An unusually large number of tournament openings for 2018-19 have already come in. I don't normally put these in until September, but I'll start early this year for the early birds setting their 2018-19 schedules:

http://www.cnywrestling.com/openings.php

Liverpool is looking for an individual tourney on December 22 anyone with openings please contact me at slof1004@yahoo.com

Cazenovia CSD is seeking a new varsity head wrestling coach for the 2018-19 school year.  To apply for this position, please send a cover letter and a simple coaching resume specific to the sport of wrestling, to Mr. Mike Byrnes, Athletic Administrator, at mbyrnes@caz.cnyric.org.  Please provide reference information.  Call (315) 655-1358 with any questions.  There is no teaching position connected to the coaching position at this time.  Applications will be collected until the position is filled.

Horseheads Central School District has coaching positions open for the varsity, JV, and modified. There are also some teaching positions available http://www.horseheadsdistrict.com/employment.cfm. Thank you for sharing this with anyone who may be interested. 


Boys Wrestling Varsity and Jr. Varsity Head Coaching positions are open for the winter sports season.  Any person interested must possess valid NYS Coaching certifications.  To apply, please send letter of interest and resume to the attention of: Bert Conklin, Director of PE/Athletics, Horseheads Central School District, Athletic Office, One Raider Lane, Horseheads, NY 14845 or email to bconklin@horseheadsdistrict.com.  Deadline to apply is Friday, May 25, 2018.

Jarvis Memorial Tournament  Athens (D-4 AA) has openings in our varsity individual pooled event on December 8^th.  With the pools each wrestler is scheduled to get five bouts.  Last year's event had 50 regional medalists, 27 kids wrestled at states, 14 state medalists, and 2 state champions.  We bring in teams from three different states so you will get to see kids you normally never do.  If interested e-mail Jay white at jwhite@athensasd.k12.pa.us

Athens Summer Duals  Athens (D-4 AA) has openings in our annual Summer Duals to be held on June 9^th.  Each team will wrestle 5 matches and individuals can wrestle more bouts with exhibitions.  We already have teams coming from New York, Maine, as well as Pennsylvania.  If interested e-mail Jay white at jwhite@athensasd.k12.pa.us

Warrensburg Spring Duals

When - Saturday, May 5
Where - Warrensburg High School, 70 Schroon River Rd, Warrensburg, N.Y. 12885
Weights - 99 thru 285 (3 lb allowance)
Weigh-ins - Honor Weigh-ins (challenge scale on sight)
Cost - $300 per team.
Time - 9am Wrestling starts.

3 Mats - 3 Two Minute Periods - Certified Officials

Six Teams, Guaranteed Five Matches

If interested contact Mark Trapasso  518-744-7390
trapassom@wcsd.org

The Upstate New York Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame are looking for the following pieces of memorabilia that was remove from their exhibit table at the 2018 NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships in Albany – (1) 1996 – NYSPHSAA Program and (2) Press Guides for the University of Buffalo wrestling program for the years 1977-78, 1978-79 and 1981-82. These items were the personal property of Frank Marotta and former Buffalo coach Ed Michael. Additionally, the chapter would be very glad to purchase any of the above items if any wrestling fans would like to sell them to the chapter. These artifacts are valuable to Coach Michael and Mr. Marotta and we would like to secure replacements. If anyone has any of the above items, please contact Carl Koenig, President of the New York State Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame at this email address – carlkoenig@stny.rr.com or call him at 607.244.8432. Thank you for helping to preserving the history of wrestling in New York State.  

New Photo Gallery: NYSPHSAA Dual Meet Championship

Camden is looking for a dual need a weigh in for a kid anyone out there please contact Bill Sullivan 315 335 3695

New Link: Mohawk Valley Wrestling Club

Upstate New York Chapter of National Wrestling Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Sunday, September 23, 2018 - Double Tree Hotel - East Syracuse, New York

National Wrestling Hall of Fame - Upstate New York Chapter

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame of the Upstate New York State Chapter would like to announce their new inductees into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Lifetime Service Award winners, this year's recipients of the Outstanding American Award, and the Stanbro Media Award as well as the yearly Volunteer Award winners. The Upstate New York Chapter is committed to the core goals of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame which are (1) recognizing excellence in wrestling in the Upstate New York area; (2) preserving the rich and colorful history of wrestling in New York and (3) inspiring future generations of New Yorkers to participate in one of the oldest and best sports in the world. 

This year we take great pride in recognizing the individuals who will be honored on September 23, 2018: The individuals who will be receiving the Lifetime Service Award and induction into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame at this occasion are: Michael Conners - Fulton High School and Oswego State; Mark Faller - Port Jervis High School & Franklin & Marshall University; Scott Freishlag - Wayne Central School; Michael Hogan - Peru Central School; Frank Popolizio - Journeymen Wrestling Club and Shenendehowa Central School; Gene Tracy - Section III Wrestling Official. In addition, this year the Upstate New York Chapter will present Bert Adams, CEO of Bert Adams Disposal, and Patrick Greene, an Attorney at the Law Firm of Driver-Greene, the Outstanding American Award. Betsy Veysman will be presented with the annual Stanbro Media Award for her work promoting wrestling in the Empire State and Michael Wilcox of Hinckley Insurance Office will be given the Volunteer Award.

The awards reflect on their distinguished careers in wrestling and life. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at any time. Thanks for supporting wrestling in your area and the state of New York. I will be forwarding their bios and more details pertaining to each honoree as we draw closer to the Annual Ceremony. Thanks for your assistance in advocating for the sport of wrestling.

Carl Koenig
President of Upstate New York Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Oswego will be holding a JV Dual Meet Tournament on January 27th.  We will be running three mats and looking for a field of 6 JV level teams. If interested, contact Coach Mike Howard at mhoward@oswego.org.

Due to the weather, Oneonta is looking for teams interested in a dual meet tournament on 1/27.  Please contact John Nealis (jnealis@oneontacsd.org) if interested.

If you missed a tournament due to weather Shenendehowa still has openings in their wrangle on the plains tournament 1/19-1/20.  This will not count against your teams two day tournament allowance it will be fully bracketed and each wrestler is guaranteed 4-5 matches on The Weekend.  If interested please contact Chris Capezzuti capechri@shenet.org

Due to the impending ice and snow storm, the Cazenovia Invitational has been moved from tomorrow (1/13) to Sunday (1/14).