Founder Bill Grant Brings a “Who’s Who” of Wrestling every year to the Monterey Peninsula. At 41 Years, the 2019 edition is as star-studded as ever. SportStars INSIDER, Al Fontes (The California Wrestler Editor in Chief) wrote a historical perspective of the Monterey Clinic of Champions this past August, which... Read more

Sacramento City College Wrestling Sacramento City College Wrestling Coach Gales adds a 3-time World Champion and National Wrestling Hall of Famer Kemp to his staff. Coach Gales has announced that Lee Kemp has been hired to join his staff as an assistant wrestling coach. Kemp’s Gold Medals in Wrestling Coach... Read more

Winchester the Winner at Women’s World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Gold – Jacarra Winchester (USA); Winchester dec. Irie, 5-3 Silver – Nanami Irie (Japan) Bronze – Olga Khoroshavtseva (Russia); Khoroshavtseva tech. fall Sedneva, 13-1 Bronze – Bolortuya Bat Ochir (Mongolia); Bat Ochir dec. Gun, 12-9 5th – Marina Sedniva (Kazakhstan)... Read more

Frank Jasper’s Vision Bridges Multiple Generations The character from the 1985 movie Vision Quest, that resonated with the audience for the last three and a half decades, planted a seed in Frank Jasper’s life that today has brought him full circle back to his character Brian Shute. While attending Eastern... Read more

Peyton Omania of Michigan State to take Olympic redshirt to pursue spot on U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman team Michigan State wrestling freshman Peyton Omania elected to take an Olympic redshirt for the 2019-20 season, MSU wrestling head coach Roger Chandler announced Wednesday. See SportStars story, Omania: CIF State Wrestling Championship Omania, from... Read more

The following is my latest article about James Medeiros, who attended American High School in Fremont. Now at Birmingham High, Coach Medeiros is taking the Los Angeles City section to another level. The road map to achieving goals in life is through hard work, sacrifice, and being fully dedicated to... Read more

Founder Bill Grant has Brought the Who’s Who in Wrestling to Monterey. A 40 Year Plus History of the Monterey Clinic of Champions, by Al Fontes 2019 marks the 41st Annual Monterey Clinic of Champions held at the Embassy Suites in Pacific Grove, CA on October 25th – 27th. The... Read more

Leading by Example both on and off the Mat – The Perez Perez  Story and Q&A by Al Fontes “Perez Perez has been an unbelievable staunch pillar of what this program is about when you’re not necessarily in the role that you want to be in,” said Iowa head coach... Read more

If anyone would have told me a year ago that I would be attending a movie premiere in LA with several A-list Hollywood actors, or be an extra in an up and coming film, American Fighter” Wrestling Sequel, I would have laughed it off. No way, not possible. Fast forward... Read more

Photo: 195 Championship Final – Xavier Williams (Livermore, NC) dec. Dylan Myers (Franklin, SJ), 5-4 The 18th Annual Mat Classic Wrestling Championships held at Granada High School in Livermore proved once again to be among the most competitive tournaments in the Bay Area. This year’s tournament featured several section and state... Read more

Always Moving Forward The mantra of the wrestler and soldier, turned Oakland police officer. And now screenwriter, Andrew Koponen has a life-and-times story that is the stuff of lore. And a survivors tale that brought him through dark times, all the way to Hollywood. By Al Fontes, Special to SportStars... Read more

It has been close to twenty-six years since I first met Joe Iacono, but the memory is crystal clear and etched in my psyche forever. One Livermore High School Cowboy wrestling family member in particular, I have had the honor and privilege to coach, as well as mentor beyond high... Read more