jpt189

I want to thank Team Knuckleheads for making the trip Friday from Clarksville to compete in our Summer tourney. It was a great day of dual matches.

we will be making this an annual event, would really love to see some more Tennessee teams make the trip next year. I'll keep this forum posted!

Things moving along well for the Summer Wrestling Slam!

we have our officials set and they are a pretty solid group

we will be doing a raffle on Saturday the 29th for a brand new set (14) of either traditional singlets or newly approved two piece uniforms. Tickets will be $20.00

fantastic concessions for the fans, and hospitality room for the coaches and healthy snacks (fruits, vegetables, granola bats, etc) provided for the wrestlers

tourney tshirts available. Can't wait for this event. Be sure to like the Facebook page Wood Memorial Summer Wrestling Slam and register for the individual tourneys on July 29th with the trackwrestling link

http://unapproved website/registration/BasicPreReg1.jsp?tournamentGroupId=269881009

hope to see you there!

Teams from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Florida committed to the duals on July 28. If you want to bring a team, contact me here or coachthompson189@gmail.com

For the individual tourneys on July 29, if you are one of the first 50 paid participants on the trackwrestling link, you will receive a free tourney tshirt

Registration link to the individual tourneys

http://unapproved website/registration/BasicPreReg1.jsp?tournamentGroupId=269881009

The First Annual Wood Memorial Summer Wrestling Slam

Friday and Saturday, July 28-29 @ Wood Memorial High School (943 Franklin St. Oakland City, IN)

Friday, July 28-

High School Folkstyle Duals

Team entry fee- $150. Every team will get 5-6 dual matches.

No USA card required, teams can be made up of kids from your school, or a mix from several schools. Eligible wrestlers are incoming freshmen (starting '17-'18 school year) to seniors (class of '18)

No headgear required

5 lb weight allowance

Periods will be 1:30 minutes each

Weigh ins- 8:00 am central time

Wrestling begins 9:00 am central time

For team registration, contact coach John Thompson- coachthompson189@gmail.com

Saturday, July 29-

Individual Tournament

Middle school division (incoming 6th-8th graders)

High School division (incoming 9th-12th graders)

Senior division (anyone who graduated 2017 or before)

Entry fee- $20 per wrestler

The tourney is no eliminations. Depending on the amount of kids in your weight will determine the type of bracket and amount of matches you'll have.

If your weight has 1-7 wrestlers, it would be a straight round robin, allowing you to get 6 matches. 8-15 wrestlers would be in pools the. Crossover for a champion.

16-32 or more wrestlers in a weight would be a bracketed tourney. Winners move on to keep wrestling for a championship, but those who lose in a round would still wrestle. The goal is to get every single wrestler in the individual event 4-6+ matches

No USA card required, no headgear required.

Periods-

Middle school 1:00 minute each

High school 1:30 minutes each

Senior division 1:30 minute each

A registration link will be up and ready soon. If there are any additional questions, contact coach John Thompson- coachthompson189@gmail.com

Friday and Saturday July 28-29

Wood memorial high school, Oakland city indiana

Friday- High school duals, $150 team entry

Saturday- middle school, high school, and senior division individual tournament

$20 dollar entry per wrestler

More details coming very soon, great high school gym, concessions, tshirts, raffle for a new set of singlets or 2 pc uniforms for your team, great list of officials coming to ref

Here is the link to the event page, check it out. Scroll down a few posts on the event page to get tourney details

https://www.facebook.com/Wood-Memorial-Summer-Wrestling-Slam-1929580507277977/

I coached against coach Gilpin when he was in Indiana, and I will say he is excellent with his team and good technician. Worth your time to interview him.

Good luck coach, hope you find a place

John Thompson

Wood memorial wrestling (formerly coach of washington hatchets)

Not sure how your dead period works- could club teams attend if they were all from different schools and a volunteer coached them?

Mixed.

Added Team St. Louis, a club team in missouri featuring several state champs and placers

Also recently added 502 wrestling club out of Louisville, KY

Mixed.

Added Team St. Louis, a club team in missouri featuring several state champs and placers

Lots of teams are interested in this event, I hope your school or club can be apart of that. We will be providing a catered dinner after the first day of competition for all wrestlers and coaches, possibly even breakfast the next day.

If you're interested in 2 great days of wrestling for a cheaper entry fee for a summer tourney, please email John Thompson

coachthompson189@gmail.com

Here is the official announcement for this tourney-

2016 Wood Memorial Summer Duals

Friday and Saturday, july 1-2 at wood memorial high school in Oakland city, indiana. (30 minutes north of evansville on I-69)

we will use 6-10 mats depending on how many teams enter. Will wrestle 10-12 times over the two days.

cost 250 dollars

to cut hotel costs, we will allow teams to camp out in our gyms.

