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Wrestling last night was great, I went into the match and got the job done with a pin in the second period. Man does it feel great to be in shape again! more »

As the Freeman Tournament is so called, was not so big. Getting to bed at 1:15 on a Thursday night is not a good way to start the weekend. Two champs, a second and two thirds is ok though. The boys have a chance to compete against some varsity kids, and also have team points. Thought Jacob Pierce wresled very well along with Cody larsen. more »

This is my year. You think you can beat me? You can’t. You think you’ll defeat me? You won’t. . This is my year. . I’m stronger, I’m quicker, I’m tougher, From last year. . That time When you won Is the last You will get. . This is my year. . I know I can beat you. I can. I know I’ll defeat you. I will. This is my year. -- A.L.S. more »

This is an excerpt of a story I am in the midst of. I'm a little over half way through and have come to understand some of the difficulties in writing a book. I thought I'd stick it on flo to see what type of respnses I get. The story evolves around two HS wrestlers seeking a state title - twists and turns find them on opposing sides in the same weight class.....here's a bit of it John is quick and confident, and this is a chance to take out the potential state champ before they even get to the… more »

After a day off from our crazy weekend, we have had practice the last two days and have really been working on staying in good position. We have started to focus on the athletes strength and not try to put new things into their head unless they ask. Our motto has been countdown it started with 16 or 13, 15 or 12 now its' 14 or 11, the smaller number represents practices till districts, larger number represents practices left for those that make it to state. JV's get a chance to get into a nice class D varisty tourney and… more »

All i can say right now is Irvine cradel for the win created this awesome move 1/28/09 if you want to learn how to learn it I will show you in the matt, and mabye later post a video of it more »

my new motto is FEAR THE O'REAR'S......love those boys more »

Sometimes the key to success is staying alive the longest. When you are at sea, and your boat has capsized it isn’t always about being the best swimmer. At times it’s simply having the will to keep your head above water,when it would be easy to say to your self my ship has sunk, I am lost at sea. I am tired. I will close my eyes, and sink. But instead you continue to struggle towards the shore, because you have no stomach for the alternative. In my mind that resilience through tough times, to hold on and keep working… more »

Our All Area tournament Trophy was finally liberated. We did not win the Tourny with very much flare or style but we went out there and slugged our way to the finis. Twelve points is all the difference we could muster, and now we need to work toward Leagues. Our arch League foe will be host to us on Wednesday. We are both 4-0 in League, and keenly aware of each others strengths. The tiniest details are giant. The Basics are the difference between first and a change in "ch'i". Sound solid foundation, this is what we build our dreams… more »

The 160lb matches were worth the price of admission, with Derek St John dominating the field. I was able to film 103-thru 189 in the finals and about 13 matches of the semis and wrestle backs. USA Mag ranked wrestlers include: Derek ST John, Nick Moore, Evan Knight,John Nicholson, Adam Perrin, Dylan Carew, Michael Moreno. 22 ranked wrestlers in all. It was a great tournament, and I expect some possible changes in weight brackets due to the outcomes of certain matches. more »

PCMS Wrestling Schedule - Home events in Bold.February 24th - Triangular @ Conestoga with Platteview - Dismissal @ 3:00 pm - Departure @ 3:15 - Wrestling starts @ 4:15February 26th - Triangular @ Tekamah with Blair - Dismissal @ 2:15 pm - Departure @ 2:30 - Wrestling starts @ 4:15March 3rd - Wrestling @ Elkhorn - Dismissal @ 2:30 pm - Departure @ 2:45 - Wrestling starts @ 4:15March 5th - Wrestling @ Elkhorn Ridge - Dismissal @ 2:30 pm - Departure @ 2:45 - Wrestling starts @ 4:15March 10th - Wrestling with Nebraska City - Wrestling starts @ 4:15March… more »

Wow what a weekend. 3 Tournaments - 3 days. Picked up and put away and ready for more. It's nice to have the day off after a hectic weekend, the athletes should enjoy it too. Middle School starts practice today, they will be using our team website as well, so stay up to date on all their happenings also. Overall Varsity tourney went well, we finished 3rd out of 13 teams. Have yet to finish a tournament lower than 3rd as a team. Jv's had two champs and the kids club tourney brought right at 600 kids in. more »

