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http://www.wave3.com/story/14979138/local-wrestlers-return-home-after-being-stuck-overseas

Wave 3 News Channel Story on the boys returning: http://www.wave3.com/story/14979138/local-wrestlers-return-home-after-being-stuck-overseas

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10734186

another article in another newspaper - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10734186

US students grapple with ash cloud disruption Kelly Exelby | 23rd June 2011 * Share5 * * Email Story * Print Katikati's Mitchell Harvey holds down Indiana's Brandon Brown last night. Katikati's Mitchell Harvey holds down Indiana's Brandon Brown last night. When US-based coach Danny Struck sold a 10-day trip to New Zealand to his state's top grapplers as a chance to "experience the world through wrestling", he didn't fully appreciate the implications of what he was saying. The eruption of Chile's Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle volcano threw the group's first-ever cultural exchange to New Zealand into complete chaos, to such an extent that the wrestlers finally got on the mat in Katikati last night, a week late and several days after they were already due home. The eruption, which began on June 4, caused air travel mayhem worldwide, with Struck saying his group of 17 felt the full effect soon after leaving Indiana more than a week ago. They arrived in Los Angeles via Chicago expecting a two-hour layover before their 12-hour direct flight to Auckland - but were stuck in transit in the City of Angels for a day-and-a-half before the ash-laden clouds cleared enough to take to the skies. But even then things didn't go according to plan, with Struck saying he woke up just as his Qantas flight was descending into Sydney, not Auckland. "None of these kids had ever been to California let alone overseas and all of a sudden we ended up in Australia," the Indiana state coach said. Advertisement "We'd waited long enough in LA already so I thought nothing could possibly go wrong on the flight to New Zealand." The group was just about to get on a connecting flight to Auckland when it, and many others, was cancelled at the last minute, causing widespread chaos and grounding an estimated 5000 passengers. Four nights, several hotels and dozens of Facebook messages back to worried parents in the US later and the wrestlers finally arrived in Auckland on Sunday. Four wrestlers and a coach boarded a plane a day later back to the US to compete in a pre-scheduled major state meet. Struck said it was ironic the destination of the cultural exchange had changed from Japan, where they'd been going annually for 25 years, to New Zealand after the March 11 tsunami. "Tidal waves, earthquakes and now a volcanic eruption - we've been holding our breath since we got here waiting for a hurricane to hit, although maybe we shouldn't joke." Struck set up communication with parents back home via a Facebook page in which he'd provided daily updates on the group's situation. Because they were on a tight budget and were expecting to be billeted most of the way they left home with limited cash resources, with the four nights in Sydney wiping them out. "We did just about every form of attraction possible in Sydney and even found a club to wrestle at, although we walked a hour-and-a-half to get there and were up against guys mainly in their 20s and 30s (Struck's team are aged from 13-18)." He hopped on a bus out to the airport at least once a day to check on flight availability to Auckland, although because the stopover was unplanned there was initially no provision to move them on to Auckland. A wrestling trip to Mongolia last year proved as eventful, with a stopover in Beijing almost ending in disaster when a motorcyclist stopped the team bus on the way to the airport in an attempt to scam cash. "Because we were only in China on 24-hour visas, missing our flight to Mongolia would have meant almost certain arrest, so after many failed attempts to get the moped driver to shift I got off the bus and threw it off the road." They wrestled in the Auckland champs on Sunday, a few hours after touching down, but a tournament had to be shelved. The Indiana wrestlers trained with the Katikati and Mt Maunganui wrestling clubs and had also been taken out for a day's fishing and to Rotorua for a taste of culture prior to last night's tournament. They had also spent a day at Katikati and Mt Maunganui Colleges with their host families. "These kids will return home better wrestlers, but more importantly, they've got to experience a bit more of the world than we'd originally planned."