5 lb weight allowance, only one weigh in. Teams can be made of high school teams or a mix of several schools. No USA card required.

we want to make this a great tourney not only for southwestern indiana, but the Midwest. A few teams have already signed on, including indiana class 3a state duals champion and nationally ranked Brownsburg.

If you are interested, or want more info, email john Thompson at coachthompson189@gmail.com

Hello coaches,

As some of you may have known, I am now the new coach at wood memorial in oakland city indiana, a very small 1a school near evansville.

When I coached at washington i hosted an annual summer duals tourney that had good turnout and good competition.

I am giving coaches in my contact list a early heads up by informing we will be hosting our first annual wood memorial summer duals tourney next summer. The tentative dates for this event will be friday and Saturday, June 17-18. Final number of teams will be determined by interest but the plan for now is to try for 18 teams. We have 3 gyms in our school and it would allow us to use 9 to 12 mats. This is an event I would love to grow not only in indiana, but also the Midwest. We would allow teams to camp out in our gym to cut down on any hotel or extra costs you would have, because the wrestling is what is most important to me.

If this is something you would be interested in joining, please let me know. It can help me promote the tourney if some top tier schools got onboard, would possibly help pull I teams from other states. Thanks for your time.

John Thompson

Wood memorial wrestling

message me here or by email

coachthompson189@gmail.com

or 812-766-9142

Wrestling Gives Back weekend- October 17-18 at wood memorial high school (elementary gym) Oakland City, Indiana

Saturday October 17th "Old Folks Tourney" Open to anyone who has graduated and is not currently wrestling in college. Entry fee is 20 dollars. Weights will be blocked off (120-145, 150-175, etc) Winners of each blocked will have monetary donation, in their name, made to the high school wrestling team of their choice

Sunday, October 18th High school preseason tourney Grades 9-12. Entry fee is 20 dollars. The goal is to get as many matches in as possible. Depending on numbers in each weight, it will be either round robins or a bracketed tourney. No eliminations, everyone will keep wrestling. During this weekend we will do raffles for singlets for for teams, and half pots to donate to high school teams. The more who compete in the old folks tourney and the high school tourney, the more money that goes back to wrestling

Complete details coming later this week. if you would like more information, private message me here, or by email at coachthompson189@gmail.com

John Thompson

Wood Memorial Wrestling

Wood Memorial high school (Oakland city indiana, 30 minutes north of evansville) is looking for one more team for their dual meet invitational on Saturday, November 21. We will run 2 mats, with teams getting 4 matches. Current teams are wood memorial, north knox, evansville Bosse, and pike central. If you would be interested in joining this tournament, please email head coach John Thompson at coachthompson189@gmail.com

Wood memorial in Oakland city, Indiana will be hosting a 2 day summer wrestling tourney on Saturday and Sunday, June 13-14. The school is located in southwestern indiana, approx. 30 minutes north of Evansville.

Cost is 250 dollars per team and is open to incoming freshmen to class of '15 seniors. You can have wrestlers from multiple schools on your team. We are growing this into a large event. We will take as many team that want to wrestle. If interested or for further information, contact John Thompson at coachthompson189@gmail.com

Thank you for your time.

After a couple teams dropping out, we have 2 team spots open for our summer duals. 10 matches over the weekend. If you want to get a whole weekend of wrestling, contact me ASAP.

One team spot left in out summer duals! If you want in, email me ASAP.

Added south Dearborn and Seymour from Indiana, and fern creek from Kentucky.

Spots still available.

Also, if your team ant make it, but have individuals who would want to compete, we are taking wrestlers to fill in spots for competing teams and will make all star teams with all the wrestlers left over. 8 to 10 matches over the weekend. Cost for an individual is 25 dollars. Email me with the wrestler's name, school and grade and I will have a consent form available to sign the first day of the tourney.

Teams committed to our summer duals

From Indiana-

Washington

Evansville memorial

Columbus east

Benton central

Heritage hills

Tecumseh

Pendleton heights

Crawford county

Lafayette Jefferson

Kentucky-

Ft Campbell

Plenty of spots still available

Ft Campbell Kentucky added to the summer duals. So glad teams outside Indiana are wanting to participate

Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8 at Washington high school in Washington. Indiana (40 min north of Evansville)

Cost is 300 dollars for team entry. Will wrestle between 8 to 10 matches over the 2 days. Open to incoming freshmen to outgoing seniors (class of 14). Weights will high school weights with a 5 lb allowance. We are also considering a middle school division if there is enough interest.

To cut hotel costs, teams will be allowed to camp out in our gym. No USA card required, athletic trainers will be on site. Full concessions available both days. Trophies and medals for top teams and individuals.

For more information, please contact head coach John Thompson at coachthompson189@gmail.com or by phone at 812-766-9142. Thank you for your time.

John Thompson

Washington wrestling