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Sports | December 28, 2009

Two NCAA champs among 400 wrestlers at 2009 Southern Scuffle

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Two 2009 NCAA champs are among the 400 wrestlers at the Southern Scuffle, Dec. 29-30
Two 2009 NCAA champs are among the 400 wrestlers at the Southern Scuffle, Dec. 29-30
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Two defending NCAA Division I champions are among the 400 wrestlers expected to compete at the 2009 Southern Scuffle wrestling tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina

According to the Burlington (NC) Times-News, among the competitors in that huge pool of college wrestling talent: 125-pounder Troy Nickerson of Cornell University, and Jarrod King of Edinboro University, the top-ranked wrestler at 165 pounds. Both won individual NCAA championships last season.

Thirty teams will be represented in the two-day meet, which takes place Tuesday and Wednesday, December 29-30, at the Greensboro Coliseum’s Special Events Center

Resources

Times-News: NCAA champs set for wrestling field at Southern Scuffle

College Wrestling Examiner: Preview of 2009 Southern Scuffle

2009 Southern Scuffle: Official preview and website (with links to schedule, ticket info, and how to follow online)

College Wrestling 101: Links to articles answering basic questions about wrestling, including rules, scoring, uniforms, more

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