Happy Holidays and a Great Season to All!

The best part about the holidays is being with your family and friends. But I can't seem to forget the portion controlling and morning runs being the worst part. There's something in all of us that actually enjoyed the challenge of it and were proud to do it. This is the turning point in the season, where wrestlers either peak or begin to make a push for the top. That assumes that weight does not become an issue following the holidays. Reflecting on the first competitions of the season and the progress made so far, is an important step for the remainder of your season. Here at MatDaddy.com, we are thankful for all the support and enthusiasm for the site. It was a pleasure working with the staff at Clovis West High School (CA), and covering their Shootout tournament. We are currently working on securing some upcoming tournaments at the College and High School levels. Uploading videos from your computer has never been easier, so record those matches, load them to your computer, edit them if you like, and upload the video file to MatDaddy.com. There are JVC Hard Drive camcorders for as low as $270.00 on Amazon.com. We recommend Hard Drive cameras because of there ability to easily transfer video files to your computer using a USB cord. If you are doing shopping online and would like to support MatDaddy.com, just shop Amazon.com through ANY of the links you see on our Home or video pages. MatDaddy will continue to provide quality wrestling and MMA videos for fans across the nation. Here are some news stories from around the internet:

Top Ten List: Plenty of memorable moments during eventful 2008...read all of them Here

Oklahoma State captures team title at Reno Tournament of Champions...read how Here

2008 Beast of the East is Underway...Check the preview Here

12/16/08 Div-I NCAA Rankings Here

Pete Blair, Ed Eichelberger, Les Gutches and Dennis Koslowski inducted into the National Wreslting Hall of Fame, among others...read more Here

Happy Holidays Wrestling Fans!

MatDaddy.com will be covering the Cal State Fullerton vs Stanford Dual on Nov. 21st @ 2:30pm (PST). The California (Fullerton) Open will also be covered on Sunday Nov. 23rd All day. Both events will be shown on the homepage LIVE or with slight time delay. We would like to thank Coach Dan Hicks for allowing our coverage.

Westwood High School in Iowa seeks support for wrestlers injured in terrible accident, read more here...

University of Pittsburgh vs Lehigh Dual to be broadcast Live Saturday, Nov. 15th find out where here...

ACC/Big Ten Clash Set For Saturday, find out more here...

Top High School Tournaments
Ironman (Ohio)- Dec 5-6th
Reno TOC (Nevada)- Dec 19-2oth
Beast of the East (Delaware)- Dec 20-21st
Bethlehem Holiday Classic (Pennsylvania)- Dec 29-30th
Five Counties (California)- Jan 16-17th
Add more in comments if we forgot some...

Check out the Top 100 College Recruits this season HERE...

Five NCAA Champions return this year, see the top ten from each weigh class HERE...

17-year-old Tatiana Padilla captures bronze medal at World Championships, read more HERE...

NCAA Finalist Chad Mendes makes his MMA debut in Lemoore, CA, see the results HERE...

MatDaddy.com is proud to bring you news articles from around the internet. We are looking forward to covering several tournament this season. Check back to see our coverage schedule.

Injustice!

As a wrestling website, our views may be biased (DISCLAIMER). Therefore, we had to address this issue as former wrestlers and current fans. As we all know, wrestling has been under constant attack for the past 30 years in the name of "Equality". This has recently been reinforced by the actions of Fresno State (California), Oregon University, and Arizona State. Only Arizona State Wrestling has been able to gain reinstatement with the help of many supporters. We would like to highlight the injustice at Fresno State University. To quote the school's website:
"Given today's economic environment at the NCAA I-A level as well as the local dynamics, Fresno State Athletics clearly needed to evaluate all its sports programming, significantly reduce the annual operating budget and restructure the program to achieve much-needed efficiency. What was required was a reduction in sports programming." (2006)

"Although some media outlets chose to report this issue in a different manner, it has been stated from the beginning that the decision to discontinue wrestling was not prompted nor driven by Title IX considerations." (2006)

The school lays blame on financial hardship and denies any "equality" influence. The facts were hard to discern at the time (2006), but recent actions by the school tell the true story. This school year, Fresno State will be fielding a women's lacrosse team for the first time ever. A sport that's rules aren't even listed on the California Interscholastic Federation-Central Section website. This tells us that possibly no high school in the center of California (where Fresno is located) participates in Lacrosse. This is evident by the new coach Sue Behme's comments on Fresno's site; "Anytime you learn a new sport there is a huge learning curve. There is a different kind of running and conditioning, let along you have to learn a new sport on top of it. The most pleasing thing is that they are not giving up. That is a testament to their will."

