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State champion David Borden lives a life immersed in wrestling.
When the high school season ends, the Minico High senior competes in USA Wrestling freestyle tournaments. He's been to Fargo, N.D., three times for the Junior National Championships.
But starting this fall, Borden - along with every wrestler in Idaho - will grapple with the decision whether to stick with USA Wrestling, or join a recently formed program.
A new way
Tired of hauling his boys to Idaho Falls or Boise for USA Wrestling tournaments, Rick Stimpson of Rupert found a new way.
Better said, he found NUWAY.
The National United Wrestling Association for Youth, founded in 2007, focuses on the grassroots level of amateur wrestling, ages 5 to 18.
Stimpson, a former high school wrestling commissioner, has filed paperwork and organized a board to create an Idaho chapter of NUWAY, called Idaway.
"I had to get something different because USA was killing my program," Stimpson said. "We pay a fortune to USA Wrestling, but wasn't getting anything back. There are some clubs in Idaho that benefit from the money that is generated in USA Wrestling, but very, very few."
NUWAY participates in folkstyle wrestling, the same as high school and collegiate competition. USA Wrestling focuses more on freestyle and Greco-Roman disciplines contested in the Olympics. Stimpson said he's tried, but claims it has been nearly impossible to run a folkstyle tournament under USA Wrestling.
Above all, Stimpson said he likes NUWAY because it gives the money and power back to the state associations to run their programs how they wish, as each state has freedom to make its own rules. USA Wrestling doesn't allow such privileges, Stimpson said.
"What works in one state might not work in another," he said. "Oklahoma and Iowa pretty much control the rules and regulations for USA Wrestling. The rest of us, if we want insurance, we have to follow."
A membership card in Idaway will cost $15 per wrestler, compared to $35 for a USA Wrestling card.
While USA Wrestling holds a variety of events in eastern and western Idaho, Stimpson claims the group's directors have largely ignored the Magic Valley, forcing area wrestlers to travel to tournaments.
Idaway will start with two districts - south-central and west - and the board expects to expand as more wrestlers join. Stimpson said Idaway will run district and state tournaments, and participate in national events starting with the NUWAY Kick-Off Classic, Oct. 29-30 in Las Vegas.
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Kyle and Brian Crutchmer Commit to OSU - High School Wrestling ...
Kyle and Brian Crutchmer have spent the past seven years competing on the same wrestling teams and carving out impressive careers for themselves.
The Union High School seniors will be able to continue their standout careers being on the same team in college.
The Crutchmer brothers each gave a verbal commitment to wrestle at Oklahoma State. The two told OSU coach John Smith of their decision late Friday night.
“We didn’t really think this would happen,” Brian Crutchmer said. “But it made it a lot easier for both of us when (Smith) told us that he wanted both of us.”
Said Kyle Crutchmer : “It is very exciting that it happened to work out this way for us.”
The Crutchmer brothers did not view themselves as a “package deal” to college recruiters. Both were prepared to attend separate schools.
Kyle Crutchmer developed into a national recruit after going 39-1 last season as a junior. The reigning Tulsa World All-Metro wrestler of the year won the Class 6A 160-pound state title and also won the NHSCA Junior national championship in April. Brian Crutchmer has placed second in the 6A 125-pound weight division the past two years.
Old Dominion and Wyoming were two schools that offered scholarships to both Crutchmer brothers. But Smith and the OSU staff “were genuine in their recruitment and ideas they had for the boys,” said Kevin Crutchmer, father of Kyle and Brian and Union’s head coach.
“We knew it was possible that they could split up going to college. But OSU made it easier for all of us.
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