US students grapple with ash cloud disruption Kelly Exelby | BAY OF PLENTY TIMES When US-based coach Danny Struck sold a 10-day trip to New Zealand to his state's top grapplers as a chance to "experience the world through wrestling", he didn't fully appreciate the implications of what he was saying. The eruption of Chile's Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle volcano threw the group's first-ever cultural exchange to New Zealand into complete chaos, to such an extent that the wrestlers finally got on the mat in Katikati last night, a week late and several days after they were already due home. The eruption, which began on June 4, caused air travel mayhem worldwide, with Struck saying his group of 17 felt the full effect soon after leaving Indiana more than a week ago. They arrived in Los Angeles via Chicago expecting a two-hour layover before their 12-hour direct flight to Auckland - but were stuck in transit in the City of Angels for a day-and-a-half before the ash-laden clouds cleared enough to take to the skies. But even then things didn't go according to plan, with Struck saying he woke up just as his Qantas flight was descending into Sydney, not Auckland. "None of these kids had ever been to California let alone overseas and all of a sudden we ended up in Australia," the Indiana state coach said. Advertisement "We'd waited long enough in LA already so I thought nothing could possibly go wrong on the flight to New Zealand." The group was just about to get on a connecting flight to Auckland when it, and many others, was cancelled at the last minute, causing widespread chaos and grounding an estimated 5000 passengers. Four nights, several hotels and dozens of Facebook messages back to worried parents in the US later and the wrestlers finally arrived in Auckland on Sunday. Four wrestlers and a coach boarded a plane a day later back to the US to compete in a pre-scheduled major state meet. Struck said it was ironic the destination of the cultural exchange had changed from Japan, where they'd been going annually for 25 years, to New Zealand after the March 11 tsunami. "Tidal waves, earthquakes and now a volcanic eruption - we've been holding our breath since we got here waiting for a hurricane to hit, although maybe we shouldn't joke." Struck set up communication with parents back home via a Facebook page in which he'd provided daily updates on the group's situation. Because they were on a tight budget and were expecting to be billeted most of the way they left home with limited cash resources, with the four nights in Sydney wiping them out. "We did just about every form of attraction possible in Sydney and even found a club to wrestle at, although we walked a hour-and-a-half to get there and were up against guys mainly in their 20s and 30s (Struck's team are aged from 13-18)." He hopped on a bus out to the airport at least once a day to check on flight availability to Auckland, although because the stopover was unplanned there was initially no provision to move them on to Auckland. A wrestling trip to Mongolia last year proved as eventful, with a stopover in Beijing almost ending in disaster when a motorcyclist stopped the team bus on the way to the airport in an attempt to scam cash. "Because we were only in China on 24-hour visas, missing our flight to Mongolia would have meant almost certain arrest, so after many failed attempts to get the moped driver to shift I got off the bus and threw it off the road." They wrestled in the Auckland champs on Sunday, a few hours after touching down, but a tournament had to be shelved. The Indiana wrestlers trained with the Katikati and Mt Maunganui wrestling clubs and had also been taken out for a day's fishing and to Rotorua for a taste of culture prior to last night's tournament. They had also spent a day at Katikati and Mt Maunganui Colleges with their host families. "These kids will return home better wrestlers, but more importantly, they've got to experience a bit more of the world than we'd originally planned."

well, the volcanic ash has circled the earth and has now grounded the team in New Zealand. we are heading up to Aukland to be close to the airport when it opens, the boys will be wrestling at another local school and if we are here on Saturday we will be wrestling in the North Island Championships............so there is a good thing if we stay! the boys indiana have sent have all handled things well, best behaved and most thankful group of boys in the world, and I can truly say that now as 2 countries have verified that!

two dual meets tonight - we went 16-4 in the 20 matches wrestled, all boys wrestled 2 times - ALL BOYS won one or more matches!!!!

Monday - split the kids up into 2 different clubs - Torunga, and Kati Kati.....most the boys went boat fishing in the harbor, then came in for practice........we practiced with the Kati Kati wrestling club - their coach is the President of NZ wrestling. Tuesday - went sight seeing in Rotorura - hot springs, maori village, mountain climb, luge, etc.... then went to practice in teh Torunga wrestling club - their coach is the National Team Coach here Wednesday (TODAY) - all kids went to school today with their host families to see what a day in school here was like, we will be having a dual meet in a few hours, I will post results.

