Tam’s Andre Salinas is making a career out of touching lives
Tomorrow we’re running a feature on Tam High wrestling coach Andre Salinas. He’s in his 18th season with the Red-tailed Hawks, and the fact that he’s been coaching longer than any of his wrestlers have...
View ArticleMarin Wrestling: Dusk 2 Dawn highlights
There were approximately 21 teams from Northern California in Kentfield for the 10th edition of the Dusk 2 Dawn tournament. 15 wrestlers from Marin high schools earned top-six finishes or better. It...
View ArticleTam’s Cortez, San Marin’s Vavuris take home Mountain Clash titles
In Mill Valley on Saturday, a field of 43 teams competed in the first ever Mountain Clash. It is thought to be the biggest wrestling event ever in Marin. It was certainly a big day for the seven Marin...
View ArticlePrep wrestling: Brisbois’ compelling career arc, Lizarraga’s MVP, TL’s top...
With some 40 plus Marin wrestlers placing at Saturday’s MCAL wrestling championships and only 20 or so inches of newspaper space to write about it, it seems to me that this is the perfect occasion for...
View ArticleScooped by the Green Goblin – a NCS wrestling update
Thanks to the Green Goblin, whoever you are, for your dedicated effort in getting the prep wrestling news out there on the inter-webs. For the rest of you, as you may know, the North Coast Section...
View ArticleNCS wrestling championships bonus coverage: Lizarraga and Morris poised to do...
Despite having spent 12 or so hours in Newark on Saturday, I felt like I could use just a little more wrestling. I’m sure you agree. With the story for Sunday’s paper (linked above) rather Ermolov and...
View ArticleBrackets released for State wrestling championships
After second-place finishes at the North Coast Section meets last Saturday in Newark, the reward for Terra Linda’s Roman Ermolov and Marin Catholic’s James Sitzmann is a trip to Bakersfield — the home...
View ArticleTL’s Roman Ermolov on Uzbekistan, college, Rocky, and Borat
I had the pleasure of getting to know Terra Linda High wrestler Roman Ermolov over this past wrestling season. This week we met for an interview for a feature I wrote for Thursday’s paper. The kid’s...
View ArticleKing of the Mat: Final edition for 2010
2010 has been a memorable season in MCAL wrestling. Eight Marin wrestlers advanced to the second day of the North Coast Section championships, three were in contention for Section titles, and two —...
View Article
