Hello CWC Families,
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I hope everyone had a great weekend. The CWC had 12 wrestlers travel all the way to Hookie territory (ugly bird) and wrestle in the Blue Demon Brawl at Christiansburg High School. The whole coaching staff was very proud of our boys efforts. Finn, Nathan, Bronc, Mac, Turner, Russell, Jameson, Mason, Owen, Walter, Stephen and Lucas all benefited from competing at a very tough tournament. Coach Earl said, "I am very proud of the way the boys competed yesterday. This weekend was a great lesson for our boys and I hope they remember how tough it was".
We finished with four wrestlers making the podium. Mac 2nd, Bronc 2nd, Jameson 3rd and Stephen 3rd. This tournament was exactly the tune up we needed/wanted as we head into the Central VA Regional Tournament at the end of the month and the VAWA State Tournament. Coach Earl says, "All review and conditioning this week" so make sure your wrestler is at practice and ready to work hard.
For most of our wrestlers, the last opportunity to compete this season will be on Sunday February 23rd at Louisa High School. Here is the info I received from the Tournament Director.
Louisa is hosting the 2nd Annual Central Region Youth Tournament on Feb 23rd. Weigh-ins are from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM in a singlet (or shorts and a t-shirt. Can't weigh-in in just underwear). Anyone not in line at 8 AM will NOT wrestle. Pre-registration is required. Headgear is not required, but encouraged. The cost is $10. Here is the link https://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/TW_Register.jsp?tournamentGroupId=182043132
This tournament is by invitation only currently. We are attempting to have a "post-season" feel for the kids and have a region followed by VAWA states the following week. Currently we have Louisa, Orange, CWC, and Greene along with the Richmond Metro League and some teams from the Valley. However, we are continually looking to expand and have invited more teams than last year.
We should be wrestling no later than 9:00 am but hopefully sooner. Concessions will be available (including breakfast).
There will be a $2 spectator fee for non-USA coaches to help cover the costs of refs and medals. We will once again have VHSL certified officials.
If you have any questions please just let me know.
Thank you,
Dan Bono
Louisa Wrestling Club
This is a tournament that will require a Track Wrestling profile and for each wrestler to pre-register through Track Wrestling. My "How-to" guide is attached. Once you have decided if you are attending or not please update out CWC Team Google document. Link to that document is here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KhpBc6EKc95Yylj8Qt0JLu6smZk9NobkKZxqcL6JF3g/edit?usp=sharing. When you register, be sure to select the Cavalier Wrestling Club as your club. When coaches login to Track wrestling the day of the tournament we will be able to see the schedules matches for all wrestlers in our club.
I hope to get a large group of CWC wrestlers out to this. It looks like we already have 16 wrestlers planning on going! Even for beginner wrestlers this will be a great lesson in what a real tournament is like. It will be a step up from a scramble. As usual, I'll get there early and try to setup in a corner of the gym so parents and supporters can sit together. I'll bring some snacks and drinks for the wrestlers.
The following weekend the VAWA State Tournament will be held at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond, VA. This tournament is broken up into two days (Saturday/Sunday) by age. This is by no means a scientific filter, but if your wrestler places at the Central VA Regional Tournament I would encourage they try to make the state tournament. If you think your wrestler may be interested in competing, but you're not sure reach out to a coach at practice and we can offer our honest opinion on whether it would be a positive learning experience for your wrestler.
If you have any questions please reach out.
Rory Bosek
Cell - (434) 960-3372
