Minutemen Youth Wrestling

Date - Sunday, December 12, 2004 Site -- Coventry High School, Ripley Hill Road, Coventry, CT Tournament Director -- Mike Whitham Pre-registrations are mandatory! Two Divisions: Beginner & Advanced! Everyone must have a current USA Wrestling card. To get a USA card for pre-registration, register on line prior to December 8, 2004, any questions please contact Sarah Jadach (203) 735-7175. Cards will NOT be sold at the door. For logistical reasons, we will be limiting the number of registrations this year. Pre-registrations need to be submitted no later than 8 PM Wednesday December 8, 2004, to Coach Moss. For information call: Mike Whitham at 860-742-3217 (home) or 860-403-1407 (work) Peter Alosky at 860-742-5139 (home) or 860-742-8383(work) No-shows will be required to pay the fee. Fee's- different from all other tournaments * $15/wrestler pre-registration only * $25 family cap Registration / Weigh-in times * Pre-register by 7 PM on Friday 12/10/04 * Confirmation weigh-ins: o Advanced Wrestlers -- 8:00 - 8:45 AM. o Beginner Wrestlers - 12:30 - 1:15 PM. Wrestling: * Advanced Wrestlers: 9:00AM - 1:00PM o Advanced "King of the Hill" and awards to follow immediately afterwards. * Beginner Wrestlers: 1:15 PM - 4:PM . o Beginner "King of the Hill" awards to follow immediately afterwards. Tournament Format: This is a Takedown Tournament, with two divisions Beginner and Advanced. Here's how it works - Four to Five wrestlers per bracket -- Brackets are set up by age/weight/division. Winners are determined by best of five takedowns. (First to win three takedowns wins the bout.) Stalling and penalty points apply as well. After three minutes if there is no winner we go into a one-minute overtime period. If after one minute there is still no winner, then the ref decides on aggression, with warnings for stalling and number of serious attempts at a takedown counting heavily in the decision. Note-in the four years we've been running this tournament, this format has worked well, and overtime decisions are few and very far between. At the end of each division session we line up all the wrestlers and we play "King of the Hill". Just like practice, we go by size upwards. One takedown wins it and the winner stays in until he is beat. Awards are given for the "Longest Reign" (Most wins before losing) and the "Last One Standing." We did this the last four years and the kids LOVE it! IMPORTANT==> Also, since the main goal of the tournament is to promote wrestling in the area, we have a NOVICE class Signifying "beginner" not the age category). All wrestlers with less then two years experience(they wrestled last year for the first time) compete in their own brackets. (And their own King of the Hill). Any wrestler who has won a medal in a non-novice tournament cannot be considered a novice. This division is strictly for beginner wrestlers. Directions to Coventry High School: 1) Directions to Coventry High School from Hartford, CT 1: Merge onto I-84 [US-6] (East) 5.3 miles 2: At I-84 Exit 59, turn off onto Ramp 0.7 miles 3: Merge onto I-384 (East) 7.8 miles 4: Continue (North-East) on US-6 [US-44] 0.3 miles 5: Continue (East) on US-44 [Bolton Rd] 6.9 miles 6: Turn RIGHT (South) onto Lewis Hill Rd 0.9 miles 7: Turn RIGHT at stop sign onto Ripley Hill Rd 0.1 miles End: Arrive 78 Ripley Hill Rd, Coventry, CT, 06238 < 0.1 < 1min Total Route 22.2 mi

The Competitive Edge Wrestling Day will take place December 12, 2004 at Southington High School from 9am to 12 noon. This day is for youth westlers, coaches and parents. There is no charge for admission. Wrestlers will be split into small groups and rotated to different wrestling stations for technique,games and fun. The Competitive Edge Staff will be teaching and instruction will be age appropriate.. geared to the youth wrestler!! Our goal is for wrestlers to LEARN and have FUN!!!!! AGAIN... THIS DAY IS FREE FOR ALL YOUTH WRESTLERS,COACHES,AND PARENTS! More information will follow. I will be contacting coaches to better judge attendence which will help me better prepare for this day. Please call me if you have any questions or suggestions. There will also be a teaching session for coaches. Thanks, Ken DeStefanis 860-563-1263

If you are planning on wrestling in tournaments this coming season please send me a check for $30 for the first child and $20.00 for the second child. Make check payable to Roger Moss so I can register you as soon as possible. Thanks - Roger Dues paid so far: Andrew Mals, Mason Powers, Matthew Cote, Jacob and Jeremy Eliades, Tyler and Colin Cunningham

The following Minutemen participated in the State Qualifer in Disctrict #1 on Sunday, February 20 in Meriden. the following have qualified for the State Tournament on Sunday, February 27th in New Haven. Name Weight Division/Place Finish Alessi, Andrew 100lbs. Novice 3rd Banks, Jack 115lbs. Middle School 3rd Berube, Ethan 120lbs. Middle School 4th Bisson, Ryan 90lbs. Middle School 3rd Cunningham, Tyler 80lbs. Novice 1st Mangiafico, Carla 65lbs. Novice 3rd Matuszak, Will 80lbs. Novice 2nd Moss, Kevin 100lbs. Middle School 1st Pentalow, Sean 70lbs. Novice 4th Powers, Mason 100lbs. Novice 2nd Scacca, Anthony 70lbs. Novice 5th Vreeland, Sam 85lbs. Novice 3rd

Registrations: 1. All tournaments require pre-registration. Absolutely NO Walk-ins will be permitted. 2. Only Directors, or their appointee, of sanctioned clubs will be allowed to pre-register wrestlers. Wrestlers who are not club affiliated or are from out-of-state are requested to contact the Tournament Director directly by the Thursday immediately before the event. 3. Only the data base on our web site will be used to register for tournaments, this will ensure that all wrestlers are proper USA wrestling members and allow for a uniformed format to process entries. 4. Each wrestlers weight must adequately represent the weight that they will be come tournament morning. Every wrestler will be required to check-in the morning of the tournament to check-in and get a skin check. 5. Tournament registration fees are $15 for each individual with a family-cap of $25. All club directors are to collect their wrestlers registration fees and pay the tournament director the morning of the tournament. Payment should not be made with more than one (1) check. There are NO refunds for no-shows. 6. All wrestlers are required to have a current USA Wrestling membership. 7. Wrestlers in need of a card should contact their club director or Sarah Jadach at (203) 735-7175 or sjadach23@aol.com . Arrangements must be made by each Wednesday prior to a Sunday Tournament to allow proper issuance of cards, NO EXCEPTIONS