so we finally made it to NZ - we practiced on Saturday with Dillworth wrestling school in Aukland and the boys all went sight seeing in the city (went up the skytower, walked up "one tree hill" mountain, etc...) Sunday - all kids got up and wrestled great!! TEAM INDIANA WINS THE AUKLAND CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS Yesterday's results: When I write 2 placements it means they placed in their age group, and the second placement means they went up to the senior divions and wrestled too - it was a great tourney - "Aukland City Championships" Team Indiana took FIRST PLACE! Sam Fertg (PWC)-1st, 1st, Alex Rhinehart (PWC) 1st, 2nd, Brady Meenach (New Wash) 5th, Austin Slates(PWC) 1st, Drew Hildebrant (PWC) 1st, Austin Jamison(New Albany) - 2nd, 3rd, Brandon Brown (Jeff) 1st, 3rd, Jacob Everett (Jeff) - 3rd, David Fridley (Jeff) 3rd, Cody Leeper (Brown County) -1st (only was scored on 1 time - went 5-0), Ruger 1st.....man, the kids had some BATTLES!! Austin Jamison at one time wrestled 3 twenty five year old men with no break! David Fridley wrestled their national champ and best wrestler in the country, Brandon Brown wrestled all senior age wrestlers - I could keep going - the kids did great! All the boys wrestled 20 year olds as they were wrestling either up an age or sometimes FIla Junior ages. M

indyt: email me, I don't have a phone on me dstruck@gcs.k12.in.us I will check it now, and then when I wake in the morning ( I am at a 16 hour time difference)

GREETINGS FROM NEW ZEALAND!!!!!! update from New Zealand - so 7 days ago the kids boarded a plane to New Zealand and got stuck for 36 hours in LA - they toured Venice Beach and Hollywood (worked out at MUSCLE BEACH)....then they board a plane for New Zealand and woke up in Australia, they were stuck their for 5 days in hotels - wrestled against the University of Sydney wrestling club....then they boarded a plane to NZ and, guess what, ended up in NEW ZEALAND!!! So now, here we are, they are training with a team from NZ today, and then entering a tourney tomorrow...., but they are in good hands - WHAT AN ADVENTURE - SEE THE WORLD THROUGH WRESTLING!!! YOU CAN GO TO FACEBOOK: ISWA NEW ZEALAND 2011 to see more updates on how the 14 Indiana wrestlers WHAT HAVE WE DONE?: Los Angeles: Hollywood, VEnice Beach, Santa Monica, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Stayed at the Westin Australia: Sydney, Brighton, Bonbi Beach, Opera House, Zoo, Aquarium, University of Sydney, Beach Wrestling, Beach running, Wrestled with the Sydney Uni Wrestling Club, New Zealand - JUST ARRIVED - WHO KNOWS!! - Tourney tomorrow

