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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)
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The
National Federation of State High School Associations
has
announced the 2010-11 folkstyle rules changes.
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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)
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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)
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Congratulations to the All-Americans from the
2010 Junior/Cadet National
Championships:
| Junior Freestyle |
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Taylor Moeder |
4th |
135 |
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Brandon Charbonneau |
6th |
135 |
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Kyle Caylor |
7th |
215 |
| Cadet Freestyle |
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Austin Hood |
1st |
105 |
| Women's Junior Freestyle |
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Krista Revelle |
1st |
139 |
| Junior Greco Roman |
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Taylor Moeder |
1st |
135 |
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Daniel Deshazer |
5th |
125 |
| Cadet Greco Roman |
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Austin Hood |
2nd |
105 |
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Matt Reed |
2nd |
171 |
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Javier Vieyra |
3rd |
98 |
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Jared Johnson |
6th |
135 |
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Aaron Puckett |
8th |
145 |
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Spencer Wilson |
8th |
160 |
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Aaron Rafalko |
8th |
285 |
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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)
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Other Stuff
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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:
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6 & Under |
2,085 |
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8 & 9 |
1,956 |
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10 & 11 |
1,687 |
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12 & 13 |
1,349 |
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14 & 15 |
1,224 |
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over 15 |
865 |
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USA Wrestling requires all coaches
to complete a background check every two years.
Click here
for more informaiton on this policy.
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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.
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If you have a wrestling job you
would like to have posted on the
Jobs Board
send the details to
mikejuby@usawks.com.
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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)".
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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.
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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.
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