Gilroy Wrestling

Jasmine is wrestling Canada, to see her matches go HERE

http://www.gilroywrestling.com/jasmine/

To My Community, Friends And Family.

I am Looking For Your Support.

I am a Junior at Gilroy High School and am the Varsity 112lbs wrestler. Our Team as a whole is State Ranked and have recently taken our 8th CCS Title in a row. Our School program gets no funding from the school district. Our team has several State and National Placers. I literally train with some of the best wrestlers and coaches in the State, and that has helped me tremendously in my wrestling abilities.  

I have faced many obstacles being a female wrestler. Competing in not only the female division but the male division too.  Female wrestling has come a long way. Becoming an Olympic Sport in 2004 for women I keep in the back of my mind I have a chance to excel  in this sport. As of next year due to Title 9 equal sport for females there will be 9 more colleges opening their doors to female wrestling teams. So my future doesn’t stop in High School.

I am asking for your help to make this possible. My trips add up quickly and all post season costs are paid by me and my family, and with support from the community.

The costs my family and I must cover for each trip are: flight for my coach and myself, hotel, car rental, and food.

The tournaments I am trying to compete in this season are:

• 2010 Body Bar Freestyle National Tournament in Kissimmee, FL, May 14 – 15 1st Place
• 2010 Cadet Pan American Championships in Manaus, Brazil, July 16-18
• 2010 Freestyle Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota

Any support you can offer in helping me reach my goal is appreciated.

Thank You,

Jasmine

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Jasmine won the National Title at 49 Kilo Fila Cadet Nationals in Kissimmee, FL. With this win Jasmine will represent the U.S. team at the Cadet Pan American Championships in Manaus, Brazil, July 16-18!

 Tonight & Tomorrow(Wed 4/21/ Thurs 4/22) at Practice – Singlets are ready for pick up!

 Saturday, April 24-Freesytle Tourney at Oak Grove High in San Jose, weigh -ins @ 7am

***SUNDAY April 25 at 1pm***

Coach Greg Varela’s 1st Annual Planning Meeting in the GHS Cafeteria. . . Potluck – so bring a dish to share, a notebook, pen, and most importatntly, your ideas! Hope to see you there!

Check out the pics from this last weekend’s tourney at Oak Grove High in San Jose

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=4890&id=100000757278715&l=a605e70da7

Congratulations to all of our wrestlers who made the trip down to Fresno this past weekend!

 
2010 Kids’ Folkstyle State Champs:

 Bantam 45lbs – Austin Gutierrez wins by pin in :43 seconds 

 Intermediate 95 lbs – Joseph Barnes wins by pin in 3:58

 Middle School 95 lbs – Isaiah Locsin wins by major decision 12-2

 Middle School 110 lbs - Paul Fox wins by pin in 2:03

 Middle School 140 lbs - Nicholas Villarreal  wins by decision 6-0

 2nd place:

Intermediate 80 lbs -Nathan Villarreal

 3rd place: 

Bantam 50 lbs -Chad Sakamoto

 Intermediate 87 lbs -Dallas Gutierrez

  Novice 90 lbs -Juan Villarreal

  Middle School 80 lbs -Jesse Vasquez

 Middle School 85 lbs -Mario Kastl

 4th place:

Bantam 45 lbs -Jayden Gomez

Middle School 117lbs -Victor Olmos

Middle School 125lbs -Daniel Barboza

5th place:

Middle School 95lbs -Jimmie Lopez Jr.

Wrestlers:  

Intermediate 55 lbs -Brenyn Northey

Intermediate 55lbs – Chase Saldate 

Novice 60 lbs -Zeferino Oshiro

Intermediate 75lbs – Nick Villarreal  

Novice 90lbs – Anthony Lopez 

Middle School 132lbs -Noe Garcia 

Middle School 125lbs – Leon Carbone

 
Jr. High State results

 4th place – Javin Aragon; 130 lbs 

6th place – Austin Reichert ; 112 lbs 

24 wrestlers, 17 placers, 5 champs, one team!

 Thank you to all of the parents, families, and wrestlers for another great weekend of wrestling.  We look forward to seeing you all in Reno!
And again, thanks to Coach Greg Varela and his assistance coaches/ dads for their continued hard work and dedication to our kids!

Adin Duenas (Gilroy, Calif./Cal State Fullerton) has been named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for Feb. 23-March 1.

The fourth-seeded Duenas was named Outstanding Wrestler after winning the Pac-10 Conference Championships at 141 pounds on Feb. 28 in Davis, Calif.

Duenas knocked off No. 1 seed Levi Jones of Boise State 3-1 in overtime in the semifinals before he downed No. 2 seed Filip Navachkov of Cal Poly 9-3 in the finals.

Duenas, a junior, qualified for the 2009 NCAAs after placing third in the Pac-10 tournament.

http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=21589

2010 Season

Dear Hawks Wrestling Parent:

Welcome to the 2010 wrestling season!  The following is basic information to help you and your wrestler(s) during the wrestling season.  Should you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask any of the Hawk volunteers or Coach Greg.  We look forward to a great season with you and your child(ren)!    

