Christmas Practices
It is very important to attend all practices. We need to make sure we improve during the next two weeks. Right after the break we wrestle Box Elder and Region is only a few weeks away. Make sure you find time to workout on your own in between practices and keep your weight under control. We will have wrestle-offs at some time during the Christmas practices.

Schedule:
December 22
December 28 through December 31
All practices start at 7:30am

Lets all have a great Holiday!

*Second and FINAL order for wrestling apparel will be Wednesday Dec. 14

*If you were missing anything on your first order make sure you have talk to Keisa

*If you have any problems or questions about your apparel order please call Keisa at 770-6593 or email lindlekm@comcast.net

Roy - Wasatch Duals

Hello to all!  While I am in the process of learning this website I will do my best to keep you updated on changes, tournaments, duals etc.  If there is anything you would like to see added to the blog please email the information to me and I will update it as soon as I can.  Also, any forms or other information can be sent to me as a pdf and I can add it as well!  My email address is : helpmerhondalee@juno.com

Today and tomorrow the kids will be at two different tournaments.  Wasatch Duals - see the information on the forms page.  It is page two which follows the TP fundraiser flier.  As for the Roy Duals bus leaves MC at 10:00 Am on Friday and 6:45v AM on Satruday.  Weigh-ins at 11:30 and 8:00 respectively.  Meet starts at 1:30 on Friday and 9:00 AM on Saturday with the last dual starting at 4:15 on Saturday.  Coach Guy, Laken, Phil and Zek will be the coaches at the Roy tournament.

Here is a list of the following kids going to Roy:
106, labrum, Balls, Williams 113: Leishman, Eccles, Lott 120: Grange, White 126: Schwab, Scholes, Miller 132; C Wengreen, Palmer, Scholes 138: Lewis, Egbert, Seeholzer, Peterson 145: Gunnell, Richman, McConald, Barker, Sessions, Merkley 152: K Lindley, Dehek, Greenhalgh 160: Grntham, Tippets 170: Clark, Cooley 182 - 195: Anderson 220: Freston, Vogel 285: Pratt, Fiefia, Shciess

Good Luck to all the boys!!

Lee Labrum

High School Schedule

Please Note 2 changes to the schedule:

Dual @Fremont on Thur. Dec. 8
Maple Mountain is on Dec. 20 rather then the 21th

Here is the link for the Fremont wrestling tournament on December 3, 2011.

http://www.wrestleutah.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Fremont-Tournament.pdf

The link will take you to a flier with all the details on the event.  The flier also has a link to register for the event. Your wrestler must have a USA Membership number and preregister for this event by Thursday December, 1 at 5:00 pm.

Purchasing Membership Cards

All youth wrestlers in Utah must purchase a Wrestling Membership Card in order to participate in most of the tournaments we go to. This is brand new this year. The biggest upside for you new to the sport (and for the old pros) is that when we get to the tournament sites the brackets and mat assignments will already be prepared. If you have any questions, please call me at 435-760-3779

Go to the following site to purchase the card:

http://www.wrestleutah.com

From the middle of the menu at the top of the site select "Memberships" drop down menu

Select either the Utah Folkstyle Athlete Membership (League Card) or the Full Athlete USA Membership

• If you select the League Card, it will take you to a page that explains all the benefits to your wrestler for the $15.00. The League Card can only be used in the local Utah Folkstyle League. The League card is great for beginners and can always be upgraded later if needed.
• If you select the Full Membership Card, it will take you to a page that explains all the benefits your wrestler receives for the $40.00. This is a national card that is good for all local, state and national folkstyle, freestyle, and greco roman wrestling.

On either benefit explanation page, click on "Click here to purchase" (it is in blue).

You will be taken to the USA wrestling membership page: http://www.usawmembership.com/

Select Click here to create an account if you don't already have one.

• Create your account
• The club name is "Pony Express"
• Make sure you write down your Membership number and password

If you already have an account you can sign in and renew your membership.  All card options are available.

• The club name is "Pony Express"
• Make sure you write down your Membership number and password

Middle School and Junior High Wrestling Tournament

There will be an opportunity for all middle school and junior high wrestlers in the 5th - 8th grades to wrestler at Weber High School this Friday, November, 18. 4th graders wrestler on Saturday, November 19, at Weber High School. There won't be a bus for this competition, so all wrestlers will need to find their own way to the tournament. There is $10.00 fee for each wrestler. Weigh-ins for 5th and 6th graders start at 5:30. They will start wrestling at 6:00. 7th and 8th graders can weigh in until 6:30 and will start wrestling about 6:45. There aren't any specified weight classes, they will try to match up kids with similar weights. Each kid will get 3 matches and receive a medal.

