ANNOUNCEMENT: WRESTLE OFFS

IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THE 2010 BULLS WRESTLE OFFS!

UB wrestling will have wrestle offs Sunday, October 24 (time TBA).  Wrestle offs are open to the public, so come out and support the UB grapplers as they battle for a coveted starting spot on this year's squad! 

October 24 is also the annual clinic hosted by the Bulls for coaches and wrestlers.  More information will follow in the coming days... stay tuned!

Catching-Up with Dan Bishop

Coach Catrabone catches-up with 2010 UB Graduate Dan Bishop.

Workout Dedicated to Wrestling Alumni

Coach Beichner caught-up on the phone with UB Wrestling Alumni Ed Brown last week.  Ed wrestled at UB from 1968-1971 and was a three-time NCAA Division I National Qualifier at UB.  Ed is currently living in Montana and said to tell the team, "real man do fifty push-ups."  After one of our grueling workouts last week, we finished with 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, and 100 pull-ups for Ed.  This is a clip of the push-ups and sit-ups.  These are for you Ed!

Coach Beasley

Wrestling Alumni Serves UB for 40 years

1973 Graduate Lt. Roy Guarino just retired from the UB Police force.  He wrestled at UB from 1970-1973 after graduating from Corning Community College.  He helped lead the Bulls Wrestling Team to a 14-6-1 team record in 1970-1971, an incredible 17-1 record in 1971-1972, and and outstanding 14-2-1 record in 1972-1973.  Roy is in the top 20 all time at UB in season falls, near falls, and reversals.  After graduating at UB, he joined the University Police and retired this past Wednesday.  Roy's son, Dave, wrestled at UB from 1997-2002 and won a MAC Championship.

On behalf of the UB Wrestling Family, we want to wish Roy a great retirement and thank you for your outstanding support of UB Wrestling for 40 years and many more to come!!

Coach Beasley

Wrestling Alumni Receives Honor & Recognition

Mickey Moran, 2009 UB graduate is being inducted into the Shaler Area High School Hall of Fame today (Glenshaw, PA).  Mickey had a great high school career at Shaler and deserves this honor.  He continued his wrestling and academic career at UB and made our history books in several categories.

Mickey finished his high school career with a 144-26 overall record, which put his in 3^rd in all time wins at Shaler.  He also had 90 pins, which also puts him at 3^rd in the school’s history.  Over his high school career he had an outstanding 340 takedowns, which puts him in 2^nd all-time for Shaler.  He placed in the Pennsylvania AAA State Tournament as both a junior (3^rd at 152 pounds) and as a senior (2^nd at 160 pounds, losing a heartbreaker in overtime).  At the conclusion of his senior year, he was selected to compete in the prestigious Dapper Dan Classic for the WPIAL Team.  In the Dapper Dan, he beat the highly touted Keegan Mueller of Texas.

At UB, Mickey was a four year starter and two time team captain (2007-2008 and 2008-2009).  Mickey was ranked in the top 20 in the country for three of his years at UB and won the UB Open three times.  He was a 2009 NCAA Division I National Qualifier and two-time MAC place winner.  He also won the New York State Collegiate Championships twice and made the finals three times.  Over his illustrious career, Mickey was named as the MAC Wrestler of the Week several times.  He won 88 matches, which is good for 8^th all time at UB.  Also, he finished in 10^th for all time career dual meet wins with 37.  He is in 5^th place in all time dual meet takedowns with an impressive 109 on his career.

Mickey really excelled in freestyle while he was at UB as well.  In 2007, Mickey became a freestyle All-American with a 7^th place showing at the University National Championships.  In 2008, Mickey placed 4^th at the University National Championships at 85kg and was again named as a freestyle All-American.  He followed that performance up with a very good showing at the University World

Team Trials, where he placed 3^rd in the country.

On a personal note, Mickey is a great person that has done a lot for the University at Buffalo.  He was one of the first wrestlers that I got to know when I came to UB in January of his junior year (2008) and went out of his way to make my transition at UB very smooth.  I was fortunate enough to coach him his last year and a half at UB and develop a great friendship with him after his graduation.  Mickey is currently working at UB as an instructor for the Recreation and Intramural Department and running the CPR program.  We are lucky to have Mickey at UB helping us out.  He has been instrumental in promoting our matches over the last year and he spearheaded (along with Joe Muscarella) the Takedown Cancer Event last year that raised over $38,000 for the Jeff Parker family and cancer research.

Congratulations Mick!  You are very deserving of this great honor!

Coach Beasley


For a link to the Shaler Area School District Athletic Hall of Fame, click here.