Millersville Wrestling Hosts "Shorty" Hitchcock Memorial Classic Sunday

Sunday, January 16

Pucillo Gymnasium

9 a.m.

Millersville University

"Shorty" Hitchcock Memorial Classic

Millersville Wrestling Hosts "Shorty" Hitchcock Memorial Classic Sunday

1/15/2011 5:40:04 PM | Wrestling

Tournament Web Site

Millersville, Pa. - The Millersville wrestling team makes its home debut Sunday, January 16 and hosts as many as 250 wrestlers in Pucillo Gymnasium in the annual "Shorty" Hitchcock Memorial Classic.

Some of the top collegiate wrestlers from the region will be in competition Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. Skin checks begin at 7 a.m. Tickets for the event can be purchased at the door.

Complete results from the event will be posted on the tournament web site following completion of the event.

Millersville has been hosting a wrestling tournament since 1974-75, but seven years ago, the format was changed from a team competition to an "open" and renamed in the honor of former Millersville coach Floyd "Shorty" Hitchcock, who passed away in 2002. Hitchcock served as Millersville's wrestling coach from 1984-2002 and totaled a school record 180 dual victories during that span with a winning percentage of .613.