June 9, 2011 WORLD WARRIORS: Local wrestlers set to travel to New Zealand to compete By MATT KOESTERS Matt.Koesters@newsandtribune.com The News and Tribune Thu Jun 09, 2011, 12:13 AM EDT JEFFERSONVILLE ? Wrestling is the language of the world. Every country in the world has its own style of wrestling. From Japan, where judo teaches the use of leverage to down a foe, to the Russian sport of sambo, to Switzerland where combatants wear special attire to give opponents something to grasp as they attempt throws and trips, the basic idea of combining strength and technique to overcome an opponent is universal. This Saturday, Jeffersonville and Indiana State Wrestling Association coach Danny Struck will lead a contingent of wrestlers from around the state to New Zealand, where his grapplers will take in the culture and tangle with the locals in two dual meets and a tournament during the 11-day trip. ?I try to tell the kids that we?re going to experience the world through wrestling, and wrestling is just an avenue for us to teach them about the world,? said Struck, who also teaches world history at Jeff. ?One of the things we talk about a lot is the world is our home ? not just Jeffersonville ? and the more comfortable we can get in the whole world, the more successful they?re going to be in the world, the better the world will be.? To be eligible, wrestlers had to submit letters of recommendation and write letters of their own making their case for why they should be permitted on the trip. In the selection process, sportsmanship and an eagerness to learn trumped talent, Struck said. ?They have to be able to defend themselves wrestling,? Struck said, ?but mostly, it was who is going to be the best representatives for Indiana for these trips.? Area wrestlers selected to go include Jeffersonville?s Brandon Brown, Jacob Everett, Jordan Hammel and David Fridley, New Albany?s Austin Jamison and New Washington?s Brady Meenach. The six local boys will join wrestlers from Jasper, Brown County and the South Bend area ? 14, all told ? for the experience of a lifetime. Struck, Jeff assistant coach Zach Harper and Penn coach Tom Dolly will guide the boys on their journey as they visit three separate cities on the trip. Two of the boys, Everett and Hammel, will go directly from their graduation ceremonies to the airport where they will embark on the 26-hour journey to the island country off the coast of Australia. For Everett, it?s his second international wrestling trip in as many years. Everett traveled to Mongolia last summer to experience the culture of the third-world Asian country. ?When I heard we were going to New Zealand, I was like, ?I can?t pass that up,?? Everett said. ?I want to have as much fun if not more fun in New Zealand.? The lesson Struck is trying to help his kids learn is one that Everett has already grasped. ?I want to learn how to give more to the people that don?t have enough,? Everett said. ?I hope I can learn how to do that, because in Mongolia, it was a poor country, and this is a stable country. I hope to learn more about how to give back to the community.? Struck doesn?t anticipate his kids will see the same level of poverty the wrestlers on last year?s trip witnessed in Mongolia (he said his kids came back with empty backpacks after giving away their gear to the local grapplers), but he hopes they?ll learn something, all the same. ?We want them to see how a New Zealander lives, not how they would live if they traveled in New Zealand,? Struck said. To that end, each of the wrestlers will stay with a New Zealander family for three nights in each city they visit. On the agenda are Aukland, Hamilton and Roturua. ?For this trip, once a week I?ve been sending them a PowerPoint where they read information (about New Zealand), and there?ll be 10 questions,? Struck said. ?So they?ve been studying about New Zealand.? Some wrestlers have been doing their own research. New Washington?s Meenach ? who has never traveled by plane before ? has been studying up on the local flora and fauna. ?There?s spiders over their called Aukland spiders,? Meenach said. ?They?ll jump ? they?re not poisonous, but they?ll jump on you. They?ve got kiwi birds that are native there. They have some of the biggest eels in the world. They have 17 breeds of penguins there that are native to that place.? Meenach?s a little nervous ? especially about the prospect of swimming off the coast of the island. ?I don?t want to do anything that will make one of those animals mad while I?m over there,? he joked. But Meenach has been doing his homework on the wrestling in New Zealand as well, and he hopes to take enough away that he?ll be a champion when he returns. ?I know they?re not as aggressive as we are,? Meenach said. ?There, they?re used to smooth wrestling. They?re going to think we?re kind of unsportsmanlike because we wrestle a little rougher than they do. ?In practice, I?m probably going to try their style just to learn it a little bit, and when it comes to the meet I?m going to go all out.? ?I don?t know what they do in New Zealand, but they?ll have their own spin on (wrestling),? Struck said. ?Grappling is a big thing there, and our kids might actually get thrown into a grappling tournament, because that?s what they call wrestling.? Struck will have his wrestlers busy from the start of the day to the end. With two-hour training sessions in the morning and evening, the boys won?t have much room for rest, because the rest of the time will be spent immersing them in the culture of the country. No napping, no shut-eye. ?Even though they?re going to go wrestle ? they?re going to wrestle two dual meets and one tournament ? I?d be doing them an injustice if I didn?t say, ?Well, you better learn something while you?re there,?? Struck said. ?To me, that?s what it?s really about. Kids right now, they want to win, but I think when they get to my age, the winning (and) the losing won?t matter.? ______________________________________________________

