ZM COUGAR WRESTLING CLOTHING ORDER 2014
Attached is the 2014-2015 Cougar Wrestling clothing order form…deadline is Dec. 1st to ensure we have everything back before Christmas.
-Please make checks payable to ZM Wrestling
-Forms can be dropped off in the wrestling room or brought/mailed to our house, 353 East 9th Street, Zumbrota
-Text/Call Jen with any questions, 358-1630
Thanks!
We have no key to get into the room.
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 SessionThe 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
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 
**We are sharing a coach bus with Farmington Wrestling to save on cost.**
Transportation to Moorhead
Date: Sunday, June 8th
Time: 7:45 a.m.
Place: ZMHS parking lot
(Bus will then pick up Farmington Wrestlers on the way north).
Transportation to Zumbrota
Date: Thursday, June 12th
Time: Bus will leave from Moorhead after camp, and drop off Farmington on the way…You will need to contact your wrestler on Thursday for estimated arrival time back @ ZMHS parking lot.
Please call Link @ 507-358-1344 with any questions…thanks.
We are in the middle of April and wrestling is alive and well at ZM! 11 wrestlers took part in the Greco/Freestyle Combo in Cannon Falls on Saturday. It is thought to be a program record to have that many compete in a single GR/FS event. Over 330 wrestlers attended the tournament from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
Champions in both styles included Caden Steffen and Hayden Stensland. Runners-up in both styles were Noah Prodzinski and Gabe Tupper. Also placing were Luke Tupper, Evan Block, Wyatt Freiheit, Michael Majerus, Ashton Macht, Ethan Kovars, and Ryan Lexvold.
Events for this upcoming weekend:
You can watch Caden Steffen compete for the Minnesota Storm team at 160lbs in the Heartland USA Middle School National Duals in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Wrestling starts at 9:00 AM Saturday morning. Click here to stream this live event. Good luck Caden!
Hope to see all the youth wrestling families Sunday at the Mazeppa Community Center at 1:00 PM!
Four Cougars placed at the NYWA State Individual Tournament this weekend. Earning 3rd place were Cain Lexvold and Caden Steffen. Placing 5th were Gunner Mancilman and Jacob Bennett.
The 7/8th grade team placed 5th out of 32 teams at the NYWA State Team Tournament.
Kaleb Lochner took 1st place in the NYWA Invite Tournament. Several others also participated in the NYWA State and Invite Tournaments. And Joey Majerus headed south to Cedar Falls, Iowa to wrestle in the USAW Junior/Cadet Folkstyle Nationals. Congratulations to all!
The Apple Valley Greco/Freestyle Open is this Friday and Saturday.
Any old timers like myself looking to miss a few days of work due to extreme soreness and lack of conditioning should look into this next year. Health insurance companies must cringe at the thought of such events. Lacey says she would put on her old cheerleading uniform.
ZM’s summer wrestling camp will host University of Minnesota Golden Gopher wrestlers Kevin Steinhaus (June 2nd & 3rd) and Dylan Ness (June 4th & 5th)! Additional camp information will be coming in a Community Ed brochure.
The following wrestlers have shown up for many of the morning lifts from 6:30-7:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We understand some live a long way out, and others are lifting after school because of spring sports, but these guys have made a consistent sacrifice to lift with their teammates in the morning.
1. Jacob Bennett
2. Spencer Defrang
3. Hayden Stensland
4. Hayden Voxland
5. Fletcher Bengtson
6. Caden Steffen
7. Maverick Jackson
8. Dillon Downes
The morning weight lifting opportunity continues to be dominated by our underclassmen….good job guys! Thanks for leading the crew Maverick and Dillon….good work! Remember guys, weight lifting will help you in ALL your sports and is a life long activity to keep you healthy! Lift, Lift, Lift!!!! It’s good for everything!
Link
ZM had wrestlers in 3 different tournaments on Saturday. 9 wrestlers attended STMA Tournament of Champions with Caden Steffen, Jacob Bennett, Spencer DeFrang, and Hayden Stensland all placing 1st. Michael Vath, Hayden Voxland, Jarret Haglund, Sam Nordquist, and Luke Tupper all placed 3rd.
3 wrestled in the Eastview Freestyle Open. Joey Majerus went 2-0 and both Evan Block and Noah Prodzinski went 1-2.
The K-6 team went 1-2 in the NYWA regional. The team beat Goodhue and fell in a pair of close duals to KW and GMLOK.
The 7th and 8th graders will not be going to Rochester or Cannon Falls for FS/GR practices this week so they can focus on the NYWA team state tourney.
There will be a K-6 open mat on Monday from 6-7:30. If your wrestler wants to practice Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, have them line up a partner. The wrestling room will be open each of those nights but no organized practices after Monday.
There are still several open weights for the NYWA Invite for anyone who wants another opportunity to wrestle. The deadline looks to be 10PM tonight so don’t wait!
Z-M had 11 wrestlers place in the top 3 of their weight class at Regionals this weekend to advance to NYWA State. Champions included Gunner Mancilman and Jacob Bennett. Runners-up were Cain Lexvold, Jack Krier, Spencer DeFrang, Sam Nordquist, Caden Steffen, Garrett Huneke, and Michael Vath. Placing 3rd were Mason Edstrom and Luke Krier.
Also earning a medal were Kyle Stensland and Gabe Tupper (4th), Kaleb Lochner, Ashton Macht, and Conner Heitman (5th), and Wyatt Freiheit (6th).
NYWA Region team qualifier is this Saturday in Eyota. Here is the schedule for Saturday.
Youth schedule for this week:
Be sure to RSVP to the end of the year party. I hope to see everyone there!
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougar Wrestling 