If you go to the forms page on the mcmwrestling.com website, on the junior high side there is a flier about this event. The flier is called Northern Region Little League Championships.

Middle School and Junior High Practice Time Change

Monday, November 14 will be the last Middle School and Junior High wrestling practice that starts at 6:00pm. Starting Tuesday, November 15, practices will be from 5:15 to 6:45pm. See you there and help spread the word.

Little League Wrestling at Sky View on Nov. 5

For all of you wrestlers K - 5th grades: Here is the information I received from the Sky View coach on the Little League wrestling on Nov. 5 at Sky View High School:

We will be having the Little League tournament here in the big gym at Sky View on Sat Nov 5th.  Weigh in your wrestlers ahead of time although there will be a scale open at 8:15 for those who don't. We will start K-2 at 9:00 and go three rounds. Grades 3-5 will start after approximately 10:30 and go three rounds as well.

    

Please have your wrestlers and parents enter through the south-west entrance and NOT the Rec Center.

Junior High Practices

Middle School (4th - 6th Grades) and Junior High (7th, 8th, and some 9th) practices are on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings in the MC wrestling room. Currently the practices are 6:00 - 7:30. I know that a lot of you are worried about scouts on Tuesday nights. When the Little League Wrestling finishes, we will move the practice time to 5:15 to 6:45. The new practice times will start the week of Nov. 21. Hopefully this will you wrestler to get more practice time on Tuesdays.

Middle School and Junior High Wrestling

Mt. Crest Middle School and Junior High Wrestling

“DEFENDING THE TRADITION”

The opportunity to be part of one of the greatest wrestling teams in the Western United States is here now. Don’t miss your chance to learn the oldest martial art.

Practices start: Tues, Nov. 2, at 6:00 – 7:30 pm in the Mt. Crest wrestling room. Practices will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Most meets and tournaments will be on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The wrestling season will start on Nov. 2^nd and end Feb. 4^th

All sizes and abilities are welcome and encouraged to participate.  The participation fee is $75 and includes championship level coaching at 3 practices a week for 3 months, entry into the Wednesday evening meets, a custom designed T-shirt, and transportation to some of the tournaments. Fundraising opportunities are available.

Parents are welcome to attend and participate in every practice.

If you are uncertain about this exciting opportunity, feel free give it a try.

Contact Justus Swensen with any questions at 435-760-3779 or visit our website www.mcmwrestling.com

2011 - 2012 High School Schedule Out

Check out this seasons schedule on the "forms" page of the website. We will have two tournaments scheduled for each weekend. This means both our 1 and 2 wrestlers at each weight will have a varsity schedule. Our 3 and 4 wrestlers will wrestle a strong JV schedule and many of our 5 - 6 wrestlers will also have many changes to wrestle.

Wrestling success is based on hard practice followed by great competition followed by smart, hard practice. It is often stated that to get better you must wrestle, wrestle, wrestle. We at Mountain have a special chance to wrestle tough competition and often because of our great parents and their fundraising efforts. So wrestlers make sure you thank them.

Wrestlers Diet

With the start of every season, there is always renewed interest in nutrition. Whether the focus is on dropping to a lower weight or staying strong through a proper diet, wrestlers always have many questions on what they should eat.

Step one: All Vegetables, All the Time

Eat a vegetable at every meal and for most of your snacks. The higher the fiber vegetable the more full you will feel.

Step two: 3 – 4 Servings of Fruit

Bananas and oranges are very important because of the Vitamin C they provide. Melons are high in Vitamin A and blueberries are also great. So, when adding fruit to a diet variety can be an important factor to consider.

Step three: Water over Juice/Pop

Pop provides nothing of value to for a wrestler’s body to run off of. There are no nutrients to digest. Further, youthful consumers have gotten hooked on oversized drinks. A wrestler should definitely consider the numbers before they grab a soda. Eight ounces of pop has about 140 calories. The “average” pop serving has increased in size, with many people drinking as much as 24 ounces of pop in one sitting. Using a caloric intake of 4200 calories a day, 24 ounces of pop would be 420 calories or nearly 10 percent of the energy intake for the day. Throw in the fact that it has no nutritional value, coaches and wrestlers should see that fruit juice is a much better beverage to reach for. The problem with Juice is most are very high in sugar with little of the natural vitamins left in them. Instead of juice have some water and an apple.

