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This camp has served as a great closing camp to the summer months before the high school fall sport season begins (football, cross country, etc.) because it jump starts your cardiovascular base to be able to hand “two-a-days” or any sport in August. It’s also been a great tune-up for those who haven’t been training in the summer. Additionally, it’s a terrific opportunity for incoming freshman to experience the intensity of high school athletics.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kevin Black at kevin@victoryschoolofwrestling.com or at 715.441.2980.

Tentative Camp Schedule

Thursday, July 29th
4:30-5:00pm – Check-in
5:30-6:00pm – Conditioning Test
7:00-8:30pm – Wrestling practice

Friday, July 30th
7:00-7:30am – Conditioning
9:30-11:00am – Wrestling Practice
2:30-4:00pm – Wrestling Practice
5:00-6:00pm – Recreation
7:00-8:30pm – Wrestling Practice

Saturday, July 31st
7:00-7:30am – Conditioning
10:00-11:00am – Wrestling Practice
1:00-3:00pm – Recreation
3:30-4:30pm – Wrestling Practice
7:00-8:30pm – Wrestling Practice

Sunday, August 1st
8:00-8:30am – Conditioning
10:30am-12:00pm – Wrestling Practice

The camp also focused heavily on the spiritual aspect of training. Each evening, a speaker helped challenge them to think of four very specific questions about purpose, acceptance, integrity and eternity. Nearly every participant made an important decision that will affect their eternal destination. Overall, it was a life-changing experience for all who were involved.

Registraion forms can completed at registraion on July 26th or mailed to PO Box 804, River Falls, WI 54022.

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Contact Kevin Black at kevin@victoryschoolofwrestling.com or 715.441.2980

Tentative Camp Schedule

Monday, July 26th
5:00pm – Check-in
6:00-7:30pm – Wrestling Practice

Tuesday, July 27th
7:00-7:30am – Conditioning
10:00-11:30am – Wrestling Practice
2:00-4:00pm – Recreation
6:00-7:30pm – Wrestling Practice
8:00-10:00pm – Camp Activity/Skit

Wednesday, July 28th
8:00-8:45am – Wrestling Practice/Strength Training
10:30-11:30am – Wrestling Practice

Kevin Black (River Falls, Wis./New York AC) has been named 2009 Women’s Coach of the Year by USA Wrestling. This is the first time that Black has received this prestigious award.

Black was a 2009 U.S. World Team coach, helping lead the U.S. to a sixth place finish at World Championships, with three athletes placing fifth and five placing in the top 10.

Black was also a World Team coach with the 2007 U.S. Women’s World Team which competed in Baku, Azerbaijan and placed fifth in the World team standings, led by silver medalist Katie Downing and bronze medalists Sara McMann and Kristie Marano.

He is a club coach with the New York AC, which won the women’s team title at the 2009 U.S. National Championships. Three members of the 2009 U.S. Women’s World Team competed for the New York AC.

Black has coached USA Wrestling Senior women’s tour teams to Russia, Poland and Canada. He has also coached age-group women’s teams, taking the U.S. University women’s team to compete in El Salvador in 2007 and the U.S. Cadet women’s team to China in 2006.

He served one term as the commissioner of the Women’s College Wrestling Association (WCWA), the organization that oversees women’s college freestyle wrestling. He is also the coach of the women’s wrestling club program at the Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls which competes in the WCWA.

Black serves as the women’s wrestling liaison and a member of the Board of the Directors for the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

He serves as the Women’s Director for the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation. He has coached the Wisconsin Junior Nationals Women’s team since 2003 and the Wisconsin team at the USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals the last two years.

Black has coached and operated the Victory School of Wrestling in River Falls, Wis. since 2005, where he works with young wrestlers of all levels. He served as an assistant coach for the Univ. of Wisconsin from 2003-05, working with the Div. I program there. He was a wrestling coach at Lodi High School from 2005-06.

He has been the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation State Coach from 2004-06, and coached the state’s Cadet Freestyle National Team from 2002-06. He conducted the Black Brothers Wrestling Camps from 2000-06.

Black was a NCAA Div. I All-American for the Univ. of Wisconsin, where he was a NCAA qualifier three times and served as the team captain three times. Black won four Wisconsin state titles for River Falls High School, with a 160-0 career record. He competed on the Senior level in freestyle, wrestling in a number of major international tournaments.

