The Ice Hour: Division III Wrestling – Details, episodes & analysis

Kevin Lake's decision to attend Manchester as a student-athlete hinged on two things -- his sister and his father. While Lake considered himself an average wrestler, the legacy of his football-playing father and athletic prowess of his twin sister led Lake to wrestle at the Indiana school. On Episode 26 of The Ice Hour, Lake, now the head wrestling coach at his alma mater, explains his journey coaching all around the country at the Division I, Division III and private sector led him back to the only job he'd leave Los Angeles for. Hear about the goals Lake has for his Manchester Spartans wrestling program and how he is enjoying the life again as a Division III wrestling coach. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

Loras coach T.J. Miller knows Division III and he knows the Iowa Conference. The three-time All-American and 2007 NCAA Division III champion has his Loras College Duhawks ranked fifth in the country and unbeaten on the season. On Episode 26 of The Ice Hour, Miller will talk about his wrestling career at Wartburg, why he left Iowa to coach high school in Louisiana and how he ended up back in Division III. Miller is the son of longtime Wartburg head coach Jim Miller. The younger Miller explains what it was like wrestling for his dad and how much he calls on him today for advice. He'll also go into the landscape of the Iowa Conference and whether or not he's surprised about the Duhawks' success in just Miller's second year as the head coach. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

A two-time NCAA Division III champion and member of the Division III Wrestling Hall of Fame, Duane Bastress has seen his share of success on the mat. Now in his fourth year as the head coach of his alma mater York College in Pennsylvania, Bastress is finally ready to have a season that's consistent. On Episode 16 of The Ice Hour, we'll visit with Bastress and talk about the hurdles created in his first year by a nationally publicized hazing scandal that shut down the program for a few weeks, then eventually clearing that situation to find out his position was elevated to a full-time one. Bastress spent some time in Mixed Martial Arts after his competitive career ended at York, but coaching called him back after previous coach Tom Kessler stepped down after over 20 years leading the Spartans. It's been joked that this is Bastress' fourth first year as a head coach. We'll check out what's brewing in Central Pennsylvania on The Ice Hour. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

We get a fun cross-section of coaches on Episode 15 of The Ice Hour: A Division III Wrestling Podcast presented by MyHouse Sports Gear. We're on location at the Auggie-Adidas Open at Augsburg College in Minneapolis where we catch up with Eric Van Kley, the head wrestling coach at Central College, UW-Eau Claire head coach Tim Fader and Luther College head coach Dave Mitchell. Van Kley, who also serves as an administrator at Central, talks about the growth of Division III wrestling, Fader breaks down the growth of his program and the hurdles he's leapt in the past two years and Mitchell is just generally being a cool dude with good things to say about Division III, tournament formats and the upcoming nationals. L-LU-LUT ... nevermind. We'll leave the chants to the students. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

Episode 14 of The Ice Hour, a Division III wrestling podcast, is with two of the newest coaches in Division III, Scott Legacy at Castleton University and Tommy Owen at Averett University. Legacy is a longtime high school coach in Vermont, leading Mt. Anthony Union to 28 consecutive state championships. He was hired as the head wrestling coach at Castleton last winter and the Spartans are heading into their first season as an active Division III squad. Owen, most recently an assistant coach at Division I SIU Edwardsville, was hired October 7 to be the new head coach at Averett in Danville, Va. Owen previously had a stint in Virginia, coaching with Joe Russell at George Mason University. it's Owen's first head coaching job and he's a newbie when it comes to the world of Division III wrestling. Both coaches share their past experiences and look forward to guiding their programs forward in a new challenge for each coach. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

One topic that's got Division III wrestling coaches in a tizzy is the 2016-17 realignment situation. Well, realignment is a term used loosely as there was only minimal changes in the six-region qualification system with a big point of contention centering around the West Region, with only 11 active teams. On Episode 13 of The Ice Hour, we'll talk with Brian Anderson, the head wrestling coach at Wabash, Bryan Brunk, the head wrestling coach at Messiah and Tony Valek, assistant wrestling coach at Augsburg to talk about the key factors, points and players that impacted the lack of full change. New teams were added to existing regions with minimal teams shifting and no new teams entered the West Region, where perennial power Augsburg resides. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | iHeartRadio | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

With the Division III wrestling championships heading back to La Crosse, Wisconsin for the 2016-17 season, it makes sense that The Ice Hour talks with UW-La Crosse head coach Dave Malecek. Malecek is in his 11th year in La Crosse and was an NCAA Division I All-American in 1994 for the University of Northern Iowa. He's coached numerous All-Americans and Division III champions during his tenure. Malecek talks about the nuances of his name, hosting the Division III championships again at the La Crosse Center and also chimes in just a bit on the Division III realignment kerfuffle. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

On Episode 11 of The Ice Hour, a Division III wrestling podcast, we'll catch up with the new head wrestling coach at the University of the Ozarks, LeRoy Gardner. A three-time All-American at Wartburg and a 2003 NCAA Division III champion at heavyweight, Gardner previously coached at the U.S. Naval Academy Prep School in Rhode Island and the club program at the University of Houston-Downtown. Garnder's backstory involves discovering wrestling late, never placing at the Minnesota state tournament, making a Junior World team in Greco-Roman, a tour of duty in Afghanistan and marrying an accomplished judoka from Uzbekistan. It's a great background story, for sure. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

Episode 10 of The Ice Hour talks with 2013 Elmhurst graduate and Division III champion. Rau's not exactly a rags-to-riches story, but only a one-time state qualifier in Illinois in high school, he moved on to nearby Elmhurst College, where he earned three All-American medals including a national championship. Just one year removed from college, Rau made the U.S. World Team in Greco-Roman and recently won the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at 98kg. Unfortunately, Rau missed out on qualifying for the Olympic Games. He talks about the struggles in defeat after a heartbreaking junior season and an even tougher shot at Olympic qualification. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

Episode 9 of The Ice Hour, a Division III wrestling podcast visits with Messiah College head wrestling coach Bryan Brunk. Brunk was voted the NWCA Division III Coach of the Year and the D3wrestle.com Coach of the Year after leading the Falcons to a second-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Division III Championships in Cedar Rapids. Messiah picked up two more program-bests, two champions for the first time in school history and six All-Americans for the first time. Brunk talks about the culture of the program, a mid-tenure regime change that turned the team on its head and some great stories amongst his past wrestlers. The Ice Hour is proudly sponsored by My House Sports Gear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ICE HOUR iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | Soundcloud | Android | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.