Generally speaking water is overlooked as an important part of good nutrition. One old standard is 64 ounces of water consumption a day. Clearly wrestlers work hard and perspire significantly so wrestlers should work to replace the lost fluid. Water replacement is a critical part of a nutritional plan for a wrestler.

The rest of article is in the forms section of the website

Goal Setting

You will be a better wrestler and a better person if you set goals. Please take a look at some of the articles I have posted on the FORMS section on the website. The following is a sample of one of the articles:

Tips to Writing Better Goals
(Adapted from The Mental Edge by Kenneth Baum)
When writing your goals, the acronym SMART will help you with the process.
Specific - Make it clear what you want. Use numbers not vague statements.
Measurable - Be able to keep track of your progress toward your goal.
Attainable - Make it relevant to your skills and level of expertise.
Realistic - For example, don't set your goal to win the Olympics this year.
Time frame - Keep in mind the limited time you have to achieve these goals.

Benefits of Goal Setting
(Adapted from Winning the Mental Way by Karlene Sugarman)
1. Improves the quality of practice and performance.
2. Increases motivation and sustains motivation over a longer period of time.
3. Relieves boredom by making training more challenging.
4. Lessens the doubt that you can't accomplish something.
5. Encourages you to be persistent in your pursuit.
6. Directs attention to the task at hand.
7. Helps put things in proper perspective.
8. Clarifies expectations between athlete, teammates, coaches, and parents.
9. Increases pride and satisfaction.
10. A mechanism for building self-confidence.

Finish Strong
Coach B

Little League Wrestling

Little League Wrestling

K - 2nd Grades on Tues. and Thurs. (5:15pm - 6:30pm)

3rd - 5th Grades on Mon. and Wed. (5:15pm - 6:30pm)

$45 for the season ($10 discount for additional family)

6 weeks of coaching; custom T-shirt; 3 local meets

Practice starts the week of Oct. 10 in the MC Wrestling Rm

Contact Justus Swensen@ 435.760.3779 for ?'s

or email: mcmwrestlingjr@gmail.com

Morning Workouts

Craig Dart - Monday and Wednesday at 6:30am

Phil Rutledge - Tuesday and Thursday at 6:00am: Cross Training

Wrestlers not currently in a sport should take advantage of these workouts in order to get in shape for the start of the season. Any football players must have permission from their football coaches. Freshman are invited as well.

Finish Strong
Coach Burdett

Little League Wrestling 

K - 2nd Grades on Tuesday and Thursday (5:15pm - 6:30pm)
3rd - 5th Grades on Monday and Wednesday   (5:15pm - 6:30pm)

$45 for the season ($10 discount for each additional family member)
Includes:

• 6 weeks of coaching
• custom designed T-Shirt
• 3 local wrestling meets

Practice starts the week of Oct. 10th in the MCM Wrestling Room

Contact Justus Swensen @ 435-760-3779

St. George Camp

The camp was a lot of fun and we learned a few things as well. We had 20 wrestlers, 3 coaches and a few parents come and enjoyed 4 days of summer wrestling. Check out the pictures on the site and the techniques videos. Sorry for the poor quality on the pictures and video, all were taken from my phone.

Special thanks to the Granges and Coach Swenson for letting us use their cars and a big thanks goes out to Mr. Niederhauser for driving. More thanks to Tony Kendrick and Dusty Lowe for the work put in to organize things.


We wrestled nine duels and won each one. What I was most happy about was how the wrestlers finished and pinned. We also had some good technique sessions. I took videos of the technique sessions and posted them on www.mcmwrestling.smugmug.com

Next year lets get 40+ wrestlers there. Thanks to all involved.

Coach Burdett

July 5-8 Camp

Per wrestler costs are as follows.

Total Fee Per Wrestler = $250.00
This will include room, transportation, camp and food.

We need to have the payments in to Tony Kendrick by Friday July 1st. His email is
kendfam@gmail.com and his phone number is 435-279-0700. Please let him know if you are going and get him the money ASAP so we can lock up the best room rate. Remember SUMMER WRESTLERS MAKE WINTER CHAMPIONS.

SVU Team Dual Camp

This summer we are going to go to the SVU Dual Wrestling Camp. The following is some information on the camp:
* Cost: $125 for the camp
* $ for housing
* Check in: July 5th Tuesday; 12:00 to 2:00pm at Pine View HS
(We will meet at MC HS at 8:30am and share rides down)
* Wrestling: Wrestling starts at 3:00pm
* Where: Pine View HS, 2850 East 750 North, St. George
* When: July 5th to July 8th

More information to come soon!