Practice

1. Practices are Monday thru Thursdays, beginning Wednesday, February 10^th, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
2. Monday and Wednesday practices are designated for children 8 years of age and younger. 
3. Tuesday and Thursday practices are designated for children 9 years of age and older and/ or advanced wrestlers, per the coach’s assessment.
4. Practice will be held at South Valley Middle School (385 I.O.O.F. Avenue in Gilroy) in the cafeteria for now.  It may be moved to the gym in the future.  We will keep you posted on any location moves.
5. Please keep the area clean as it is used by the students the following day.  Be courteous and throw your garbage away.
6. Your child will be ready for pick-up at 8:00 pm, although, we encourage parents to stay and watch. Please be prompt or arrange for your child to get home safely.
7. Wrestlers need to bring clean workout clothes every day including socks, undergarment, shorts and t-shirt.  Wrestling shoes and head gear are highly recommended.  Please ask a Hawk Volunteer for information on where to purchase the equipment. (Shoes may be purchased at Big 5 or Sports Authority)
8. There will be breaks given.  Bringing water is encouraged; there will also be beverages for sale during practice for your convenience.
   1. Expect practices to be exciting, yet disciplined.  Your wrestler will need to focus and pay attention in order to learn the basic foundation of wrestling.  Parents can help tremendously in this area by keeping the chatter and visiting to a minimum, allowing Coach Greg and Hawk volunteers to effectively train your children by ensuring they hear and understand all instructions to keep them safe. 

Hygiene

1. Wrestling is a physical contact sport.  You may have to have a talk with your child about good hygiene.  Skin diseases can easily spread into open abrasions and on skin that is not cleaned regularly.  The best preventative is showering as soon as possible after practice.  Please have them shower every night with anti-bacterial soap at home as soon as possible. Head n Shoulders is recommended.  We do a thorough cleaning of the mats before and after every practice.
2. Ringworm is a fungal skin disease producing round scaly patches on the skin, caused by a fungus.
3. Communicable diseases, skin diseases, in particular, are a threat to wrestlers because of constant skin-to-skin contact and repeated minor abrasions. Skin diseases can sweep through a team unless the wrestlers are monitored and treated effectively. Preventative measures are of primary importance and require the cooperation of each wrestler, and very close observation of each coach. Skin diseases can not only hinder a wrestler but also cause him to be disqualified from competition.
4. If we all do our part we can keep the disease from spreading and have a happy ring worm free wrestling year.
5. Plan to have fresh workout clothes for every practice.
6. Plan to use deodorant.
7. Hair needs to be cut above ears and “collar line” or a hair cap will be required.  Fingernails need to be clipped. 

Communication

1. Gilroy Hawks is represented through www.gilroywrestling.com web page where you can get current practice information, tournament information, join the mailing list, and much more.  Most information regarding the program will be transmitted via email and text messages (SMS), so please ensure we have your current email address and / or phone number.
   1. The best way to reach the coach- is by email or phone.  Please feel free to contact any of us if you need more information or an explanation.  Coach Greg can be e-mailed at coachgreg@gilroywresting.com. The following volunteers can be reached via email as well:

Steven, our webmaster, can be reached at webmaster@gilroywrestling.com or steven@gilroywrestling.com.

Jamie@gilroywrestling.com, Michelle@gilroywrestling.com, Jason@gilroywrestling.com

1. Picture day has not yet been scheduled.  It will be announced and an order form will be sent home (and posted on the website) as soon as we have the date.

Competition

1. Equipment – Wrestlers will be able to purchase singlets through the Hawks and an order form will be available soon.
2. Visit http://www.gilroywrestling.com/?cat=26 to get more information on FAQs for tournaments.
3. Appropriate behavior will be expected when attending events/ tournaments, as representatives of the Gilroy Hawks wrestling club.
4. Coach Greg will review his schedule with parents and notify them of which SCVWA (Santa Clara Valley Wrestling Association) tournaments he will be able to attend.

Nutrition

1. Wrestlers will perform and feel better with good nutrition.  Some suggestions include the following:
   1. Eliminate soda, chips, candy, sugary desserts
   2. Eliminate fast food (trans fats … French fries) … Subway is OK.
   3. Supply your food pantry with healthy snacks (wheat pretzels/peanut butter, fruit, cheese, granola bars, fruit juice)
   4. Please try to make some changes for the season and see what happens.

I look forward to working with your wrestler this season.  There are over 50 wrestlers signed up and we expect more to register.  We have some extra adult volunteers ready to help and we have a lot of training to cover before the first match.  Your support with the above information is appreciated.  Please feel free to contact me if I missed something.

Go Hawks!

Greg Varela

Gilroy High Wrestling Head Coach

Freestyle

There were quite a few people who have never experienced a wrestling tournament not to mention trying to get your son/daughter registered, weighed in, to staging, and least to mention wrestling.

Here are my quick notes on what is needed:
To check in at every tournament
* USA Wrestling Card
* Birth Certificate
* $10 for each event being wrestled (ie. Freestyle and/or Greco) not $10/match but for the whole day.

Weigh-ins
* A Singlet is necessary for weigh-ins

To wrestle
* Singlet
* Wrestling Shoes
* Good sportsmanship

Some other questions:
* How long does the day last:
Typically a local tournament will last from 7am at registration/weighins till 2 to 5pm depending on the age of your child and number of people registered (The younger children are typically first to start and first to end)

Additional Note:
* Your son/daughter or and you are representing Gilroy Wrestling we encourage everyone to be respectful both on and off the mat (Win or Lose be a good sport). There will be many occasions where all don’t agree with calls made or appreciate the attitude of some other wrestler, coach, parent or official, we need to all do our best to set a good example for the young wrestlers and continue to make our program one we are all proud of.

See you on the mat.