McCade Ford, WYO vs Campbell in a BARN, be comfortable being uncomfortable, and more…

Hi 👋

Welcome to week #3 of the Wrestling Snacks newsletter.

This week's interviewee is someone I grew up with in a small town called Elberta, Utah. We had less than 300 people, and we drove 20 minutes to attend high school in Payson, Utah. Athletically, we competed in the 4A division, which was competitive in the sport of wrestling.

Below are some fun wrestling stats about our tiny little town that’s shared between 10 athletes:

• 14 State Championships.

• 24 State Finals appearances.

• 14 years in a row (1990-2003) an Elberta boy was in the State Finals.

• 5 of those years overlapped with multiple Elberta boys in the Finals together.

• 2 Fargo All-Americans.

• 2 Fila Cadet U.S. Team Members.

• 5 High School All-Americans.

• 1 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award Winner.

• 8 of these athletes went on to compete at the college level (NJCAA, NAIA, NCAA D2, NCAA D1).

• 10 Collegiate All-Americans.

• 2 NJCAA National Finalists.

• 2 National Championships (NJCAA & NCAA D2).

• 2 of these athletes won NCAA D1 Conference titles.

• 3 of these athletes competed at the NCAA D1 National Tournament.

• 1 of these athletes went out in the blood round at NCAA D1’s and was ranked as high as #5 in NCAA’s D1.

Not too bad for a farming town where the cows roughly outnumber the people 24 to 1.

Now let’s get to the goods 💪.

News Bites

• 🌪 New Iowa State Wrestling Facility Walk-Through Released. (This facility is going to be 🔥🔥).

• 🤼 Oklahoma Sooners to remain in Big 12 Conference as Affiliate Member.

• ⭐ Top Recruit Anthony Knox Commits to Cornell.

• 🤠 🐪 The Battle in the Barn: Wyoming vs Campbell Scheduled to wrestle in a BARN on November 17th live on UFC Fight Pass.

• 🌍 U23 World Championships: Brock Hardy (Bronze 🥉), Keegan O’Toole (Gold 🥇), Aaron Brooks (Gold 🥇), Jacob Cardenas (Bronze 🥉), Isaac Trumble (Gold 🥇), Wyatt Hendrickson (Gold 🥇)

• 🤼 ACC Wrestling 2023-2024 Schedules: Duke, NC State, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech.

Snacks

This week’s snacks come from McCade Ford: Assistant Coach at the University of Wyoming 🤠 , NCAA D1 Western Wrestling Conference Champion and 2X NJCAA All-American.

Below are some excerpts from our conversation, along with key takeaways and tips that can be applied to improve yourself as a Coach, Athlete, or wrestling Parent.