Most coaches will need to complete a new background check for the 2010-11 season.  The background checks are good for two seasons, so you'll need to do a new one unless you completed a background check last season (2009-10).  (8/25/10)

The National Federation of State High School Associations has announced the 2010-11 folkstyle rules changes.

At the 2010 annual meeting of USA Wrestling, Chuck Elvin was elected an honorary board member.  In addition, Mike Juby was elected to one of the eight at-large board positions.  Kansas continues to hold significant positions within the national association, including several committee spots and Randy Hinderliter's influence in the coaching development division.  (8/23/10)

The 2010-11 tentative calendar has now been posted.  If you have a preliminary date for your tournament, send it to me at mikejuby@usawks.com and I will add your event to the list.  The tentative calendar will be updated through the state body meeting on October 31, after which I'll replace it with the list of sanctioned tournaments.  (8/18/10)

Congratulations to the All-Americans from the 2010 Junior/Cadet National Championships:
 

Junior Freestyle
	Taylor Moeder	4th	135
	Brandon Charbonneau	6th	135
	Kyle Caylor	7th	215
Cadet Freestyle
	Austin Hood	1st	105
Women's Junior Freestyle
	Krista Revelle	1st	139
Junior Greco Roman
	Taylor Moeder	1st	135
	Daniel Deshazer	5th	125
Cadet Greco Roman
	Austin Hood	2nd	105
	Matt Reed	2nd	171
	Javier Vieyra	3rd	98
	Jared Johnson	6th	135
	Aaron Puckett	8th	145
	Spencer Wilson	8th	160
	Aaron Rafalko	8th	285

Four Kansas seniors earned All-American honors at the NHSCA Senior Nationals, the premier high school tournament in the nation, where participation is limited to wrestlers who were finalists in their individual high school state championships.  Congratulations to Parker Madl (4th @ 171), Cade Blair (6th @ 152), Trey Page (7th @ 285) and Kyle Caylor (8th @ 215)!  (3/28/10)

Steve Fraser, Olympic Gold medalist and national coach of the U.S. Greco Roman team, has written an article on how parents can help their kids win in wrestling and in life.  (3/26/10)

The big schools posted a solid 19-10 victory in this year's annual Senior Classic, featuring the best large school seniors against the best small school seniors.  Unfortunately, due to a conflict with the High School Senior Nationals it was not possible to hold the Senior Classic in conjunction with the Kids' State Championships this year.  If you weren't able to make it to Emporia for this event, click on the above link to view the results.  (3/25/10)

Many of you have probably already taken advantage of the member profile page in TrackWrestling, while others are unsure how to enable this feature.  Jim Lund sent me the following from TrackWrestling, which I wanted to get out to everyone:

The goal of Trackwrestling is to make the sport of wrestling better for everyone involved. We have created a system that allows us to track your results throughout all the events on Trackwrestling. All you have to do is create a Trackwrestling profile, and we can link your name on the brackets to your profile so people can easily see all of your accomplishments. You will also show up in our ranking system based on your performance in those events.

After creating the profile you will be assigned a Trackwrestling # that will stick with you for life. It can be presented at tournaments using Trackwrestling to get all your information entered quickly and accurately. This number can also be used during pre-registration to auto-fill most of the registration form.
 

Kansas fell a little short at the 18th annual Kansas/Missouri Dual Metro Classic, losing 27-36 in a close, exciting dual.  This was our first loss after winning three of the last four meetings, and brings the series record to 8-10, with Missouri holding the lead.  (3/11/10)

During the 2009-10 season there were 9,174 competitor memberships purchased in Kansas.  This was a 5.4% increase of 473 over the prior year's numbers.  The folkstyle age group breakdown is as follows:

	6 & Under	2,085
	8 & 9	1,956
	10 & 11	1,687
	12 & 13	1,349
	14 & 15	1,224
	over 15	865

USA Wrestling requires all coaches to complete a background check every two years.  Click here for more informaiton on this policy.

In an effort to get the rules and procedures of international wrestling to as many people as possible, and to provide them at no cost, USA Wrestling has posted a copy of the The USA Wrestling Rulebook & Guide to Wrestling is now available online.  This Freestyle & Greco-Roman rulebook will no longer be mailed in paperback.

If you have a wrestling job you would like to have posted on the Jobs Board send the details to mikejuby@usawks.com.

You can find results from USAW sanctioned tournaments by clicking on the Results link on the left.  To find results from high school events, click on the High School link and choose "Schedules & Results (includes Duals & Tournaments)".

USAW-Kansas has fourteen score clocks available for rent.  These are 4-sided clocks, mounted on 9' tripods, and have 5" numbers with match time, period, score, match number/weight class displayed.  If your club or school is interested in renting these clocks, please contact Jeff Sheets at (785) 922-6865.  The rental rates are very favorable.  Preference will be given to USAW-Kansas sanctioned events and the state high school tournaments first, then on a first-come/first-served basis for other Kansas events.

NCEP Bronze Certification is required for all coaches, starting with the state qualifying tournaments on up, including most USAW Regional and National tournaments. Go to the Coaches page for information on upcoming certification clinics.