The tournament is named in memory of William Dies who co-founded the Ohio Youth Wrestling Association. The Ohio Wrestling Coaches and Summit County Hall of Fame inductee began the tournament as a ...

so there’s been a huge growth and it’s awesome seeing that little girls now are joining youth programs,” Alhashash said. In Ohio, the first state girls wrestling tournament was held in 2020.

The Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association organized ... there’s a number of girls who also started who were in youth and middle school at that same time, and now those girls are are ...

In 1979, Bill Dies co-founded the Ohio Youth Wrestling Association, which used to hold its season-ending tournament at Firestone. Ohio High School Athletic Association sectional and district ...

Sammy Sasso, a two-time PIAA wrestling gold medalist whose NCAA career at The Ohio State University was cut short by injuries sustained as a carjacking victim, speaks to youth wrestlers during an ...

Will Henckel, a two-time national prep champ at Blair Academy, also has a bye to the finals after winning the U20 U.S. Open ...