Practice began on January 26th. Practice is from 3:45 - 5:30 Monday - Thursday. Friday morning practice is from 6:00 - 7:30 am. Athletes must be picked up by 5:45 on practice nights. If you are not able pick up your athlete by that time, please arrange for them to be picked up at an alternative location. Thank you, Coach Knust and Coach Nielsen Coach Knust and Coach Nielsen more »

The busiest weekend for the Plattsmouth Wrestling Community, is moments away from beginning. We'll have about 160 matches tonight fo the JV tourney. Saturday begins our stretch to the end of the season, with our toughest tourney yet to date. more »

One of my first memories of being involved in the sport of wrestling was qualifying for my first Empire State Games. It was a great experience, as I gained many friendships and learned a lot about wrestling techniques. I continued to qualify for the Empire State Games through high school, into college, and even post college. The Games are an experience that all athletes, young or old, should be able to experience. It’s ridiculous to think that after 30 years of history, the state is going to allow this great tradition to elapse. The Empire State Games has created opportunities… more »

We have yet to be truly effected by any injury bug (knock on wood), but we have had the many sicknesses that are running all over our school. instead of athe panting of hard work, it's a cough or sniff, or sneeze. During this time of year it's very easy to get in a rut and continue to do the same thing over and over and over and over. This is a time for focus, hard work and ability to change the problems, that have cost us some big matches.   For those of you that watched Obama's speech yesterday,… more »

There has been some great local action in the last two weeks. Although the Benton Community tournament was cancelled, The Tom Lepic Duals in Iowa City was more than enough. Iowa City West hosted KC Oak Park, Davenport West, Marian Catholic, Fort Dodge(replacing Ballard due to weather) Keokuk, South East Polk and CB Lewis Central. Got some good footage from the duals and they will be posted soon. There was also the Jhawk INV that featured Benton Comm, Boone, CR Jeff, Dub Hemp, Fort Dodge, Humboldt, Johnston, Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, Wat. East, West Delaware and current no 1 in 3a Waverly-Shell… more »

Well, we've come a long way this season and now it starts into the main event. Beating Southmount was a real thrill, was very proud of our team for that win! Sr. Night was a little surreal for me I guess, I've got a pretty good mental block going on as far as letting this season end. Conference is this Sat, we wound up with some pretty good draws, so it ought to be a good day. Sectional seed meeting is next monday, should do real well there. more »

Yes Mr. president we still have work to do. In many ways this week. We are still working on being a very technically sound team. Our future is struggling right now, JV tournaments have not been easy for us, they will have many opportunities to correct these mistakes over the next month. Our other work is that we have three tournaments at home this week. Our community and team, alumni and club will all play a huge role in making this weekend a success. more »

I think that at regionals we need to ack as a team. most people may need to learn to control themselfs. But some of you may not make it to the finals this is still ok because knowing that you gave 110% is great! At the time that the match starts you need to have a automatic reaction to what is happening. so make sure you lesson to your coach because just by lessoning you can win but you have to lesson. Also at the end no matter what happens remember give 110%. :P more »

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Greetings to anyone who ever reads this. Just waa thinking of the past and what makes us what we are today. It can really make you or break you. learning lifes hard lessons. I had a lot of success for wrestling, the tools, learned quickly, and had a strong work ethic that drove me to the accomplishments I was able to achieve in my wrestling career. When I got to college I learned I didnt have the tools for life. Although my wrestling was intact everything else in life was not. This lead to a great deal of wrong decisions… more »

LONGHORN WRESTLING '09 more »

Ive had the distinct pleasure of graduating from high school in southern NY. I got a scholarship offer to King College, a NAIA school in Bristol TN, on the TN-VA border. After our first year as a program, we got Nate Moorman, formerly an assistant at D2 Carson Newman as our coach. Over the past two and a half years, Ive come to notice what it takes for me to be a successful wrestler. In New York high school wrestling, success was more or less based on the size of your brain. The more moves you knew, the more dedicated… more »

GO Padres!! Work their Hearts out, running, strength training, = to DEFEAT the ENEMY! more »

