It takes work…

Got this from Moanlua judo coach Brandon Maki: Maybe I led you to believe that it was easy, when it wasn’t.  Maybe I made you think my highlight started at the freethrow line, and not in the gym.  Maybe I made you think every shot I took was a game winner.  That my game was […]

The Clash 2011–Tournament Day 1

Today was our first day of competition and it was quite a roller coaster. We started with #1 Ranked St. Edward and didn’t wrestle particularly well. They were certainly a much better team than us, but we also wrestled poorly, perhaps overwhelmed by both the opponent and the stage. St. Ed beat us 65-6, with […]

The Clash 2011–Day 2

We started the day bright & early with a 7:30am shuttle to the RCTC for an 8:00a workout. The tournament organizers already have the gym set up for the tournament and we got to practice on the mat we’ll be wrestling on tomorrow. Overall, a short but intense workout – just what we needed the […]

The Clash 2011–Settling In

After 14 hours of travel time and stopovers in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, we finally arrived yesterday in Rochester for our third shot at The Clash, the premier high school dual meet tournament in the country. Unlike the sub-zero temperatures that greeted us the last two trips, we arrived to “balmy” 35 degree weather. For […]

AP Summer Institute

We have been asked to help staff the Advanced Placement Summer Institute at Punahou School, July 24 – 29. It won’t be hard work (aside from moving a few boxes) but we will need to have wrestlers available throughout the conference. In exchange for our help, the AP Institute will be making a donation to […]

Schedule for 2011 ILH Championships

Following is the schedule for the 2011 ILH Championship Tournament at Kamehamaha – Kapalama. Intermediate and JV will be wrestling in the morning; Boys & Girls Varsity will start at 4:00pm. Please note that parking will be extremely limited and car pooling is recommended.   TIME Saturday, February 05, 2011 8:00am JV boys weigh-in 8:45am […]

Maika Nagata 3-0 at NEWA Duals

From Wesleyan coach Drew Black: Defeating Coast Guard, 37-6 in their first match of the day, then besting Little Three rival Williams, 28-7, in the semi-finals, before downing Plymouth St., 24-12, in the championship match, the Cardinals secured the title in the annual NEWA Duals, hosted by Bridgewater St., Sun., Jan. 23.  This is the […]

ILH Dual Tournament Schedule–Jan 28-29

Here is the schedule for this week’s ILH Dual Tournament at Maryknoll School. Wrestling is schedule to being at 5:30p on Friday and 9:00am on Saturday.  

Coach Oney to Moscow for 2010 World Championship

Coach Matt Oney will be traveling to Moscow this weekend as a member of the 2010 US World Team coaching staff. He was selected this summer as an apprentice coach and will be joining the coaching staff, led by Terry Brands & John Smith in freestyle, Rob Herman & Dan Hicks in greco-roman, and Link […]

Chow Sisters Share Top Honors

From the Fargo-Moorhead newspaper: Given a choice, sisters Mindy and Chrissy Chow would have stood toe-to-toe in the center of the mat and wrestled for the 124-pound title of the USA Wrestling Junior Nationals Women’s Freestyle title. You can read the complete article here.

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