June 9, 2011 WORLD WARRIORS: Local wrestlers set to travel to New Zealand to compete By MATT KOESTERS Matt.Koesters@newsandtribune.com The News and Tribune Thu Jun 09, 2011, 12:13 AM EDT JEFFERSONVILLE ? Wrestling is the language of the world. Every country in the world has its own style of wrestling. From Japan, where judo teaches the use of leverage to down a foe, to the Russian sport of sambo, to Switzerland where combatants wear special attire to give opponents something to grasp as they attempt throws and trips, the basic idea of combining strength and technique to overcome an opponent is universal. This Saturday, Jeffersonville and Indiana State Wrestling Association coach Danny Struck will lead a contingent of wrestlers from around the state to New Zealand, where his grapplers will take in the culture and tangle with the locals in two dual meets and a tournament during the 11-day trip. ?I try to tell the kids that we?re going to experience the world through wrestling, and wrestling is just an avenue for us to teach them about the world,? said Struck, who also teaches world history at Jeff. ?One of the things we talk about a lot is the world is our home ? not just Jeffersonville ? and the more comfortable we can get in the whole world, the more successful they?re going to be in the world, the better the world will be.? To be eligible, wrestlers had to submit letters of recommendation and write letters of their own making their case for why they should be permitted on the trip. In the selection process, sportsmanship and an eagerness to learn trumped talent, Struck said. ?They have to be able to defend themselves wrestling,? Struck said, ?but mostly, it was who is going to be the best representatives for Indiana for these trips.? Area wrestlers selected to go include Jeffersonville?s Brandon Brown, Jacob Everett, Jordan Hammel and David Fridley, New Albany?s Austin Jamison and New Washington?s Brady Meenach. The six local boys will join wrestlers from Jasper, Brown County and the South Bend area ? 14, all told ? for the experience of a lifetime. Struck, Jeff assistant coach Zach Harper and Penn coach Tom Dolly will guide the boys on their journey as they visit three separate cities on the trip. Two of the boys, Everett and Hammel, will go directly from their graduation ceremonies to the airport where they will embark on the 26-hour journey to the island country off the coast of Australia. For Everett, it?s his second international wrestling trip in as many years. Everett traveled to Mongolia last summer to experience the culture of the third-world Asian country. ?When I heard we were going to New Zealand, I was like, ?I can?t pass that up,?? Everett said. ?I want to have as much fun if not more fun in New Zealand.? The lesson Struck is trying to help his kids learn is one that Everett has already grasped. ?I want to learn how to give more to the people that don?t have enough,? Everett said. ?I hope I can learn how to do that, because in Mongolia, it was a poor country, and this is a stable country. I hope to learn more about how to give back to the community.? Struck doesn?t anticipate his kids will see the same level of poverty the wrestlers on last year?s trip witnessed in Mongolia (he said his kids came back with empty backpacks after giving away their gear to the local grapplers), but he hopes they?ll learn something, all the same. ?We want them to see how a New Zealander lives, not how they would live if they traveled in New Zealand,? Struck said. To that end, each of the wrestlers will stay with a New Zealander family for three nights in each city they visit. On the agenda are Aukland, Hamilton and Roturua. ?For this trip, once a week I?ve been sending them a PowerPoint where they read information (about New Zealand), and there?ll be 10 questions,? Struck said. ?So they?ve been studying about New Zealand.? Some wrestlers have been doing their own research. New Washington?s Meenach ? who has never traveled by plane before ? has been studying up on the local flora and fauna. ?There?s spiders over their called Aukland spiders,? Meenach said. ?They?ll jump ? they?re not poisonous, but they?ll jump on you. They?ve got kiwi birds that are native there. They have some of the biggest eels in the world. They have 17 breeds of penguins there that are native to that place.? Meenach?s a little nervous ? especially about the prospect of swimming off the coast of the island. ?I don?t want to do anything that will make one of those animals mad while I?m over there,? he joked. But Meenach has been doing his homework on the wrestling in New Zealand as well, and he hopes to take enough away that he?ll be a champion when he returns. ?I know they?re not as aggressive as we are,? Meenach said. ?There, they?re used to smooth wrestling. They?re going to think we?re kind of unsportsmanlike because we wrestle a little rougher than they do. ?In practice, I?m probably going to try their style just to learn it a little bit, and when it comes to the meet I?m going to go all out.? ?I don?t know what they do in New Zealand, but they?ll have their own spin on (wrestling),? Struck said. ?Grappling is a big thing there, and our kids might actually get thrown into a grappling tournament, because that?s what they call wrestling.? Struck will have his wrestlers busy from the start of the day to the end. With two-hour training sessions in the morning and evening, the boys won?t have much room for rest, because the rest of the time will be spent immersing them in the culture of the country. No napping, no shut-eye. ?Even though they?re going to go wrestle ? they?re going to wrestle two dual meets and one tournament ? I?d be doing them an injustice if I didn?t say, ?Well, you better learn something while you?re there,?? Struck said. ?To me, that?s what it?s really about. Kids right now, they want to win, but I think when they get to my age, the winning (and) the losing won?t matter.?

