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National Champions are crowned at the 2024 USA Beach Nationals in California

Beach Nationals Land in California

Ed Duncan August 20, 2024 No Comments

West Coast is Host for First Time Ever Huntington Beach, CA– While America was watching the Olympic torch being passed to Los Angeles, another torch of sorts was also being passed from Carolina Beach to Huntington Beach. For eighteen years USA Beach Nationals has been an event hosted on the east coast. The event was first held in 2006 in Florida, then spent several years in Rochester, NY, and finally landed in Carolina Beach, NC for the past decade. The 2024 edition marked the first time in USA Wrestling’s history that the event has been hosted on the West Coast. Judging from the tremendous support and turnout, it certainly won’t be the last. Over two hundred and fifty competitors from nearly twenty-five states turned out for what proved to be a perfect day for beach wrestling action. There were lots

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Beach Season Heats Up Ahead of Nationals

Ed Duncan August 7, 2024 No Comments

A WAVE of Beach Wrestlers Expected in California Two highly successful Tour of America beach tournaments and a host of other local events from New York to California made for a busy weekend of beach wrestling across the country, as athletes from all over came out for the fun and sun of beach wrestling, but also to prepare for US Beach Nationals coming up in Huntington Beach, California. Saturday’s Kentucky Beach Open drew a record number of attendees from eight states, and featured “ultimate brackets”, prize money, and several new awards. Midwest Beach Nationals held Sunday at Captain Ron’s in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri also drew a record crowd of over two hundred wrestlers and nearly four hundred paid attendees. In addition to these large national events, there were numerous smaller events across the country including New York, Washington,

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Virginia Is for…. Beach Wrestlers!

Ed Duncan July 31, 2024 No Comments

Double Titles in Fargo Show Virginia is Leading the Way in Growing Beach Wrestling When Team Virginia coaches asked wrestlers in Fargo who wanted to add the beach wrestling showcase event to their regular 16U/Jr. Nationals experience, hands went up all over the room. Using the motto “Sand time IS Mat time”, team Virginia athletes jumped at the chance to get more matches against top level national competition. The results were….. golden. In the women’s showcase, Team Virginia entered thirteen wrestlers. This was second only to reigning champs Team Arizona who had fifteen girls entered. Nine Virginia ladies made the finals of their respective weight, leading the VAWA team to victory over runner-up Team Georgia and third place team Arizona. On the men’s side, Virginia entered an eye-popping twenty-one wrestlers, propelling them to a razor thin margin of victory over

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Beach Season Heats Up

Ed Duncan July 30, 2024 No Comments

A Ton of Tour Events, plus US Beach Nationals Highlight Busy August Schedule The 2024 USA Beach Wrestling Tour of America kicks into high gear in the month of August, with multiple stops across the US, including the 2024 USA Beach Nationals in Huntington Beach, California. The month kicks off with two tour favorites. The Kentucky Beach Open in Louisville, Kentucky has been a favorite tour stop from the beginning, with a unique venue and great awards (including prize money for senior level winners). Its a sure bet that some of Kentucky’s wrestling thoroughbreds will be looking to pick up prizes and points at this event. Also on tap for the first weekend of August is the Midwest Beach Nationals in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. The sand at Captain Ron’s will be hot with wrestling action, but the lake

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Beach Tour Returns To Fargo

Ed Duncan July 16, 2024 No Comments

Top 16U/Jr Wrestlers compete this week Fargo, ND- A record 167 Junior and 16U girls entered the 3rd annual Fargo Summer Showcase and 16U/Junior Beach Nationals at Gastropub Volleyball. They represented a record 33 states, which brought athletes to compete in the sand. Virginia won the women’s team title with 52 points, edging runner-up Georgia with 50 points. Tied in third were 2023 champion Arizona and Utah, both with 42 points. For complete details on the women’s competition, CLICK HERE. Men’s competition takes place Thursday morning beginning at 9:00 AM. This is the 4th stop on the 2024 Tour of America Series, with several remaining stops including USA Beach Nationals in Huntington Beach, CA. August 17th.

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