head coach at G1 Training Center, a wrestling training facility focused on youth, high school and adult wrestlers. Slay had previously …

The Little Rock Trojans wrestling team took a punch below the belt over its first conference title that no referee would allow on the mat. Despite the school’s assertion that it followed all due diligence regarding compliance, the Pac-12 conference …

When Neil Erisman was selected to lead the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s inaugural wrestling program in June of 2018, he barely had a place to hold practice. “This was a tennis court,” Erisman said, waving his hand at …

If Greg Hatcher ever feels like he has time on his hands, it is probably because he does not waste any. The perpetually multitasking Hatcher is the founder of the Hatcher Agency in Little Rock, which he began in 1990 …

The man who is responsible for bringing a Division I wrestling program to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been nominated to the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Greg Hatcher is a nominee for the 67th class in the …

Kristi Mann, the Arkansas state chair of USA Wrestling, will travel to Azerbaijan as one of Wrestle Like a Girl’s exchange participants, the organization recently posted on social media. The U.S. State Department exchange will occur in May and have …

Pictured above: After being turned on to wrestling in his teen years, Duffield appeared in matches throughout the U.S. and abroad. (Photos provided) It is a well-trod political trope to paint oneself as an anti-establishment, special-interests-averse candidate of the people, …