http://olympicwrestling.org.nz/americans-coming-to-battle-our-teens/ Americans Coming to Battle Our Teens! Jun03 2011 Written by Nick Lane June19th 2011 Dilworth College, Epsom will be the battleground as fourteen of the State of Indiana?s best Wrestlers take of New Zealand?s best at the Club Physical Auckland Olympic Wrestling Championship. A number of the visiting team, aged between 13 and 18, are place-getters in major USA state championships, sure to provide extra incentive and motivation for Kiwi athletes to perform at their best. Last year?s Club Physical event saw over 160 bouts, with two mats providing colourful non-stop sporting excitement throughout the day. Adults, children and teens from throughout the country will be competing. The event will be compeered by Tina Richards Recipient of the NETFITPRO lifetime achievement award and winner of Auckland?s best evaluator for Toastmasters Where: Dilworth Boys School, Mt St John Ave, Epsom When: From 9.30am Sunday 19th June Entry: Complimentary for spectators ? Sponsored by Club Physical The Indiana Team is Drew Hildebrandt (13) 72lbs Austin Slates (13) 84lbs Cody Leeper (15) 112lbs Rugar Kurstiens (15) 119lbs Joshua Cursio (16) 125lbs Jarred Cursio (16) 130lbs Brady Meenach (16) 130lbs Sam Ferdig (16) 135lbs Austin Jamison (16) 135lbs Alex Rinehart (16) 140lbs David Fridley (16) 152lbs Jacob Everett (18) 171lbs Jordan Hammell (18) 180lbs Brandon Brown (16) 205lbs Coaching Staff Thomas Joseph Dolly Daniel Webster Struck Zachary Scott Harper

Great job last night in our last RTC. Had kids from Jeff, New Albany, and New Wash that were training for Junior Duals, Cultural Exchange, Fargo, and Disney Duals. Ended up doing a full hour of conditioning just cause the kids wanted to see if they could do it! Great job guys on a great year.

Tonight-4:30, lifting and live wrestling....last rtc of the year

Great practice last night - 30 minutes of weightlifting, 30 minutes of drilling, 30 minutes of live 22 kids (20 Jeff, 1 NA, 1 NW) no RTC next week due to memorial day, our last one before summer workouts start will be helpd on June 6th

WRESTLING ? Team Jeff sets records at Franklin regionals: Team Jeff Wrestling Club wrestlers from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade participated in the USA Wrestling Central Regional in Franklin last weekend, setting a new team record for participants and champions. The top three finishers at the tournament in the cadet and junior divisions earned bids to the USA Wrestling National Championships in Fargo, N.D., in July. Elijah Curtley qualified for nationals with a third-place finish in the junior division?s 215-pound class. Gavin Jolley Little did the same in the cadet division?s heavyweight class. Brandon Brown finished fourth in the junior division at 215. Not placing were Jordan Schremp, Brent Browner, Jordan Hammel and Jacob Everett. Wrestlers from 15 states participated in the tournament. Bridgepoint Elementary School?s Matt Munoz took the championship in the third-grade-and-under division. Also from Bridgepoint, Keegan Connin and Ezekiel Jemerson both got runner-up results, and Kaden Connin and Sam Jemerson each took third-place honors. In the grades 3-5 division, Wilson Elementary?s Nick Kauchak was a double champion in Greco-Roman and freestyle. The three championships best Team Jeff?s previous record of two. ?This is the best result we?ve ever had in this prestigious tourney,? Team Jeff coach Danny Struck said. ?All in all, this is an outstanding performance for our club.?

From the Evening News and Tribune Ryan Dewitt, a senior at Jeffersonville High School just signed yesterday with Waldorf College in Iowa. Waldorf finished 19th in the nation with 2 All-Americans, and 7 national qualifiers for the NCAA Division 3 tourney this past season. Waldorf is coached by Tyler Brandt who is a USAW Gold Level Certified Coach, and has been a part of both Arizona and Kansas Freestyle and Greco Roman national teams. Ryan was a sectional, and regional champion for Jeffersonville at HWT this year, and a USAW Folkstyle preseason nationals All-American. Ryan was a 2x semi-state qualifier, and was named to the Indiana All-star team for Battle of the Bridge. Ryan will be majoring in Criminal Justice. Ryan makes the 16th college signing for Jeffersonville Wrestling in the past 7 years. In the past seven years Jeffersonville has had wrestlers attend Campbellsville (x2), Kings College (1), UIndy (1), Trine (1), Triton (3), Nebraska-Omaha (1), Cumberland TN (1), Mt. St. Joseph?s (x3), Waldorf (1), and Rend Lake (1) and Limestone (1).

