Kwik Trip Cards Make a Great Holiday Gift

Did you know the Brota Valley Wildcat Wrestling Club, ZM’s summer wrestling club, sells Kwik Trip gift cards?  The club has been selling Kwik Trip cards to our wrestling families since April 2012.  To date, Kwik Trip has given back over $7,500 to ZM families.  This money can be used to pay for nearly any wrestling related expense.  Kwik Trip has also given back over $3,500 to BVWWC.  Kwik Trip gift cards make a great holiday gift!

Click here to learn more about the Kwik Trip Gift Card program and how it can benefit both your family and ZM Wrestling.

To get started, you can fill out the Kwik Trip Gift Card request form on ZMWrestling.com.

The 2013 5002 Club; Youth Wrestling Activities for Week of December 8, 2013

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The 2013 5002 Club was introduced Friday night in front of the varsity crowd.  There were 15 wrestlers who completed the requirements to become a member.  They are:

  1. Jack Haglund
  2. Tanner Mancilman
  3. Blake Lochner
  4. Kaleb Lochner
  5. Cain Lexvold
  6. Ryan Lexvold
  7. Ethan Kovars
  8. Cole Poncelet
  9. Gabe Tupper
  10. Isaiah O’Reilly
  11. Macallister Bengtson
  12. Andrew Banitt
  13. Luke Krier
  14. Jack Krier
  15. Michael Majerus

Congrats boys! (Don’t miss the photo of Coach Krier in the slideshow above.  Photos courtesy of Lacey “Faye Haugen” Lexvold)

Youth wrestling activities for this week are below.

  • Open Mat: Monday, December 9th from 6:00-7:00 PM in the Mazeppa wrestling room.  Any wrestler looking for a little extra mat time is welcome to attend.
  • Scrimmage with KW: Friday, December 13th starting at 5:30 PM in the Mazeppa wrestling room.  Please arrive at 5:15.  If your wrestler is not signed up and would like to participate, please e-mail youthcoordinator@zmwrestling.com.  We will be looking for parent volunteers to help referee and keep score.
  • Watch the Varsity take on KW: After the scrimmage, watch the varsity take on their rivals from KW!  Have your wrestler bring an item for the local food shelf to the wrestling match and they will be entered in a drawing.
  • Tournaments: Byron and St. Charles on Saturday, December 14th.  Both are afternoon tournaments.  Pine Island tournament on Sunday, December 15th.  All details available on The Guillotine calendar.

Practice will be later than normal tonight

We have wrestle offs and weigh certification tonight. Weight certification can run late so we will try to get Jr. high kids done first and on the bus. If things take longer than normal, your wrestler will contact you asap letting you know how they plan to get home. I will personally shuttle kids if need be. I suspect very few kids will be affected.

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ZM Wrestling has chance to earn $2500 grant from Cargill! We need your Likes!

This fall, Seth Beyer and his work colleagues donated over 55 hours of work and supplies to help complete our new wrestling room.  Seth has entered this project into a contest and we need your help at a chance to earn $2500 for the ZM Wrestling program courtesy of Cargill!

Here is the most important part: we need you to like the photo Seth has posted on the Cargill Cares Facebook page.  CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK.

You can also like the photo as shared on the ZM Wrestling Facebook timeline.  It is important to like the photo, not just the shared post.

Deadline for the contest is Thursday, December 5 at 12:00 noon CST.  So don’t wait!

As part of International Volunteer Day, December 5, Cargill will honor its volunteers and present three Cargill Cares Volunteer Awards (with a US$2,500 charitable grant).  The top three photos that receive the most likes on a photo they post to the new Cargill Cares Facebook page will each win a Cargill Cares Volunteer Award.

Let’s be in the top 3!  Please spread the word!

Youth Wrestling Activities for Week of December 1, 2013

Youth wrestling activities for this week are below.

  • Open Mat: Monday, December 2nd from 6:00-7:00 PM in the Mazeppa wrestling room.  Any wrestler looking for a little extra mat time is welcome to attend.
  • Scrimmage with CF: Friday, December 6th starting at 5:30 PM in the Mazeppa wrestling room.  Please arrive at 5:15.  We’ll be having our 5002 Club members wrestle first so they are done by the time they need to be introduced.  If your wrestler is not signed up and would like to participate, please e-mail youthcoordinator@zmwrestling.com.  We will be looking for parent volunteers to help referee and keep score.
  • 5002 Club Recognition: Friday, December 6th at 6:00 PM in Mazeppa large gym.  Full details are here.
  • Tournaments: Stewartville and Waseca on Saturday, December 7th.  Details available on The Guillotine calendar.

5002 recognition night coming Friday Dec 6th!

2013 summer 5002 calendar

I’ve attached a ‘5002 calendar’ for those who want to try 5002 for next season.

5002 night Itinerary:
-please have your 5002 wrestler wear a ZM wrestling t-shirt
-have them there by 6:00pm
-6:30-6:45 we will meet by the south wall (by concessions) I will explain what we are to do
-6:45ish I will walk the 2013 5002 club members onto mat, introduce what 5002 is, then introduce them!
-I will also present the boys with their new ‘5002 shirts’ in which they will put on at this time

This is one of my favorite nights of the year! Please pump your little up for it…they’ve earned it!

If you are looking for the word find (last page) please contact me at 507-358-1344. I only have hard copies left.

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New floor in wrestling room completed!

finished floor
finished floor
Thank you to Michael Majerus, Joey Majerus, and Brian Majerus for their work in finishing the wrestling room cement floor….it looks fantastic and these guys donated most of last weekend to finish it!

Thanks to Rob Haglund and Chris Soltau for helping Brian sand the floors Friday evening…it was a messy job!

Another thanks to:
Brian M, Joey M, Miachel M, Liz M, Rob Haglund, Jarrett H, Jack H, Dan Bennett, Jen Steffen, Chase S, Caden S, for coming in last night and helping clean up the wrestling room!

Thanks to all the others who have helped along the way; our room is really starting to look like home because of your work!

Please come check out the wrestling room tonight during family night!

Signup for Youth Scrimmages

Our youth wrestlers have the opportunity to scrimmage during two home Varsity/JV meets in Mazeppa this December.  Preliminary details are below.  Please e-mail youthcoordinator@zmwrestling.com if your wrestler(s) would like to participate.  If your wrestler did not get weighed on registration night, please include their weight in the e-mail so we can pair them with other wrestlers accordingly.  We’ll need parent volunteers for referees and table workers.  Please let us know if you can help!

Dates:
Friday, December 6th vs. Cannon Falls
Friday, December 13th vs. KW & PI

Wrestlers should arrive at 5:15.  Start scrimmages at 5:30.  We should be done no later than 7.  Scrimmages will be held in the new wrestling room.

The first scrimmage is also 5002 club night.  We’ll make sure to be done by the time those wrestlers get introduced to the crowd.