PAST WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS
2009 – Kevin Black, River Falls, Wis., New York AC
2008 – Tadaaki Hatta, Elyria, Ohio, New York AC
2007 – Troy Steiner, Corvallis, Ore.
2006 – Joe Corso, Metairie, La. ,Gator WC
2005 – Bill Scherr, Glenview, Ill., Sunkist Kids
2004 – Tricia Saunders, Phoenix, Ariz., Sunkist Kids
2003 – Townsend Saunders, Phoenix, Ariz., Sunkist Kids
2002 – Joe Corso, Des Moines, Iowa, Sunkist Kids

Deanna Rix (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) was named 2009 Women’s Wrestler of the Year by USA Wrestling. It is the first time in her career that she has received this award.

Rix placed fifth at 59 kg/130 lbs. at the 2009 World Championships in Herning, Denmark in September. It was the second straight year which Rix has placed fifth in the World Championships. She was among three U.S. women wrestlers who were fifth at the 2009 Worlds.

Rix qualified for the U.S. Team by winning the 2009 World Team Trials in Council Bluffs, Iowa in May, defeating Kelsey Campbell in the championship series. Rix had been second at the 2009 U.S. Open in Las Vegas in April, losing to Campbell in the finals.

She had a strong international season in 2009. Rix won gold medals at the Dave Schultz Memorial International and the Guelph Open in Canada. She added silver medals at the Sunkist Kids International, the New York AC International and the Canada Cup. Rix also won bronze medals at the Hargobind International in Canada and the Ukrainian Memorial Internation.

Rix also had a strong showing at the 2009 Women’s World Cup, going 3-1 in her dual meet action.

Rix is a U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athlete. She attended Northern Michigan prior to coming to the USOTC. She attended Marshwood High School in Maine, where she was second in the state tournament competing against boys. She won three Junior National titles during her high school years.

PAST WOMEN’S WRESTLER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS
2009 – Deanna Rix, Colorado Springs, Colo., New York AC
2008 – Randi Miller, Colorado Springs, Colo., Gator WC
2007 – Kristie Marano, Colorado Springs, Colo., New York AC
2006 – Kristie Marano, Colorado Springs, Colo., New York AC
2005 – Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. Army
2004 – Sara McMann, Lock Haven, Pa., Sunkist Kids
2003 – Patricia Miranda, Colorado Springs, Colo., Dave Schultz WC
2002 – Kristie Marano, Albany, N.Y., ATWA
2001 – Toccara Montgomery, Cleveland, Ohio, Sunkist Kids
2000 – Kristie Marano, Albany, N.Y., ATWA
1999 – Tricia Saunders, Phoenix, Ariz., Sunkist Kids
1998 – Kristie Stenglein, Albany, N.Y., ATWA
1997 – Sandra Bacher, San Jose, Calif., Dave Schultz WC
1996 – Tricia Saunders, Phoenix, Ariz., Sunkist Kids
1995 – Vickie Zummo, Hamburg, N.J., New York AC
1994 – Shannon Williams, Ontario, Calif., Sunkist Kids
1993 – Tricia Saunders, Phoenix, Ariz., Sunkist Kids

Two-time state champion Joe Raygor (St. Croix Falls High School) chose the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY in April. Raygor was a Folkstyle National champion and Greco-Roman All-American. He ended his high school career with 91 consecutive wins and two state titles at 171 pounds.

Blake Lundgren (Amery High School) decided on Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD as his school of choice. Blake signed his LOI with the Wolves in April. Northern State competes in NCAA Division II.

Other Victory seniors who have already committed to schools next year are:
Zack Gillis (St. Croix Central High School) – UW-Whitewater
Bubba Gudis (Bruce High School) – UW-LaCrosse
Nathan Nelson (Northwestern High School) – Liberty University
Cameron Loomis (River Falls High School) – UW-Whitewater
Brayden Wienke (Clear Lake High School) – UW-LaCrosse
Matt Wyss (Boyceville High School) – Iowa Lakes Community College

Matt Wyss became Victory School of Wrestling’s second Junior National Champion by placing first in the 285 pound weight class. Wyss defeated returning Cadet National Champion and high school state champion Taylor Henry in a triple overtime bout.

