Thanksgiving Week Entry - 11/24/2008
Now that we are entering our 3rd week of practice, hopefully everybody is getting used to or re-acquainted with our routines. I think we have all observed that the wrestling room is very crowded. For those of you are returning, I"m sure you've noticed that we are much more crowded than in years past. Even though our numbers are up, we have still been able to maintain a reasonable amount of intensity, instruction and structure to the first few weeks that will certainly prepare our 100+ wrestlers for our first tournaments coming up in less than 2 weeks.
This week our 10 and up age group will be practicing only one day, due to Thanksgiving. Please make every attempt to be at practice on time and ready to make the most out of this practice. When we come back next week, we will have only 2 more practices to get ready for our first weekend of tournaments. On Sunday 12/7, some of you will be attending the Xtreme Challenge in Byron, while some of our elite wrestlers will be at the Neuqua Valley Invitational. In addition, some will be attending the the Junior Golden Eagles tournament on Saturday 12/6. We need to get the most out of our limited practice time to be prepared for these tournments.
I'd also like to encourage all parents to taken in some High School Varsity meets this year whenever you can. The High School Schedule can be found at http://www.hononegahwrestling.com/HSschedule.html. The Varsity dual meet schedule will kickoff this weekend with a Triangular meet at East High School in Rockford against East and Auburn.
Blog entries will become more frequent as we get into the heart of the season and there are more results, deadlines and information to announce. Please do not hesitate to leave a comment with any thoughts, questions or discussion points you might have.
-Coach Vince