The idea of Fresno State shattering the dreams of an athlete with 10+ years dedicated to a sport is hard to believe. Add to that, the reality that they are now pursuing participants for a sport that they've never participated in, let alone competed in. Lacrosse is relatively new to the west coast and should be introduced at the high school level first. The fact is that some of these new athletes will be given scholarships to play a sport they've never bled or wept for. Central California high schools have produced 5 of the last 7 state championship wrestling teams. Fresno State has lied about its reasons for cutting wrestling and perpetrated an injustice upon former wrestlers and many California high school wrestlers. We thought we would bring this to the attention of all our members and the wrestling world. Colleges must know, wrestlers never quit! Please email the Fresno State Athletic Director with your opinion on this matter at athleticdirector@csufresno.edu

Please research this and other matters of injustice related to Wrestling and Title IX to form your own opinion. Please leave comments on this page, to let us know your opinion. Pass this story and email on to all friends, teammates, and forums.

Season Approaches

Henry Cejudo comes away with gold, taking the road less traveled...Read more HERE

W.I.N. Magazine announces their 2008-2009 National HS Pre-Season Rankings...View HERE

The Dollamur U.S. Grappling World Team Trial was stacked with talented wrestlers and grapplers...Results HERE

MatDaddy.com is excited to be entering its second High School Wrestling season. We are very proud to bring quality wrestling media to the fans of this great sport. We appreciate the support of all our members and hope we can continue to provide the best video wrestling community in the nation. It would not be possible without our members support, so sign-up today.

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We are back...

MatDaddy.com will be hosting a grappling tournament on July 26, 2008. For more info go to MatDaddy.com or register here...

Metcalf named Jesse Owens Big Ten Athlete of the Year. For more on this story click here...

NCAA Champion and 1976 Olympian Jimmy Jackson passes away. For more on this story click here...

NWCA announces Columbus as host for All-Star Classic; National Duals set to stay in Cedar Falls. For more on this story go here...

The Real Kid Dynamite
Jake Deitchler took down two veterans, becoming the first high schooler to make the Olympic wrestling team in 28 years. For more on this story click here...

Vering, Cormier, Van Dusen, Kemp to ring Closing Bell at New York Stock Exchange. For more on this story click here...

2008 US Olympic Wrestling Team
Greco
55kg- Spencer Mango
60kg- Joe Betterman
66kg- Jake Dietchler
74kg- T.C. Dantzler
84kg- Brad Vering
96kg- Adam Wheeler
120kg- Dremiel Byers

Freestyle
55kg- Henry Cejudo
60kg- Mike Zadick
66kg- Doug Schwab
74kg- Ben Askren
84kg- Andy Hrovat
96kg- Daniel Cormier
120kg- Steve Mocco

Women’s Freestyle
48kg- Clarissa Chun
55kg- Marcie Van Dusen
63kg- Randi Miller
72kg- Ali Bernard

MSNBC to air two-hour show of U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling on June 22 at noon ET

ASU is back baby!!!

ASU reinstates wrestling! Yes the Sun Devils are back and they will compete in 2008-2009. For more on this story click here...

Senior national champions Mango and Ahearn enter University World Trials for more competition. For more on this story click here...


TP & Esco: Hip Hop duo emerges from most unlikely place -- The Citadel. For more on this story click here...


CATC Announces Major Step in Prevention and Spread of Skin Infections in Wrestlers. To find out more click here...


Sanders, Provisor need three matches to win FILA Junior World Team Trials on Sunday. To read more on this click here...

Another one bites the dust...

Another One Gone: Arizona State Eliminates Wrestling Program. For more on this story click here.... Also if you want to help save the wrestling program by writing the ASU Athletic Director, Lisa Love, her email address is on our website MatDaddy.com.


Kerry McCoy Named Maryland Wrestling Head Coach. For more on this go here...


Beat the Streets fund raiser brings in stars and praise. Dan Gable was in attendance for this event. To see who else attended and read more on their cause click here...


2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Qualifiers (as of May 19, 2008). To see who made click here...


Top Junior and University wrestlers set to compete at World Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 23-24. To read more on this go here...


Also if you are interested in going to a wrestling camp this season check this out...

Gearing up for summer 2008...

