Category: Camps/Clinics

ZM Wrestling Camp Next Week

The ZM Wrestling Summer Camp is only 5 days away.  To sign up, please fill out and mail in the registration form.  Scott Snobl will be the guest clinician the first 2 days of camp.  Austin Goergen will lead days 3 and 4.

Scott Snobl

High School
-Multi-time MNUSA Wrestling Greco Roman and Freestyle State Placewinner
-1988 MNUSA Junior National Greco Roman and Freestyle Team
-MNUSA Wrestling Official
-Southwest Minnesota Wrestling Club Clinician and Coach
-1989 MSHSL State Runner-up 171 pounds 33-1
-1989 Minnesota-Wisconsin Dual Team Member
-1989 Most Valuable Wrestler
-1989 MWCA and Guillotine All-State Academic Team
College
-1991, 1992 NSIC Champion
-1992 NSIC Team Champions
-1991, 1992 NAIA National Tournament Qualifier
-1992 Most Falls Award
-4-Time Letterwinner
-Captain
-1992 NSIC Scholar Athlete of the Year
-Southwest Minnesota Wrestling Club Clinician and Coach
Coaching
-1995-96 Assistant Coach Waconia, MN-State Champion Jeff Ziermann
-1996-97 Head Coach Waconia, MN-school record 4 state entrants
-1996-2000 and 2010-11 Assistant Coach Canby, MN-multiple State Tournament Team and Individual placewinners
-2011-2015 Head Coach Canby, MN- 5 state entrants
-2009-2015 MNUSA Clinician and Coach for Mustang and Border Boys Wrestling Clubs
-MNUSA and MSHSL Wrestling Official
-2015-16 Head Coach Barnesville, MN

Austin Goergen

-Redshirt senior at St. Cloud State
-From Caledonia, MN.
-285-pound weight class
-2x MSHSL State Champion
-Led HS Football team to two State titles
-3x NCAA DII All-American (6, 2, 3)
-Team Captain
-Led the Huskies to two consecutive NCAA Championships in wrestling
-Volunteers in the equipment room at State
-Involved in numerous fundraising and community services projects on campus and in the community
-Finished this semester with a GPA of a 3.5
“Austin is one the hardest working student-wrestlers on the team. In addition to his asset to the wrestling program, he is one of the most thoughtful and polite individuals you would ever meet. Personally, I have two boys and I hope they both grow up to be gentleman just like Austin.” – SCSU Coach Steve Costanzo.

InnerDrive summer wrestling starts in about 2 weeks and there is still room if you are interested in getting some great summer workouts.  A fresh variety of practice partners and an opportunity to learn from some of the best coaches around the area makes the InnerDrive room a place where you can make it possible to reach your goals.

Dates: June 15-August 17 (10 Wednesday nights)
Times: Youth 6:00-7:00 PM, High School 7:00-8:45 PM
Location: RCTC wrestling room
Cost: Youth-$150, High School- $250 (This price is a Clash Board discount for the first 40 H.S. to sign up. After that it goes to $500)

Send checks to InnerDrive, 1113 5th Ave. SE. Rochester, MN. 55904
For questions, contact Ricky Ties Ricky.innerdrive@gmail.com or (630)-258-6775

Caden Steffen Repeats as MN/USA Freestyle State Champion

Eight ZM wrestlers took part in the MN/USA Kids & Cadets State Greco and Freestyle Tournament last weekend in Monticello.  Caden Steffen led the way with a state title in Freestyle.  Also competing were Cain Lexvold (2nd/2nd),  Ryan Lexvold (DNP) , Michael Majerus (3rd/3rd), Ben Roberts (2nd in Greco), Jack Haglund (2nd/2nd), Jacob Bennett (5th in Freestyle), and Tyler Soltau (6th/DNP).

If you know Cain, it comes as no surprise he is wearing his headgear in each of these pictures.  Always ready to throw down, even with Tyler!

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A reminder that the ZM wrestling camp for any student grades K–12 (2015-2016) will be held June 6-9 in Mazeppa.

‘Toss and Tilts’ Camp This Friday/Saturday

When: Friday, July 17th 6:30-8:00 PM and Saturday, July 18th 9:30-11:00 AM
Where: Mazeppa wrestling room OR ‘old-upper gym’ in Mazeppa school
Grades: 4th-12th
Technician: Tony Brown
Cost: Free
Technique to be taught: Tony will work on throwing techniques such as head/body/hip positioning.  He will incorporate the use of our two new throwing-dummies as well.  Tony will also show his series of tilts for near-fall points and pins.

Setup at 5:00 PM Friday night and tear down immediately after camp on Saturday.  Please encourage your wrestlers to help with this!  Parents are welcome to help as well.

5002 Club starts Monday, July 20th for our youth wrestlers.  It’s a great way to stay active physically and mentally during the off-season.

5 of our youth wrestlers attended the Minnestoa Elite wrestling camp in Apply Valley this past week.  The boys worked hard and learned a lot!  Attending were Ryan Lexvold, Kaleb Lochner, Jack Krier, Ben Murray, and Laiken Copeman.

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ZM Wrestling Staying Active This Summer

Between camps, parades, and tournaments, ZM Wrestling is staying active this summer.  Over 25 high school wrestlers are currently at the Malecek Team Camp in Wisconsin Dells.  Many wrestlers have also been attending InnerDrive in Rochester.

