The store is open now until Monday, November 21st at midnight. Please choose the ‘local pickup’ option when ordering. Lacey will pick up the entire order once it arrives. The store link is below.
7-12 wrestling parents: be sure to get your wrestler registered and paid for before practice Monday, November 21st. Go Cougars!
Just to confirm for those that may be wondering: we WILL be having our youth tournament tonight in Zumbrota! Allow a little extra time to get here and we’ll see you later. Let’s wrestle!
Your busy kid got you feeling like this? Help (and the wrestling season) is right around the corner.
Monday, Nov. 15- Free youth clinic for girls at 5:30 PM, any other youth at 6:30 in Mazeppa wrestling room. Designed for those new to wrestling or have taken some time off and thinking of trying again, but all are welcome. Know of someone who might enjoy wrestling? Send them an invite!
Wednesday, Nov. 17- Last day for youth to register on-line and receive a t-shirt. You can always register and join later but can’t guarantee a shirt.
Sunday, Nov. 21- Free youth physical fitness night from 5-6 PM in the wrestling room. Exercises, skills, and cardio to help get the bodies ready for the season.
The youth wrestling season (boys and girls in PreK-6th grade) will be starting soon and we’d like you to join us! We hope to relay this information to as many ZM parents and youth as we can. Please help us out by sharing!
New to wrestling or looking to try it again? We are offering free clinics on Monday, November 15th in the Mazeppa school wrestling room. The girls only clinic will be at 5:30 PM, and anyone else at 6:30 PM. This practice provides the opportunity to learn more about the sport without any commitment. See this flyer for more details.
Register online through Community Education by November 17th to receive a t-shirt.
We’ll also hold an open house on Monday, November 8th and Tuesday, November 9th from 5:30 PM – 7:30. Swing by the Mazeppa school wrestling room before or after your parent-teacher conference to meet the coaches and learn more about the program. Don’t forget to bring your unwanted wrestling gear. Be sure to mark it with your name and asking price.
Finally, don’t forget clothing and gear orders close on October 31st. See this post for details.
Questions? E-mail Chris Lexvold- chris.lexvold@gmail.com
ZM Wrestling Clothing and Gear stores are open now until October 31st! Youth and high school orders will NOT be separate this year, so please place your orders now. There are 2 stores – one through Rebyl Sports for singlets, matching fight shorts and hoodies (high school singlets are provided by the school):
https://rebylonline.com/zumbrota_mazeppa_wrestling/shop/home
and one through Insignia Printing for your traditional hoodies, joggers, t-shirts, etc. :
https://insigniascreenprinting.printavo.com/merch/zm-wres
Please spread the word!
We have ordered singlets through this company in the past, and sizing runs very true to the sizing chart listed through Rebyl. In my experience, the fight shorts are generous in sizing (especially given the new trend of wearing shorter shorts). As a reference, all of my boys wear a size smaller than they typically do. Owen wears an adult XS, Cain a Medium, and Ryan a Medium (again, short shorts)! The brand is My House, a brand we have used in the past for singlets and warm-ups.
We are opening and closing the order before the season officially starts in an effort to get gear here in time for the majority of the season, and holidays as well. Cross your fingers!
As always, please feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have. Thanks, and GO COUGARS! Lacey Lexvold youthcoordinator@zmwrestling.com
The ZM Wrestling Camp will now start Saturday, May 15th and end Monday, May 17th. Please click here for the camp details. 3 great clinicians, hope to see everyone there!
Order you Section 1A Champion shirts today! The ZM Wrestling Booster Club will purchase a t-shirt on behalf of the wrestlers on the section roster, managers, and coaches.
Store closes Sunday night.
https://insigniascreenprinting.printavo.com/merch/zm-wrestling-section-champions
The high school opened their season last Thursday with a win over Byron followed by a loss to Dover-Eyota. The Cougars then headed north to face Maple Grove and a father-son coaching battle with Centennial. The Cougars were able to earn both victories on Friday night.
The youth team competed in “The Brawl” in St. Michael over the course of 2 weekends. The young Cougars opened with wins over Monticello and Le Sueur-Henderson, followed by a close lose to Wayzata that went down to the last match. On the final day they were able to top New London-Spicer, St. Francis, and Blaine to earn 5th place out of 28 teams.
Leo Beyer (Seth and Tracey) was our Wrestler of the Week in Pod 1. Keep it up Leo!
Upcoming Events
Tuesday- Youth Pod 1 Practice 6 PM.
Friday- High School @ Stewartville. Youth Pod 1 Practice at 3 PM, Pod 2 at 6 PM.
Saturday- High School @ Lake City
Sunday- Youth Practice. 1PM: Pod 2. 3PM: Pod 4. 5PM: Pod 3.
Fun start to the youth season! Our Wrestler of the Week in Pod 1 for the first 3 weeks of in-person practice were Elih Schaefer (Mat and Shannon), Braylen DeFrang (Jessica), and Jonah Karow (Josh and Mary Beth).
The youth team will be wrestling at “The Brawl” Jan. 24th and 31st. You can watch it live on TrackWrestling for $19.99. The color commentary should be entertaining as well. Brawl apparel is available here.
The first high school event of the season is Thursday! Details how to watch will be made available later on the ZM Wrestling Facebook page.
Upcoming Events
Sunday, Jan 24th- The Brawl, Mat #6 at 3:15 & 4:15. 5:15 Mat TBD.
Sunday- Youth Practice. 1PM: Pod 2. 3PM: Pod 4. 5PM: Pod 3.
Tuesday- Youth Pod 1 Practice 7:30 PM.
Thursday- High School vs Byron+D-E @ Home
Saturday- Youth Pod 1 Practice 1PM, tentative.
This week the virtual challenge for the youth wrestlers was to perform rounds of exercises to the ‘Bring Sally Up’ song along with stance and motion drills. Each round took about 5 minutes to complete.
Our “Team of the Week” based on the results is Team LaGosh. Members are Levi Matthees, Kason Hill, Jonah Karow, Evan Scharpen, Jaxon Riggs, Owen Mehrkens, and Jacoby Brown. These young men completed 109 rounds between them. Well done!
Week 2 By the Numbers
5: Kids that finished 20+ rounds (Levi and Jacob Matthees-24, Jaxon Riggs, Bryce Gerdes, and Kale Johnson-20)
6: Teams that finished the challenge
55: People finished challenge and invited others to join them during ‘Bring Sally Up’
60: Number of kids that joined large group Zoom training session
203: Percent Team Watkins exceeded total round goal
588: Total rounds by all teams
2,940: Minutes spent exercising/drilling
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