Last week I was under the weather and Steve Foster did a great job flying solo. Thanks for covering my back. Steve is always there for wrestling. Thank you!
 
Special- We will be broadcasting this year's United States Marine Corps World Team Trials on behalf of USA Wrestling. Join Steve Foster, Matt Lindland, Dan Henderson and Scott Casber for these free live broadcasts June 9 and 10 LIVE from Las Vegas, NV.
 
This week I'm back in the studio with some special guests - 
 
MMA Stars and the founders of Midwest Cage Championship, Ryan Hass and UFC Vet John "The Hurricane" Halverson. We'll talk about what happening in MMA locally May 19th at the Des Moines Ice Arena  
 
Also, 
Simpson Asst. Head Coach Clint Manny joins us along Simpson freshman wrestler Curtis Barber who's father is scheduled to call in from the middle east
 
On the live line we go round the country to check on all things wrestling-
 
9:05-9:15   Jason Loukides- Head Coach U of North Carolina Greensboro joins us for an update on his program
                
9:20-9:30   Intentional Open
 
9:35-9:45   Rob Koll- Joins us to get us an update on Cornell University's Big Red Summer Camps and Clinics
                  
9:50        Amy Williams- Wildrose Casino Entertainment Emmetsburg Update
                
10:05-10:15     Intentional OPEN  
 
 10:20    William Shutt- Midwest Cage Championship Featherweight Title hunter, wrestled as a kid in southern Iowa. Out of team OJJ in Oregon,  Sportfight  Vet. Enoch Wilson is his brother. This interview is brought to you by: Matt Lindland's Team Quest
             
10:35    Greg Strobel- Head Coach at Lehigh - Summer camps, a cap on last season and building for the future. We'll talk with one of the great guys in this sport. 
   
Simpson freshman wrestler Curtis Barber (Winterset, Iowa, Winterset H.S.) is scheduled to be featured on Saturday's CBS Sports NCAA Winter Sports Highlights show.  The show will air locally in Des Moines on KCCI-TV at 12 p.m. CDT.  Barber will be featured in a story on his relationship with his father Kevin, who was deployed to Iraq, just prior to Barber's appearance at the national tournament.  In tribute to his father, Curtis has "DAD" written on the side of his wrestling head gear.

Barber was the only Simpson wrestler to qualify for the 2007 NCAA Division III Championships.  Barber lost both of his matches at nationals.  In the first round of the 149-pound championship bracket, he lost to the No. 6 seed, Don Ooten of Brockport State in the first round.   He was eliminated from the tournament when he lost 16-5 to NYU's Eugene Koblinsky in the first round of the consolation bracket.  He ended the year with a 19-14 overall record and 2 pins.