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Caden Steffen traveled to Rockford, Illinois to compete in the Northern Plains Greco and Freestyle Championships, placing 2nd and 4th respectively.  Isaiah O’Reilly took part in the Southland Summer Smash last weekend and earned 2nd.

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When not on the mat, the 2015 State Runner-Up team rode a float in the Zumbrota parade and will do it again at Mazeppa Daze.

Joel Bauman and ZM Wrestling Coaches Host Summer Camp

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Approximately 60 K-12 wrestlers took part in the ZM Wrestling Summer Camp last week led by Joel Bauman and the ZM Wrestling coaches.  Thank you to all those who participated.

Lake City is holding a wrestling camp July 21-23 27-29 for 5th thru 12th graders.

5002 Club starts next month. Here is the calendar.

ZM Wrestling Camp 1 Week Away; Steffen Selected to Minnesota Storm Cadet National Dual Team

baumanThe ZM Wrestling Summer Camp is only 1 week away.  To sign up, please fill out and mail in the registration form.  Joel Bauman will be the guest clinician two days of camp.  Joel is a 2010 graduate from Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg.  He is a 2X Minnesota State Champion and part of the 2009 KMS state championship team.  In 2007, he was a Cadet national champ in Greco, 2008 (2nd), 2009 (8th) and 2010 (2nd).  Earned Greco All-American honors at Junior Nationals in Fargo.  Joel is currently ranked #7 in the nation in Senior Greco-Roman at his weight class.

Caden Steffen has been selected to the 2015 Minnesota Storm Cadet National Dual Team.  Caden’s performance this spring at the MN/USA Freestyle and Greco tournaments helped garner this honor.  The National Dual Tournament will take place in York, Pennsylvania June 9-13, 2015.  Congratulations Caden!

Congratulations to John Poulin for finishing 29th out of 400+ runners in the Med City 5K this weekend.  John’s time was the 4th fastest in his age group.

Caden Steffen is Cadet Freestyle State Champion!

Nine ZM wrestlers took part in the MN/USA Kids & Cadets State Greco and Freestyle Tournament this weekend.  Caden Steffen led the way with a state title in Freestyle and a 3rd place finish in Greco.  Also competing were Ryan Lexvold (3rd/3rd) , Michael Majerus (5th/6th), Jacob Bennett (4th/4th), Luke Tupper (DNP), Spencer DeFrang (DNP), Hayden Stensland (DNP), Jarret Haglund (DNP), and Michael Vath (DNP).

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The ZM Wrestling Summer Camp is only 2 weeks away!  To sign up, please fill out and mail in the registration form.

ZM Wrestling Summer Camp Information

The ZM Wrestling Summer Camp will run from June 1st-4th.  The camp will be run by Minnesota Golden Gophers.  Don’t miss out on this great opportunity!  To sign up, please fill out and mail in the registration form.  Please note that the Community Ed brochure sent home earlier this week had the incorrect dollar amount for 2 siblings.

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Message From Former ZM Wrestler Mitchell Watkins

A message from former ZM Wrestler Mitchell Watkins:

“Today, for the military I ran 9.5 miles.  12 stations.  5 rope climbs.  80 pull ups.  100 sit ups.  100 dips.  Fireman’s carry 1/3 mile per person.  120 push ups.  50 burpies.  Carry 60 pounds up hill 1/4 mile.  3 hill sprints.  20-story building, run stairs up and down twice.  100 lunges.  All on 3 hours of sleep and carrying a 35 pound pack 1/6 of the way.  Easily the toughest workout of my life.  Sad to say but at that point it wasn’t the Marines or family or anything keeping me going.  It was honest to god knowing that I had done that stuff at higher stakes (team wrestling state/sections).  So I can honestly say thank you ZM Wrestling for that. It came in handy!!”

Pine Island is having a 2 night camp for Grades 3 through 12 November 10th and 11th.  Registration form is here for anyone interested.

Weight Room Signup; Youth Inner Drive Fall Program

Please see note below from Tim McAthie regarding the weight room for 7-12 students.

The weight room will officially be open starting Monday, Sept 8th.

There is a sign up sheet on the door as they will be running two sessions each morning and these sessions will run from:

6:00am – 6:45am  1st Session
6:45am – 7:30am  2nd Session

The room will be staffed by Karl/Mia on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

STUDENTS NEED TO SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THE SESSIONS ON THE WEIGHT ROOM DOOR THAT THEY WILL BE ATTENDING.  EACH SESSION WILL HANDLE 40 KIDS.

COACHES PLEASE GET YOUR ATHLETES TO SIGN UP ASAP AS WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO MAKE THIS WORK.

Thanks!

Tim McAthie

Parents:

Please encourage your son to attend the weight lifting sessions each morning they are offered.  It doesn’t do any good to lift all spring and summer, then quit lifting because they start a fall sport.  Let’s stress lifting and being in there to maintain the mass/strength the kids put on during the summer.  Not lifting because kids are out for a sport is a very poor excuse.

Here is a weight lifting guide for all to use put together by Tony Stensland.  Last, if your son is intimidated by the weight room, please let them know they can talk to any upperclassman wrestler and they will help them learn how to lift.  No excuses.

Thank you,

Link and Tony

Youth Inner Drive Fall Program

Inner Drive is having a fall wrestling program for 3rd thru 6th grade starting Sunday, October 5th at 6 PM.  The program is 6 sessions and the cost is $50.  There is no practice on November 9th because of the JJ Classic, so the last practice is on November 16th.  We have a car leaving from Mazeppa currently.  If interested in a ride share, please e-mail me at