Wrestling Blogs - Phil Dorman

Well, its time to compete. We open up this Thursday at home against Lee's Summit. Then our JV will compete in the Knob Noster Invitational and the Blue Springs 9/10 Tournament on Saturday. The 12-14 kids going to Knob Noster will get a chance to compete in a Varsity tournament . We have many quality wrestlers who can't break our varsity lineup, so this will give them the opportunity to earn their varsity letter. We have worked extremely hard for 4 weeks and are ready to wrrestle someone else. Our lineup will not be enitrely set until after Christmas, but… more »

We now have everyone in the room. The guys are working very hard and we are training for the beginning of our competition season. We will begin certifying everyone this week and start getting the guys to weights they plan to be at, so that we can start seeing what the lineup will look like. There should be some very competitive wrestle-offs here in the next few weeks. Stay tuned, should be an exciting season. more »

We started practice with 15 wrestlers who were not involved in a fall sport. This week gave us an opportunity to work on basics while most of our returners were not out yet. We finished the week with a pretty tough practice on Friday. It gave this group an idea of what to expect, even though it wasn't close to our toughest practice. The football team lost in the first round of the playoffs on Wed., soccer lost on Tues. and CC finished on Sat. We will have everyone in the room on Wed. IT will be time to get… more »

Well, we are a week away from starting practice and beginning the 08-09 season. Last season did not end the way we had hoped for but did end with 2 state champions, Tyler St. Louis, winning his 3rd title, and Collin Wittmeyer getting his first. There is excitement entering this season, as we get Joe Pace, a state champion in 07, and Joey McLain, a qualifier in 07, back to strengthen our lineup. The goal is still to win a state championship and we feel we have the core to do so. We have to work hard, stay healthy, and… more »