I have heard 3 coaches tell this story in my life, but never understood what it meant till recently. "The Mat is a Mirror of your life..." People are always watching you whether you like it or not. When you step on a mat, people will take notice of what type of person you are! Are you passive, aggressive, competitive, timid, scared, etc... The way you act on a mat will be a mirror to your personality. Are you sportsman-like or are you a cry baby? Do you win/lose with class or do you lose control of your emotions? Think… more »

I was excited that I got my first comment on my blog.... Don't just make resolutions. Make a statement!at www.flowrestling.com the other day. To my dismay it wasn't anything positive. It read "You talk about making a statment you dont know how to make a staetment it is put up or shut up". It got to me at first. Then i thought oh It is probably one of these punk kids that sit on the wrestling forums all night and talk trash. It wasnt until today that I saw the validity of his statement.Today i was embarrassed when I got… more »

We all know that wrestling at the elite level is 90% mental. I have found that more than many other sports, wrestlers are willing to put in the work to develop their mental skills. I applaud this because the mental skills learned through wrestling will stay with a wrestler far longer than the physical skills. That is one reason why so many wrestlers are so successful in life beyond wrestling. So the question for you then is this: What do you believe are the mental skills that successful wrestlers have that make them great both on the mats and beyond?… more »

LETS BREAK THE NIGHT more »

While everyone on the team was getting better, i was sitting the bench. Why? because the Sunday before at Church i had a major pain in my lower right side. After leaving Church, my family and I then went to the house. After going to my room to lay down and try to sleep it off, my dad came in and was pushing on my stomach. He then turned and said to my mom "I think we need to take him to the emergency room." After, arriving at the emergency room, I was given Barium Sulfate to drink to make… more »

LETS BREAK THE NIGHT more »

51-21 Team 17-0 mine 22-2 Was a sweet victory. The boys have a test thie weekend againt a team full of all but 3 seniors. Should be a good one! more »

What an important part of your program. Looking back on the winter break and having some of those old faces reappear helps you remember where we have come from. We even have some alumni still in the community and actively helping out on many differnt levels. We had two stop into practice yesterday and talked and wrestled with our kids. Jerrod is even one of our middle school coaches. Its great for them and us to keep them around. Flowrestling gives us an opportunity to stay in touch with them as well. more »

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New Wrestling Club Shore Academy Wrestling Opened up last week. The Club is located in Point Pleasant N.J. off of Rt. 88 East. Grades 1-8 , and High School Classes. Monday Grades 1-8 6:30 - 7:30, High School 7:30 - 9 Wednesday Grades 1-8 5:30 - 6:30, High School 6:30 -8   One Week Free Trial more »

Coach O has been duing some homework trying to find out people and weights for district tourney. We definately have our work cut out for us. I hate looking ahead, but finding out who is where for teams and finding their opponents and results is important. We can take care of a few things this weekend winning some very key head to head match-ups. Some of these will be re matches in which we need to beat them again in a couple fo cases and in others we need to win that way we are 1-1 with them for seeding… more »

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I typically don't post my blogs over here, since I've got it on myspace and wordpress (among others). I totaled my Chevy Blazer on the way to the first session of the National Duals ... here are the last words of the Blazer. As told ... by the Blazer. I’m cold, I’m covered in snow and now, I will soon be parting from my owner for the last time. I’ve had a good run, I’ve had some interesting company. I was born in 2000 and don’t really remember much about my first owner. Apparently they didn’t feel I was good… more »

Tommy is my name, being awesome is my game. more »

Guys do your best. Sorry I can't be there with you. more »

The title above says it all. We (Monticello) are in our very first season EVER!!!!! None of us really knew what to expect, our school has never had a wrestling team in it's entire history. Everyone on the team is learning and growing, as well as surprising the competition AND ourselves. Jan. 10, 2008 will be yet another day to go in our small town history books. We arrived in McDonough, Ga. not knowing what to expect other than a long hard day ahead of us. Knowing one of the schools we had to face is ranked #1 in our… more »

I am looking to get some info on defense to a cradle nearside????? more »

Back to work again today. Should be a great day to get back in the room. We need to focus on a few teams this week that we will see at the duals. 5 confernce teams and one non confernce. This torunament will competive at weights, I am going to make a statement that Blair will be our toughest competition, but we should be able to beat them. more »

