Little Lions Wrestling : Welcome

Welcome to the Little Lions Wrestling website provided by LLWBC in support of our State College student athletes.

The junior high/high school wrestling program places a strong emphasis in building character and providing lifelong lessons that will ultimately help our wrestlers become role model citizens of our society. Grades, positive attitude, respect and work ethic are some core values our coaches instill into our wrestlers. We must not forget the first word in "student athlete" and teach our wrestlers the importance of working hard in school. Wrestling comes second in our program which will ensure our students are smart athletes instead of the stereo type many have placed on our wrestlers.

The teams are in good hands with high school head coach Chad Dubin and junior high head coach Steve Kurzinger. Both coaches have years of experience in the sport of wrestling. The coaches have a hunger for sharing their knowledge to our wrestlers. The sport of wrestling has a long history and has evolved over time which is why our State College coaches continue to be students of the sport themselves.

We must thank the assistant coaches and the volunteers that help make the program a success. We have over 75 wrestlers in the school district wrestling for 2012-2013 and without them we would not be where we are today.

Thank you for visiting the central location for all the information you need for the State College Little Lions.

GO LIONS!!!

WRESTLING HISTORY: Origins & Facts (http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/history-wrestling.htm)

Wrestling is one of the few sports that can be traced back to the beginnings of recorded history. There are cave drawings in France that are over 15,000 years old. Babylonian and Egyptian and Babylonian relief’s depict wrestling bouts where wrestlers are using most of the holds known to the modern-day sport.

Wrestling was a big part of ancient Greek literature and legend. Back then wrestling was the number one sport in Greece and also one of the most brutal. The ancient Romans adopted the sport with much enthusiasm but devised rules to eliminate most of the brutality..

Early American settlers brought the sport of wrestling to the new world when they came from England. tradition with them when they came from England. The sport was also very popular with the native Americans. Amateur wrestling was very popular and indeed flourished with matches taking place during holiday celebrations, county fairs and as a means for the military to maintain fitness.

New York city hosted the first national organized wrestling tournament in 1888 and the modern Olympic games sanctioned the first wrestling matches at the St Louis games in 1904.

The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles, FILA, was founded in 1912, in Antwerp, Belgium.

In 1912 the first CNCAA Wrestling Championships took place in Ames, Iowa.

The national governing body of amateur wrestling in the United States is “USA Wrestling”, formed in 1983 and situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It conducts age level competitions all across the country.

The first modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896, included Greco-Roman Wrestling and there were no categories based on weight. The sport then made an Olympic comeback in 1904 but Greco-Roman was not re-included until 1908.

Women’s wrestling was included in the Olympic games in 2004.