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This week's update will be to inform you about upcoming spring events! Before I get to that, let me just say GOOD LUCK to all wrestlers who earned their way to Greensboro this past weekend at Regionals! MANY of you have put in a lot of hard work, including a LOT of offseason wrestling, to get to where you are now! So GO FOR IT this weekend, and know that many of us "old timers" are excited about watching you compete this weekend!!!
For MOST wrestlers in NC the season came to an end over the last couple of weeks. Its time for YOU to make important decisions about what you want to become next season! What off-season tournaments will you compete in? What camps will you attend? Will you lift hard this offseason? Will you participate in any out of state Regional or National Competitions this spring and summer? Make no mistake, the road to the state championships will be paved with the HARD WORK you put in!
SPRING SCHEDULE UPDATE!
We had hoped to have our spring schedule all wrapped up and ready to publish last week. Its not quite done, but its looking pretty good for LOTS of tournaments ALL ACROSS North Carolina! The first tournament of the spring season will be the "Mountain Mauling" at Tuscola High School on March 3rd. The week following will be at St. Stephens in Hickory. Then tournaments EVERY weekend until June! I will PUBLISH a printable version of the "schedule" next weekend before the State Championships and have copies of that schedule at the State Tournament.
What you NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT ALL EVENTS ARE PRE-REGISTER AND PRE-PAY this spring!!!! Registration is NOT OPEN yet for any events, but I think it will be open for early tournaments by MID-WEEK (Tuscola especially). I'll put up banners that will link to tournament registrations so they will be easy for you to find. Registration for Saturday events will end on THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 11PM. If you plan to wrestler- THEN PLAN TO REGISTER AND PAY BEFORE THURSDAY!!
Our goal with this "new" system is NOT to exclude people from wrestling! Far from it! What we want is MORE people wrestling. Our goal is to be able to START SOONER and to Move tournaments through more efficiently so that kids and parents can get in, wrestle, and get HOME at a decent hour! The biggest hold up in starting an event is dealing with "walk-ins" the morning of an event. For the first few events we will still have about an hour between the end of weigh-ins and the start of wrestling, but I believe that as we get this new system rolling, we will be able to reduce that time to 30 minutes! So do your part by making sure you (and your wrestlers) have their membership cards, get registered properly on time, and are ready to weigh-in and wrestle when they arrive.
One other question is about styles. Several of our early events will have "Modified Folkstyle" rules. This is basically folkstyle with period scoring. You can actually search the phrase "modified folkstyle" on our site and find a copy of the guidelines (2009 version I think). The idea is to help kids make the transition over to Olympic Styles in a gradual manner, so that by the time we get to the Tar Heel State Classic and the State Freestyle and Greco Championships, they have a basic understanding of the "rules" of these different styles.
JR. HIGH STATES CELEBRATES 30 YEARS IN NORTH CAROLINA!!!
I want to say a huge thanks again to everyone who helped make this year's Elementary and Jr. High State Championships one of the best ever! We had so many volunteers, officials, and event supporters who worked hard and really put together a GREAT WEEKEND of youth wrestling! Expect next year's event to be even BIGGER and BETTER! Mark Feb. 15-16 on your calendar NOW, and plan to join us for THE premier youth wrestling event in North Carolina!
If you are a COACH who has input into your Jr High/ Middle School scheduling, communicate NOW with your ADs and other coaches to keep that weekend OPEN for next year! Every year we have teams who can't come because they have "conference tournaments" on the same weekend! This seems avoidable with some prior planning, so communicate with folks and lets ALL show up at next year's tournament and make it the BIGGEST and BEST ever as we begin the next 30 years of the tournament!
National Teams Update......
NCUSA National Teams trips are now in the final planning stages. Flyers about our team trips will be available in the next couple of weeks. Trips that are being planned are:
-Click Here for the USA Website for the Schoolboy National Duals
-Click Here for the USA Website for the Cadet National Duals
-Click HERE if you are interested in being a part of TEAM NC for the Cadet National Duals!!
- Click Here for the USA Website for the Jr. National Duals
-Click HERE if you are interested in being a part of TEAM NC for the Jr. National Duals!!!
- Click Here for the USA Website for the ASIC/Vaughn National Championsihps (Fargo)
The qualifying events for these trips will be the Jr. High State Championships (Schoolboys only), Tar Heel State Classic (SB, Cadet, and Jr. Duals), and the State FS/GR Championships (Fargo)
If you have athletes who may be interested in participating in any of these national teams programs, you can e-mail us HERE to be added to our mailing list for the specific trip you are interested in .
OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS SET FOR IOWA CITY APRIL 21-22
Just a quick note about the Team Trials. The Hawkeye Kids Wrestling Club is hosting a YOUTH FOLKSTYLE tournament the friday prior to the trials. Entry limited to 600 participants. Info is HERE!
Also, when you watch the Olympics Team Trials, or the London Olympics later this summer, TAKE PRIDE in having a USA MEMBERSHIP IN YOUR WALLET!!! Its your membership in USA that helped provide the chance for our men and women to train and compete on the world's biggest stage!! KNOW that your USA membership not only provides you with the best insurance and the best competition opportunities, but it also PROVIDES the FUNDING THAT MAKES OLYMPIC DREAMS POSSIBLE
Have a great week and look forward to seeing you at the upcoming off-season events beginning next weekend at Tuscola........
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