Category: Camps/Clinics

ZM Wrestling Camp details

PLEASE NOTE NEW TIMES AS OF JUNE 2.

The details for the ZM Summer Wrestling camp are out. Students in grades K-12 are encouraged to attend camp this summer on June 6-9th in the Mazeppa gym.

Monday, June 6th: 5:30-6:30 (K-6), 6:45-8:00 (7-12)
Tuesday, June 7th: 5:30-6:30 (K-6), 6:45-8:00 (7-12)
Wednesday, June 8th: 5:15-6:15 (K-6), 6:30-7:45 (7-12)
Thursday, June 9th: 5:15-6:15 (K-6), 6:30-7:45 (7-12) 

The guest clinicians will be Austin Goergen (St Cloud State 4x All American DII) on June 6th and 7th. Billy McDonald and Kurt Becker (Co-head coaches for Watertown-Mayer, who finished 4th at state AA this year) on June 8th and 9th. Additional accolades for these clinicians as well as details are in the files below!

So download the form below, fill it out, and send to Link! Cant wait to see you guys on the mat!

Any questions, comment on the Facebook post or call Link Steffen at: 507-358-1344

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ZM Wrestling Camp (June 4-7) To Be Led By Ryan Epps and Austin Goergen

The ZM Wrestling Camp starts Monday, June 4 and runs through Thursday, June 7.  It is open to any ZM student in grades K-12.  The camp will be held in the Mazeppa school.  Times are 5:00 – 6:00 PM for grades K thru 6 and 6:15 – 7:30 PM  for grades 7 thru 12.  The complete flyer is here.

We’re excited to announce our guest clinicians for the week which include Ryan Epps and Austin Goergen.  Ryan is from Cannon Falls and currently wrestles for Augsburg College.  Ryan’s accomplishments include:

  • 4x state entrant
  • 3x state place winner
  • 2x state finalist
  • State Champion at 145 in 2016
  • 2017 Qualified for Division III National tournament with Augsburg
  • 2018 Division III National Champion!

Austin is from Caledonia and wrestled at St. Cloud State.  Austin’s accomplishments include:

  • 3x state entrant
  • 3x finalist
  • 2x state champion
  • 2013 joined St. Cloud State wrestling team
  • 2x Division II finalist
  • 4x All American (Placed in top 8 for Division II National tournament)

A reminder to next year 7-12 wrestlers going to SMSU camp to get your registration to Link  by June 4th.

ZM Wrestling Updates

Thank you to the following participants for helping with the Adopt-A-Highway project last Wednesday!  It was a beautiful evening and took less than 1.5 hours to complete.  We talked as a group about the importance of giving back and keeping our earth clean.  Best item found: Handheld Garmin GPS unit found by Tyler Soltau!

Volunteers were Evan Groby, Jake Bennett, Gabe Tupper, Tyler Merhkens, Tyler Soltau, Ethan Kovars, John Poulin, Anna Soltau, Trey Lexvold, Nathan Haltom, Brennan Sheda, Anne Haltom, Ashton Macht, and Link Steffen.

Upcoming Events

  • Freestyle/Greco practice tomorrow.  5:30 for K-6th, 6:30 for 7-12.
  • Freestyle/Greco Junior and Kids State Tournament this weekend in Rochester.  Juniors can still register.
  • World Team Trials and Northern Plains Regional next weekend in Rochester.  Great opportunity to watch some potential future Olympians!
  • ZM Wrestling Camp is June 4th-7th.  Community Ed flyer is here.
  • Reminder 2018-2019 7th-12th graders register for SMSU team camp by June 4th

ZM Wrestling Camp (June 5-8) To Be Led By Ethan Lizak and Austin Goergen

The ZM Wrestling Camp starts tomorrow and runs through Thursday.  It is open to any ZM student in grades K-12.  The camp will be held in the Mazeppa large gym.  Times are 5:00 – 6:00 PM for grades K thru 6 and 6:15 – 7:30 PM  for grades 7 thru 12.  The complete flyer is here.

Clinicians for the week include:

Monday & Tuesday- Ethan Lizak.  Ethan wrestles for the MN Gophers and was a NCAA finalist at 125 lbs last year.
Wednesday- Austin Goergen.  Austin is a 4x D-II All-American at St. Cloud State and named Most Dominate Wrestler in D-II.
Thursday- Members of the ZM wrestling staff.

Ryan Lexvold was invited to participate in the Minnesota/Wisconsin Goodwill Duals Team Tournament.  The event took place on the UW-Eau Claire campus on Saturday, May 27.  This event matches up the state place-winners from MN and WI.  Each team wrestled 4 times, 2 in Freestyle and 2 in Greco-Roman.  The MN teams had a great showing winning all duals and Ryan finished 3-1.

July 11-13 Mini-Camp

Thank you to Sean Ahrar of St. Olaf College for doing three nights of camp with us!  Sean showed technique, explained expectations of college wrestling, and shared many example of how a quality high school and college education can help a person succeed in life. Sean also has many years of military experience and shared with us some of those adventures.  It was a very successful week and we hope to have Sean back again!

And a HUGE thank you goes out to Donnie Dahl for cooking our boys supper on the last night of camp last week!  Donnie not only donated his time, but he also brought his own smoker and many supplies to complete the job!  The chicken was amazing!  They boys also enjoyed yogurt and fresh fruit!  It was a beautiful evening to hang out!

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