Minneapolis Edison

The 2022 Minnesota high school girls wrestling champ goes to college

Last spring, Nari Miller won the first Minnesota high school girls wrestling championship title in the 152-pound division. Then, she was a senior at Thomas Edison High School in Minneapolis, but now she’s in her freshman year at Texas Women’s College.

She is studying and wrestling in that school’s first season of women’s wrestling. Her coach is Randy Miller, the first Black woman to win an Olympic wrestling title. She won the bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics.

Nari Miller talks with Cathy Wurzer about he first semester at college and her plans for the future. Listen/continue reading at mprnews.org →

Call Her Captain

Star Edison athlete Nari Miller grabbed the opportunity opened 50 years ago with Title IX, leading with astonishing grit. “Wrestling reminds me that I’m alive every day.”

The referee slaps the mat to stop the wrestling match, signaling a pin, and the winner does something totally out of character.

She celebrates.

She screams and raises both arms to flex her massive muscles at the crowd. She never does this after matches. She rarely shows emotion, win or lose. She just leaves the mat.

This time Nari Miller flexes, and she screams, and goodness, look at that expression. She looks joyful and fiercely determined, so many emotions pouring out in one snapshot. Continue reading at startribune.com →

Former Minneapolis high school teacher, coach dies in Boundary Waters after canoe capsizes

A former Minneapolis high school football and wrestling coach died in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after he attempted to right a capsized canoe.

Niles R. Schulz, 75, of Minneapolis was found dead Tuesday evening in Sawbill Lake near the portage to Kelso Lake, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. Schulz was on a trip with his grandson, a friend and the friend’s grandson, officials say.

Schulz was the head wrestling and football coach from the late 1960s into the 1980s for Edison High School, where he also taught English for nearly two decades. He was a board member of the Edison Community and Sports Foundation. Continue reading at www.twincities.com

The Guillotine – May 4, 2005

The May 4, 2005 issue of The Guillotine has arrived! Content in this issue includes: Academic All-State Wrestlers | 2005 Wrestling Camps | MWCA President‘s Report | Letters to the Editor | Ask The Doc | Years Ago | NHSCA Junior Nationals | Up on My Soap Box | Where Have They Gone? | Konrad named Gopher MVP | SCSU‘s new recruiting initiatives | NDSU signs six standouts | Mavericks sign three | NHSCA Senior Nationals | Clash IV field of teams | Through the Eyes of Mom | The Guillotine Recordbook | High school rules revisions | MN/USA Wrestling Junior State | US Wrestling Western Regional | US Wrestling FILA Junior Nationals | US Wrestling Senior Nationals | Lightning seniors | NYWA State Tournament.

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