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Super 32 Challenge headlines preseason competition calendar

Editor’s Notes; The Super 32 is the best preseason competition and it is in our back yard next month. This article looks at it and a rundown of other top quality pre-season open competitions.
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With the increasing number of boys and girls specializing in wrestling and training year-round, the number of tournaments on the wrestling calendar continues to grow. Now, unlike a decade ago, there is an abundance of preseason competition opportunities.
The Super 32 Challenge has long been hailed as the premier preseason high school wrestling tournament in the country. It started as a modest local tournament in North Carolina, but has grown into a preseason mega-tournament that attracts the nation’s top high school wrestlers. Over 200 wrestlers at last year’s event won a state-level tournament title the previous season. The field included approximately 100 wrestlers that are ranked in their respective grade levels by InterMat, and over 50 that ended the season in the national weight class rankings.
“Over the last ten-plus years, this tournament has seen many of the nation’s stars and future stars compete on its mats,” wrote Josh Lowe, InterMat high school wrestling analyst. “Furthermore, every year one can count on this tournament producing a match or event — or more — that people will talk about for years to come.”
Thirteen of the 20 NCAA finalists in NCAA Division I this past season competed at the Super 32 Challenge during their high school career, with seven winning titles. Among those champions: Olympic and world champion Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) and three-time NCAA champion Zain Retherford (Penn State). Coaches from virtually all the top college wrestling programs attend the Super 32 Challenge, hoping to find top talent to join their programs. While the Super 32 Challenge has set the standard for a preaseason tournament and attracts the most high-end talent and depth, it’s one of many high school preseason tournaments on the wrestling calendar. Wrestlers can now find preaseason competitions in any region of the country.
Rest of the story at http://matbossapp.hs-sites.com/blog/super-32-challenge-headlines-preseason-competition-schedule?mc_cid=1130640d35&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

September 13, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

New Jersey to add girls wrestling to region, state championships

Editor’s Notes; Well this makes for over 1/4 of all states now with a state sanctioned wrestling competition for females. Will be interesting to see continued growth in our sport in the coming season.
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The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association unanimously approved region and state championships for individual girl wrestlers beginning this winter.
The NJSIAA Executive Committee must also approve the decision at its Oct. 8 meeting to make it official, which NorthJersey.com sports columnist Darren Cooper described as “a slam dunk.” In New Jersey, girls will compete in eight weight classes. The proposal calls for the top-three wrestlers in each weight class at the region competition to advance to the individual state championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, the iconic home for the high school wrestling championships. Prior to region and state competition, girls will have the choice of wrestling against only girls or both boys and girls during the regular season.
Last season, 126 girls wrestled in New Jersey. The NJSIAA hopes that separate competitions will help increase the number of girls wrestling in the Garden State. For example, NJSIAA pointed out that Tennessee saw almost a doubling in participation after starting a girls’ wrestling championship. The two states with the greatest number of girl wrestlers — California and Texas, with approximately 5,200 and 4,000 girl wrestlers respectively — both have separate competitions for girls.
Nationwide, 16,562 girls wrestled at 2,351 schools around the country during the 2017-18 school year, according to the annual National Federation of State High School Associations participation survey.
New Jersey will become the 13th state to add girls wrestling, joining six other states which have announced the addition of separate state wrestling championships for girls for the 2018-19 school year: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Oregon. These are in addition to the six states which already have separate state championship competition for girls: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Tennessee, Texas and Washington State.
Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20541

September 13, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

2018-19 USA Wrestling memberships now available, with some changes for the new season

Editor’s Notes; As the official 2018-2019 season begins in September it is time to renew or add one’s membership with NCUSA Wrestling. Even if one is not competing as a wrestler or coaching on the sidelines they can still be active in, follow the news from and be supportive of the sport. Wrestling is for the growth and development of our youth. Keep that in mind and help out by joining in.
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By USA Wrestling State Services | Sept. 01, 2018, 6:41 p.m. (ET)
Memberships for the 2018-19 season, which runs from September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019, are now available at http://www.usawmembership.com.
USA Wrestling just wrapped up its most successful membership season ever, as it set a record for number of athlete (202,009) and coach members (33,086), as well as overall members (237,562), breaking the record set in 2015-16 (232,995).
New for 2018-19 is the Wrestling Leader membership, which is for those individuals who wish to coach and/or officiate in USA Wrestling chartered clubs and sanctioned events. This means that USA Wrestling will no longer have specific memberships for coaches and officials, as the new joint membership will allow for a member to do both if desired.
Another change for the 2018-19 membership season is that USA Wrestling has partnered with a new background screening provider, the National Center for Safety Initiatives (NCSI). Along with being the background screening provider for USA Wrestling, NCSI performs the same services for the US Olympic Committee and many other National Governing Bodies. For more information about NCSI, please visit NCSI’s website.
In an effort to increase member satisfaction, USA Wrestling’s membership system now has a built-in chat function for users. The chat is currently staffed during USA Wrestling business hours (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Mountain Time), but plans are in place to increase staffing of this outside of business hours. When the chat system is not being staffed, users are able to leave a message that is promptly answered by USA Wrestling staff members.
Although added during the 2017-18 membership season, many repeat users will now see that they are able to add pictures to profile(s) that print on their membership card. This function allows for a more personal membership card that members can print at home, and also stands to alleviate the need to show both a membership card and photo ID at USA Wrestling events.
Rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2018/September/01/Membership-now-available-with-some-changes-for-2018-19?mc_cid=57430aecfe&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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