Old Dominion University redshirt senior Chris Mecate had one rule during the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships last weekend: don’t look at the crowd, for fear of getting caught up in the ...

NORFOLK — Old Dominion’s Chris Mecate is a more technically proficient and polished wrestler than even a few months ago. But his greatest improvement is in areas no one sees. Mecate’s confidence and ...

At 98 years old, Frankie Dougal carries on a ranch tradition of horse-hair “mecate” ropemaking, a skill she’s passing on to the next generation in the southeast Oregon town of Jordan Valley. Dougal ...

Redlands East Valley High graduate Chris Mecate, a redshirt junior wrestler at Old Dominion University, advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I National Championships on Friday in St. Louis ...

TEMECULA – Many wrestlers were looking to wrestle well enough to qualify for state. While Redlands East Valley senior Chris Mecate wasn’t overlooking anyone at the CIF-SS Masters Meet at Temecula ...

Sometimes, it seems like only yesterday Redlands East Valley’s Chris Mecate was preparing for his first CIF State Wrestling Championships as a freshman. “It doesn’t seem like that long ago,” he said. ...

98-year old Frankie Dougal carries on a ranch tradition of horsehair “mecate” ropemaking. 98-year old Frankie Dougal carries on a ranch tradition of horsehair “mecate” ropemaking and is passing it on ...

Fifth-seeded Chris Mecate leads a contingent of six Old Dominion University wrestlers who will compete beginning today at the NCAA championships in Oklahoma City. Mecate, a 141-pound redshirt ...

Jumping off cliffs. Punching other people. Whacking a monster. It’s all in a day’s work for Ed Nathan Mecate, a Hollywood stuntman with local roots. For the past five years, he flipped, twirled and ...