Category: High School

7th-12th Grade Wrestling Banquet Reminder

The junior & senior high wrestling banquet will be held on Thursday, March 20th, in the ZMHS cafeteria from 6:30-8:30.

This is a potluck, please bring a dish to pass (and remember these boys are hungry in the off-season!), and serving utensils. Beverages, plates, napkins, & utensils will be provided.

Please have your wrestler wear a nice shirt and dress/khaki pants. 
 
Your attendance is very valuable, please come help us celebrate the accomplishments of all our 7th-12th grade wrestlers this season! 
 

Updated 7th & 8th Grade NYWA Practice Schedule

With spring sports starting, the practice times for 7th & 8th Grade NYWA team will be moved to 6:00-7:30 PM in the old wrestling room.  There is no practice this Thursday due to the wrestling banquet.

Remaining practices:

Monday, March 17
Tuesday, March 18
Monday, March 24
Tuesday, March 25
Thursday, March 27
Monday, March, 31
Tuesday, April 1

State tournament for 7th & 8th team is Thursday, April 3.

Weight Room Reminder

Reminder:  The weight room is open from 6:30 AM-7:30 AM Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for wrestlers to lift and is supervised by Dakota.  This free time is being dominated by our underclassmen, good job guys!  With spring sports starting today, I anticipate more upper classmen utilizing this morning time.  Guys, weight lifting will help in all your sports and life…get to the weight room….

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Freestyle/Greco Practices

Below are a couple of local opportunities for freestyle and Greco practices.  There are whispers the Z-M club may try to organize some practices as well.  Stay tuned for more information.

Here is a great article that explains why one should consider wrestling Greco-Roman and freestyle in spring and summer.

  • The MN/USA Regional Training for Juniors and Cadets (born 1994-1999) will start Monday, March 10th and run from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM in the RCTC wrestling room.  A USA wrestling card is required to attend.  Practices will continue until June and be run by Nick Severson.  Please contact Link about doing a ride share.
  • The Cannon Falls Mat Rats Freestyle Program starts Monday, March 17th.  The practices are open for K-12 and are held Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM.  Full calendar is here.  The practices are run by Chad Otterness.

Weight Lifting Opportunity; 7th & 8th Grade NYWA Practice Schedule

Weight Lifting Opportunity

Who: Any ZM wrestler
Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Time: 6:30AM-7:30AM
Supervisor: Dakota Joseph (Stensland)
Starting: Monday, March 3, 2014
Ending: TBD

These are not weight lifting instructional sessions nor are they required.  This is simply an opportunity to get better!

7th & 8th Grade NYWA Practice Schedule

Wrestling practices will be held Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays 3:45-5:00 from now till April 3rd.  The boys can take the bus to Mazeppa after school but will need a ride home afterwards as there is not a shuttle back to Zumbrota.  All kids are welcome to practice as there are individual and team competitions.  Jeff and Chad Matthees will be coaching the boys through the NYWA team and individuals.

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Important Upcoming Tournament Information

Goodhue Jaycees Tournament

The ZM Wrestling program will be by paying for any ZM youth wrestler’s entry fee to the Jaycees tournament in Goodhue on Saturday, March 8th.  This is our way of saying thank you to our youth families for their fundraising and volunteer efforts this past year.  There will be a sign-in sheet for ZM wrestlers only at the registration table in Goodhue the day of the tournament.  We will use this sheet to know how many of our kids are present that day so we can pay them with one check.  Please bring your own registration form to the tournament or fill one out on site.  Make sure you tell the registration workers you are from ZM and write your wrestler’s name on the sheet so we get an accurate count.  We encourage each wrestler in the program to take advantage of this great opportunity!

NYWA

NYWA is a wrestling association that holds a series of individual and team wrestling tournaments for kids in 8th grade and under.  All wrestlers who participate in an NYWA tournament must buy an NYWA membership.  The NYWA District tournaments are held annually the first two weekends following the Minnesota State High School Wrestling tournament.  Wrestlers who place 1st or 2nd at Districts will advance to the Regional tournament.  At Regions, a wrestler must place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in the weight class to advance to the NYWA State tournament.  NYWA groups wrestlers by these ages and weight classes.

MN/USA Folkstyle State Tournament

MN/USA Wrestling is the state affiliate organization for USA Wrestling.  All wrestlers who participate in a USA tournament must buy a USA Wrestling membership.  The MN/USA Folkstyle State Tournament is March 7-9th.  MN/USA uses these ages and weight classes.  Novice division and younger (born 2002 or later) must have already qualified in one of the MN/USA open tournaments.  Schoolboy and Cadets do not need to qualify.  However, everyone must pre-register on-line by March 2.

If you have any questions regarding these tournaments, please ask one of the coaches at the next practice.

Youth Pictures Tomorrow

Congratulations to Joey Majerus, Cody Heitman, and Hunter Prodzinski for advancing to the Individual State Tournament!  Also placing for the Cougars were: Hayden Stensland (4th), Freedom Hunt (6th), Devin Manzy (6th), Dillon Downes (4th), Noah Prodzinski (4th), Seth Tupper (3rd), and Shane Bode (6th).

The first NYWA qualifiers are next Friday.  There is a Jaycees qualifier in Goodhue next Saturday.  Let’s finish the season strong!

Youth activities for this week are below.

  • Monday: Youth practice.  PreK thru 3rd from 5:30 to 6:30.  4th thru 6th from 6:30 to 7:30.  We will be taking individual and group pictures.  Please wear your sapphire t-shirts for the group photo and a singlet is suggested for an individual photo.  You will be able to order pictures through Shutterfly.
  • Thursday: Open mat 6:00-7:30 in Mazeppa.  State Team Tournament at Xcel Energy Center.  State Tournament details here.
  • Friday-Saturday: State Individual Wrestling Tournament at Xcel Energy Center.
  • Sunday, March 2: Youth Open in Waseca.

Josie still has some wrestling t-shirts and hats available for purchase.  E-mail her at youthcoordinator@zmwrestling.com

No Bus Tomorrow

Due to the blizzard warning, the varsity wrestlers ventured to Rochester this afternoon for an overnight stay to ensure they can make it to the Civic Center tomorrow morning. Therefore, there will be no bus to the tournament tomorrow…other wrestlers will have to find their own rides to come cheer on their teammates. Drive carefully, use caution, stay safe!

GO COUGARS!

Congratulations ZM Wrestling Team and Joey Majerus

The ZM wrestling team has been awarded a silver plaque from the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association (MWCA) for having a team GPA between 3.00 and 3.49.  That is quite an accomplishment!

Also, Joey Majerus has been selected to the MWCA Academic All-State wrestling team.  Congratulations to Joey and ZM wrestling!

Go cheer on the Cougars Friday and Saturday at Mayo Civic Center.  See schedule for details.