Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougar Wrestling

29 wrestlers took part in either the MN/USA Kids & Cadets State Folkstyle tournament or NYWA district qualifier this weekend.  Placing at the MN/USA tournament were Sam Moore (3rd), Ethan Kovars (5th), and Hayden Voxland (3rd).  Also participating at MN/USA were John Poulin, Jarret Haglund, Sam Nordquist, Tyler Soltau, Hayden Stensland, Luke Tupper, and Jacob Bennett.  Wrestling at NYWA were Lincoln Toombs, Cole and Lucas Schiell, Leo and Jent Beyer, Carl and Ben Murray, Gunner and Tanner Mancilman, Cain and Ryan Lexvold, Kaleb Lochner, Isaac Moore, Jack Krier, Isaiah O’Reilly, Jack Smothers, Ashton Macht, Nathan Haltom, Cole Poncelet, and John Poulin.  My apologies if I missed anyone.

We have 8 ZM Wrestling community calendars still available.  These calendars run March through April 2016 and are personalized with birthdays and anniversaries.  Cost is $10.  If interested, you can get a hold of Lacey Lexvold or stop by Zumbrota Eye Care.

Please note the youth will be practicing Tuesday and Friday this week due to Parent-Teacher conferences.  We also have the opportunity to weigh in on Saturday for the team tournament on Sunday.  We will e-mail our youth parents with more information later this week once we have the details.

Upcoming Events

• Tuesday- Open mat practice in new wrestling room.  6:00-7:15 PM.
• Friday- Open mat practice in new wrestling room.  6:00-7:15 PM.  NYWA District Qualifier in Austin.
• Saturday- NYWA District Qualifier in Stewartville.  Jaycees Regional Qualifier in Goodhue.
• Sunday, March 15th- NYWA Team Region Qualifier in Eyota.  Wrestling starts at 9.

 

5 wrestlers traveled to Waseca today to get one last tune-up before NYWA districts begin.  Attending were Carl Murray, Cain and Ryan Lexvold, Nathan Haltom, and Jack Smothers.

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 purchase 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.

Anyone planning on wrestling in the Plainview NYWA qualifier on Friday should purchase an NYWA membership and get their Plainview registration form in the mail by Tuesday.

MN/USA Kids & Cadets 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 6-8th.  MN/USA uses these ages and weight classes.  Novice division and younger (born 2004 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 tonight at 8 PM.

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

Upcoming Events

• Monday- Practice.  PreK-3rd at 5:45.  4th-6th at 6:45.  This is the last practice before we combine all grades for open mat.
• Thursday- Open mat practice in new wrestling room.  6:00-7:15 PM.
• Friday- NYWA District Qualifier in Plainview.
• Friday thru Sunday- MN/USA Folkstyle State Tournament

The K-3 team traveled to Waseca today and brought home 3rd place.  We were able to defeat Adrian, Faribault, and Pine Island while losing to GMLOKS.  The hard work these guys are putting in shown through today.  Great job boys!

A special treat for tomorrow night’s youth practice- the varsity will be in the wrestling room to be introduced and hopefully can stay to show some moves and help lead practice.  4th through 6th graders are welcome to come to the early practice to take advantage of this opportunity as well.  Come with questions and learn how these guys became the best of Section 1A!

The full schedule for State team and individual is here.  The team will wrestle their first dual at 11:00 AM on Thursday at the X.  Go cheer them on in person, there is no other experience quite like it.

State wrestling and Mat Rat t-shirts are for sale.

Upcoming Events:

Monday- Practice.  PreK-3rd at 5:45.  4th-6th at 6:45 but arrive early to meet varsity wrestlers.
Thursday- Watch Cougar team at the X.
Friday/Saturday- Watch Cougar individuals at the X.
Sunday- Waseca individual tournament