The Jeffersonville RTC will be each Monday for 2 of next 3 mondays Mondays (including today, none on Memorial day). We will lift weights together at 4:30 and start wrestling just after 5pm. Anyone is welcome to come for the next three Monday's free of charge. Practice will last until 6-6:30pm. Just depends on how hard we are going and how many kids are presenting to get a good intense practice. dstruck@gcs.k12.in.us

JEFFERSONVILLE RTC REPORT: All RTC were based on this format ? 20 minutes of drills that I put the kids through on things I felt they needed, then one hour and ten minutes by clinician, then a 30 minute live Clinician Schedule: March 28th - Team Jeff Coaching Staff ? 47 wrestlers in attendance April 4th - Indiana University , Duan Goldman ? 50 kids in attendance April 11 - Manchester - Matt Burlingame ? 47 in attendance April 18 - Purdue University - Ben Wissel ? 50 in attendance April 25 - WABASH - Danny Irwin ? 34 in attendance May - 2 - LINCOLN JR. COLLEGE - Steven Bradley ? 43 in attendance May - 4 - Hall of Fame Members ? Rosbottom family ? 37 in attendance May - 9 - Richard Brown - Head Coach Trinity HS - 34 in attendance May 16 - Brent Weedaman ? Bellator Fighting ? 22 in attendance Team Jeff paid for clinicians out of their own club budget, thank you to those that pitched in. We did some different things this year to get the #?s up. For the first 2 weeks we made this practice a part of the mandatory practices for the BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE. That kept a large # of kids in here from different schools. Then once that was over we told the Cultural Exchange members that they had to be at RTC?s and that kept a # of kids from other schools coming in. 10 different schools showed up at random times for random reasons??????? So in all we had kids come from Christian Academy, Floyd Central, Eastern Pekin, New Albany, Charlestown, Trinity KY, Jasper, Frankfort KY, New Washington and Jeffersonville. Most kids came in because of the Cultural Exchange requirement, and the Battle of the Bridge requirement. This was the best year we have ever had due to adding the requirements for that local stuff. JEFEFERSONVILLE WILL HOST AN RTC THE NEXT 3 MONDAY NIGHTS

YOUTH WRESTLING Team Jeff weekend results Team Jeff Wrestling Club competed in two tournaments last weekend. The following is the club?s results from each meet: ? INDIANA STATE WRESTLING ASSOCIATION FREESTYLE STATE FINALS: B55 ? Kaden Connin, fifth; B65 ? Joseph Schansberg, fourth; B130 ? Matthew Munoz, state champion; I95 ? Ryan Kopp, fourth; I103 ? Nicholas Kauchak, state champion; N95 ? Jarrod Shepherd, fifth; N100 ? Kameron Fuller, fourth; N112 ? Carson Somereville, seventh; N190 ? Josh Ritchie, state champion; SB128 ? Jasmine Fuller, sixth; C285 ? Gavan Jolley-Little, third, national team qualifier; JR125 ? Alonzo Shepherd, fourth; JR135 ? Jordan Schremp, sixth; JR215 ? Elijah Curtley, fourth; SG128 ? Jasmine Fuller, state champion. ? KENTUCKY GRECO/FREE/FOLK SOMBO STATE: intermediate 60 free ? Ezekiel Jemerson, state champion; bantam 50 free ? Samuel Jemerson, fourth; intermediate 60 folk ? Ezekiel Jemerson, third; bantam 50 folk ? Samuel Jemerson, fourth; bantam 50 sombo ? Samuel Jemerson, state runner-up; junior 145 Greco ? Chris Bland, state runner-up; junior 171 Greco ? Brent Browner; intermediate 103 - Nick Kauchak, grecp state champion

Wow! What a great practice tonight! We had 22 in attendance from jeff, new albany and new washington......worked on mma skills (judo, bjj and grappling) that translate to wrestling....very good speaker and teacher!! If you are looking to do something different have brent weedman in, the kids will love him and what a great teacher!! He was excellent!! We will practice each Monday at 4:30 for the next four weeks

May 13 ISWA FREESTYLE STATE FINALS (Friday) Avon High School, 7575 East County Road 150 South, Avon IN Contact: ISWA office (317) 780-1885 or iswa@sbcglobal.net Registration: 6:30 - 7:00 pm Start Time: 7:00 pm The NCEP Copper Certification is a one-time only clinic, provided to USA Wrestling by the American Sports Education Program, The purpose is to offer knowledge to parents and coaches that will benefit the wrestlers. The cost is $30.00 and includes a ?Coaching Youth Wrestling Guide? and test fee. Coaches will be tested and Copper Coaches cards will be issued on site. All information and fees will be forwarded to the USA Wrestling national office. Remember, you must have completed the Copper Clinic (or above) in order to be allowed at mat side to coach at all ISWA State Finals.