Nebraska, Franklin, & Marshall earn top seeds for 25th annual Virginia Duals

HAMPTON, VA. - The University of Nebraska and Franklin & Marshall College earned the top-seeds in their respective divisions of the 25th annual Virginia Duals wrestling tournament which begins on Friday morning.

Nebraska, who enters the 16-team National Division ranked sixth nationally and sporting a 9-1-1 record, will face the University of North Carolina in a 9 a.m. match. The University of Missouri is the second seed and will face The Citadel in an 11 a.m. matchup.

In the 8-team American Division, Franklin & Marshall College returns as the defending champions and earned the top seed. The Diplomats will face the host team Newport News Apprentice School in a 9 a.m. matchup. South Dakota State is the second seed and will face the 2003 runnerup Millersville University at 11 a.m.

48 high schools will also compete in this two-day event in three seperate 16-team brackets. All action will begin on Friday at 9 a.m. and on Saturday at 8 a.m. For more information, please visit the website for the Virginia Duals at

The Charles Championship Wrestling Camps (CCWC) is coming to 3 locations this summer 2005.

Evansville, IN - June 8-11, 2005
Chandler, AZ - June 22-25, 2005
Lyons, KS - Aug. 3-6, 2005

This summers CCWC will be limited to the first 100 wrestlers. The campers will be trained and coached by college wrestlers while they prepare to compete in a folkstyle wrestling tournament, which is part of the camp. This wrestling tournament is open to the public (non campers can participate) and entry is $8. Please go to: <http://www.charlescamps.com/>www.charlescamps.com for more information and access to the downloadable applications.

All high school wrestlers who are freshman, sophomores, or juniors this year should be thinking about wrestling in the Brute adidas Nationals being held April 1-3, 2005 at the University of Nebraska. Go to this website for more tournament information, <http://www.bruteadidasnationals.com/>www.bruteadidasnationals.com . Last year the tournament had over 775 participants and 42 states represented. 

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