Well we ran into a wall this weekend after a long stretch of winning everything that was not bolted to the floor. When they anounced our team as second place it was almost dead quiet. And what is funny is 2nd is the best placement in our schools history at this challenging tournament. The kids are used to winning, being first, and they expect to win (which is a darn good thing). We have to get the grades in order so we have a full line up. We had no 215, we had an injured 285 that defaulted after just… more »

What at great tournament. The 40th annual tournament was full of great matches, great teams, blood, and loud fans. Took a few minutes before the finals to talk about the history of the tournament, facts, history, wrestlers, teams and how the tourney started. Finalist were asked to wear throw back singlet, which were hilarious. Coach Loosevelt at Madison has put together a very nice team. They look to compete for the Class C title in February in Omaha. more »

GC wrestling rules! more »

I pummel you! more »

There is nothing better on a Snow day as a Wrestling Tournament. Alright you got me, how about two Tournaments. Both squads roll tomorrow. The holidays are past and the tempo is really sharpening. The work set forth two months ago on academics is producing growth. Just like setting our wrestlers on the mat the same formula is resident in academics. Fail to prepare and you are preparing to Fail. There is nothing as sad as a potential never developed. 41 Days to Districts, 23 opportunities to work on the Machines. What an awesome priviledge to work with inspired people.… more »

olwdol more »

Just bored at school at the moment. Dreading the rest of the day. Feeling a bit hostile. Looking for a nice fair match. Any offers? Lol. more »

Athletes are starting to sign up. I have a parents letter prepared also to hand out this weekend. I think this could be a hit. Coach O is doing an awesome job helping download videos. Even talked to some middle school wrestlers about getting on Flow. more »

The 08/09 season began in the nov. of 2008 the team consist of about 45 members includeing coachs and managers. we have a nice green team who consist of both 8th and 7th graders we have alot of new green guys who are on there way up to the top are recent match was on jan. 6 2009 and over all for a green team we did very well!!!!!!!!! more »

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MY NAME'S ZACH LASKY, I'M ON THE COLONIE RAIDERS. AND I'M ON THE JV TEAM. WE WILL DEFEND OUR TITLE. more »

Before the holidays the wrestlers finished really well. Taking about 13 out of 20 wrestlers from finals to sectionals was great and even had some high finishes there. We look forward to taking it up next season. We should get it up and moving around August versus our late start of October this past season. ---Arman more »

very competitive duals last night. Not very many bonus points. The ones that did get bonus points proved to be big in the team score. Had very many closes matches as I predicted. Elkhorn and Gretna have very solid teams all the way through their line-up, should make an intresting conference tourney. more »

This week will be a fans dream with Ballard going to Iowa City West for the West Duals, and Bell Plaine and Don Bosco will be a Benton Community. I will try and get as much footage from Benton Community as possible and possible top match up between 171 pounds K Gadsen and J McCormack at CR Jeff on Thursday. more »

Great match vs. Kent your thoughts??? more »

Match day!!! Quality match ups in both duals, a couple of rated match ups also. Should be plenty of JV matches as well. Elkhorn first, then Gretna/Elkhorn, Gretna last. more »

Big challenges present itself as we get started on tuesday with Gretna and Elkhorn duals. Two teams that will give us some great make ups early after break. The Clarks Tourney also presents many out of Class B and in Class B. Always a great tourney with a unique atmosphere. more »

Ok thoughts on where we will be in the rankings in March??? more »

I started off coaching 3rd-8th grade and that's the way it will stay. If I coached high school, then I get them for four years, and then they head off to college and I'd rarely get to see them wrestle again. But if I coach a kids team that is a direct feeder program to the high school, I get to continue to watch them grow. For three years right after High School I coached Team Bosco, the feeder program for Don Bosco High School in Gilbertville, IA. Then I joined the Navy for a four year enlistment which will… more »

Dude! so many people tell me that i look like mclovin that i might change my name to it. more »

As the ball drops and 2009 comes in like a roaring lion it's easy to ask yourself where did the time go. It seems like just yesterday you were making your resolutions for 2008. Did you make a list? If so take a look at that list. How many things did you accomplish? If you didn't make a list shame on you! The first step to accomplishing any goal is to GET IT IN WRITING.I took a look at my list and realized i only accomplished one of the 10 i wrote down. I definately slacked off big time. At… more »