Mar 20, 2020 3 min read

Kolat named head coach at Naval Academy

Cary Kolat is moving a little closer to Western Pennsylvania.

Kolat, the former four-time PIAA champion at Jefferson-Morgan, NCAA champion and Olympic team member has been named head wrestling coach at Navy it was announced Friday by Naval Academy athletic director Chet Gladchuk.

Kolat spent the last the last six years at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, where he established himself as one of the top coaches in the sport after building the program into a Southern Conference power and a national name. The Camels have seen unprecedented success over the last four seasons, winning three Southern Conference tournament titles and two regular-season league championships. Kolat’s teams had 19 NCAA qualifiers, 12 conference champions and 28 medalists at the conference tournament.

“The Navy community is very pleased to welcome one of the most accomplished competitors and finest coaches in the sport of wrestling to Annapolis,” Gladchuk said in a release. “The influence with which Coach Kolat has had on so many speaks volumes to his commitment to success at every level of competition. I am extremely impressed with his professionalism, technical knowledge, ambition and confidence, along with the manner in which he exudes an enthusiastic will to win. Today is a big day for our Midshipmen and our program as we turn the head coaching responsibilities over to a coach with great anticipation and widespread enthusiasm.”

Kolat arrived at Campbell prior to the 2014-15 season after serving as associate head coach at North Carolina from 2010-14.

Mountain East cancels spring sports seasons

The Mountain East Conference which includes West Liberty and Wheeling universitys, announced Friday the cancellation of all spring competitions and championships.

Additionally, the league will continue to suspend countable athletic-related activities until at least June 1.

The league had indefinitely suspended competition last week.

“While our hope was that we could avoid this conclusion to the 2020 spring season for our student-athletes, it became increasingly clear over the last week that this is the appropriate decision to make for the well-being of our student-athletes, coaches, campus communities and the public,” said commissioner Reid Amos.

XFL season is over

The XFL has canceled the remainder of its return season because of the new coronavirus pandemic.

The league played five games of a 10-game regular season in eight cities. It was a revival of the XFL that played one season in 2001.

Commissioner Oliver Luck released a statement saying the league had “no choice but to officially cancel the remainder of the 2020 season. This decision has been made with the health and safety of the entire XFL family as our top priority.”

Luck stressed that the XFL will be back.

“When our teams return to the field, we’ll make every effort to ensure your faith in us is rewarded with even more fun and excitement,” he told fans.

Yankees’ Judge had collapsed lung

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge revealed he had a collapsed lung that has healed and said his broken rib is improving.

Judge had a CT scan on Friday. The Yankees announced two weeks ago that Judge had a stress fracture to his first right rib.

The 27-year-old didn’t played in any spring training games because of soreness in his right pectoral muscle and shoulder.