Climbing the Cog Trail: A memorable, and tiring, experience. For more on this story go here...

Penn State Wrestling Team Dismisses Three Members. To find out more info click here...

Support Utah Wrestler William Kilpack. To find out why click here...

A look back at another great season, another great tournament. Final Thoughts on The 2008 NCAA Championships. For more on this go here...

NWCA announces 2007-08 Division I All-Academic Team & Individuals
All-Academic Team & Individual Listing. To see who they are click here...

Cinco De Mayo News

Cinco De Mayo brings marks the start of a great recruiting class. To see who has committed so far go here...

Grappling Qualifying Series to begin May 10, with Southern California Regional at No Limits MMA in Irvine, California. To see more on this click here...

Utah’s Jason Chamberlain wins the 2008 Dave Schultz High School Excellence National Award. To read more go here...

U.S. fails to qualify for Olympics at 60 kg, as Gallick is beaten in Final Olympic Qualifier in Poland. For more on this story click here...

A Look Back: Penn State’s Mark McKnight Makes Most of Final Opportunity. For more this click here...

The Latest News

Bruce Baumgartner will be inducted to U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. More on this story here...


Four new national champions crowned in wild U.S. Freestyle Nationals finals; Azevedo pins Cejudo at 55 kg. More on this here...


Northern Illinois' Grant Agrees to Three-Year Contract Extension. To read more go here...


Future Wildcat Jason Welch Named Nation's Top High School Wrestler. To see more on Welch and others click here...


2008 U.S. Nationals Greco-Roman Report: New and Repeat Champs Prove Competition Tough. Read more here...

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What to do with the "off-season". . .

With the collegiate season now over, it is time for the plethora of freestyle and Olympic events to begin. Since Matdaddy.com is dedicated to wrestling and grappling of any nature, we will continue to attend events and upload videos. We encourage everyone to do the same, because without all the support we have received thus far, we wouldn't be where we are today. On that note, we would like to see more comments, videos, and continued participation from all members. If you aren't a member, then join up! It's free, it's fun , and it's all about the wrestling community. Everyone has a cool video to upload of themselves, their child, or just some bad ass embarrassing his opponent.
Since this is an Olympic year, we want to let you know that John Smith is being considered for induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame for his many wrestling achievements. He was a two-time Olympic Champion and six-time World Champion with a 100-5 record in international competition. For more on this story, click here. Thanks to all the fans who voted for him at usolympichalloffame.com. We'll post the results when they become available.

Special Thanks to:
Team MatDaddy, TheWrestlingMall.com, and John Smith for his many years of dominance

Videos and more

Nationwide, post-season tournaments are underway to decide sectional, divisional, district, and state champions. If you are able to get video of these tournaments, we encourage you to upload your state's top wrestlers. Remember to use the following formats: AVI, WMV, QuickTime(MOV), DIVX, MPEG, 3GP, FLV. We support files up to 200MB in size (despite the 100MB listed on the uploader). Download times vary depending on the size of your file.
For those fans with classic videos on VHS, DVD, and other older media, we recommend the following product for converting it to computer files for upload:
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Dazzle DVD Recorder
Dazzle Video Creator Platinum
These products are carried at most Best Buys and Fry's stores.
Happy Uploading!
MatDaddy

Calling all wrestling fans!

MatDaddy is gearing up for the final tournaments of the high school post season. We are looking forward to Broadcasting a few tournaments soon. Our goal is to build a user based site, therefore we are asking for your help and content input. We would like exciting wrestling events shown on our site, sometimes LIVE. You may be able to contribute to the success and quality of the site. If you are going to attend any event nationwide that deserves to be broadcast, let us know. You may be able to help bring it to a national audience. This will require a few items, such as a laptop and internet connection. Contact MatDaddy.com ASAP at MatDaddyAdmin@gmail.com to bring your state's wrestling to the nation.

Welcome from MatDaddy.com

Welcome to all new visitors of our site and thank you to all our existing members. We are excited about the future of our site and success it has achieved thus far. Our future plans include LIVE broadcast of wrestling events, online store, and of course our new blog. Generating more members and building a video sharing community is our #1 goal. We want the largest wrestling video library on the web. That includes any and every level of wrestling or MMA videos. So pull out those tapes and DVD's! We want your uploads on our site today. This site's purpose and mission is to promote the sport of wrestling. We will continue to inform our visitors about the changes to the site, as well as important wrestling news. Also, post on and check the forum for news.
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MatDaddy.com