January 7, 2010
Dear Kansas wrestling coaches and KWCA members,
I hope this letter finds you with a great start to the New Year and all is going well for you and your families. Kansas Wrestling has had a great start to the 2009-2010 season and as things get going for the second half of the season the KWCA would like to wish all Kansas Coaches and Programs good luck as we enter the month of January. The KWCA would like to encourage all Kansas High School Coaches, College Coaches, Middle/Jr. High Coaches and Kids Club Coaches to join the KWCA for the 2009-2010 season. We will be offering a Special January Package to all new members for $50.00 that will include a KWCA membership and a Fall 2009 clinic DVD that features Mark Manning (University of Nebraska), Chas Thompson ( Fort Hays State University), Dennis Charbonneau ( Emporia High School) and Bill Johnson (Norton High School). Current members may purchase the clinic DVD for the price of $10.00 per copy. All registration forms must be received by February 1, 2010. You may obtain a registration form by going to the KWCA website or by e-mailing me at tkeal@usd232.org. I will e-mail a registration form back to you.
All KWCA members will be eligible for post-season awards that will be awarded at the Fall 2010 Banquet held in Salina. Member Coaches will be eligible for the following awards:
• High School Head Coach of the Year for each classification
• Assistant High School Coach of the Year
• Middle School/Jr. High Coach of the Year
• Kids Club Coach of the year for each of the four districts
The KWCA will also be giving out awards at each regional for Regional Coach of the Year and Regional Wrestler of the Year.
The KWCA will also be conducting the annual Sr. Classic Dual in a Big School vs. Small School format held March 21, 2010 at 2:00 pm at Emporia High School. Please help assist your KWCA class representatives as they contact wrestlers and come up with rosters that will make this a fun and exciting event. Your class representatives will also be passing out rule recommendation ballots at all three state tournament sites, please fill them out and return them to your class representative at the conclusion of the state tournament. If you have a rules recommendation that you would like to see on the ballot you may email me at tkeal@usd232.org or Gary Seibel at Gary.Seibel@usd305.com Below is a list and contact information for each class representative.
• 6A Bob Gonzales (Manhattan) ROBERTGO@manhattan.k12.ks.us
• 5A Dennis Charbonneau (Emporia) dennischarbonneau@usd253.org
• 4A Mike Medina (St. James Academy) mmedina225@yahoo.com
• 321A Jason Brown (Sabetha) brownj@sabetha441.k12.ks.us
Please feel free to contact a KWCA Board Member with any questions regarding the KWCA or Kansas Wrestling. Thank you for supporting the KWCA and the service you provide to the great sport of wrestling in Kansas!
Regards,
Travis Keal