State champion Corey Hodowanic was stopped in the finals by Nick Harrison (Illinois) in a controversial 4-3 match. Corey placed 7th at 112 pounds in 2008 and was 3rd at 119 last year. He defeated Wisconsin state champion Hunter Weber in a true-second place wrestleback match. The top two finishers at each weight class earn “funded access” to the US Olympic Training Center.

Other Victory athletes earning All-American status included Chad Bartschenfeld (5th – 112), Josh Cormican (6th – 125), Dylan Nelson (8th – 145), Blake Lundgren (8th – 160), Haydon Dvorak (7th – 189) and Cody Hegeman (7th – 215).

Athletes representing Victory and not earning All-American status were Riley Knops, Shane Blackman, Bobby LeRoy, Brady Webb, Nathan Kinneman, Briar Tepp, Andy Colbeth, Austin Moe, Andrew Hartmann, Mitch Nichols, Hank Holdorf, Tyler Weyer, Matt Smith, Brandon Wilcox, Alex Lennartson, Alec Waite, Mitch Dulon, Niklaus Baumann, Isaiah Erickson, Brayden Wienke, Adam Figi, Marcus Malecek, Tyson Bystrom and Matt Linehan.

Middle School (grades 5-8) – March 15-29 – Monday and Wednesday, 7:00-8:30pm

Youth (grades 3-4) – Wednesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 24, 5:00-6:30pm

Please contact Kevin Black at 715.441.2980 or kevin@victoryschoolofwrestling.com with questions.

2010 Kid’s Folkstyle State Qualifiers:

2001-02
66 – Nicholas Sempf

1999-2000
54 – Tyler Srp
63 – Matthew Peterson
63 – Dylan Minke
66 – Kyle Montgomery
84 – Bryce Younger
90 – Luke Clark
100 – Noah Wieczorek
100 – Cole Jakupciak
120 – Alex Schmidt

1997-98
64 – Drew Klabon
70 – Andrew Smith
70 – Mitch Hustad
73 – Hunter Marko
76 – Matthew Montgomery
79 – Cruze Hurlburt
82 – Cole Paulson
82 – Logan Newton
85 – Garret Hildebrandt
88 – John Keifer
91 – Logan Peterson
91 – Ethan Freese
100 – Sawyer Massie
125 – Mitchell Lien
140 – Jake Roberts
150 – Ian Ruble

1995-96
80 – Sam Hoopingarner
90 – Shane Blackman
90 – Derek Dowd
95 – Jens Lantz
95 – Keenan Luke
100 – Brad Cain
105 – Alex Stuhl
110 – Zachary Radkey-Pechacek
115 – Nick Opdahl
120 – Brian Gibb
120 – Andy Colbeth
125 – Bailey White
125 – Spencer Langer
135 – Isaac Tuttle
145 – David Lundgren
145 – Max Peterson
150 – Damen Feiertag
160 – Joe Rademacher

The highlight of the tournament was Corey Hodowanic’s thrilling double overtime win over two-time returning state champion Justin Mudlaff. Corey secured a takedown with two seconds on the clock in regulation to force overtime. After a scoreless one minute sudden victory period, Corey rode Mudlaff for 30 seconds and escaped from bottom in the second 30 second period. Both wrestlers were completely exhausted, but Corey found the strength to sprint around the mat into the arms of his coaches following his championship.

Brayden Wienke and Joe Raygor both repeated as undefeated state champions at 152 and 171 pounds, respectively. Brayden won a close 3-2 bout with Chad Heise whereas Joe defeated Josh Eastlick in an exciting 3-1 overtime match. Both completed their junior and senior seasons without a loss. Brayden concludes his career with an astonishing 180-8 record. Joe’s career record is 168-9. Both are their school’s only two-time state champions.

Chad Bartschenfeld added his first state title after finishing 3rd a year ago. The junior caps off a 44-2 season. His teammate, Blake Lundgren, just fell short of his goal and finished in 3rd place.

Other athletes who have participated in opportunities at Victory who won state championships were: Bubb Gudis, Dustin McKinney, Isaiah Erickson, Roy Munroe, Kyle Crain, Matt Wyss and Nikola Bogojevic.

Senior Garrett Bonte finished as runner-up for the second consecutive season.

Video interviews are available on www.youtube.com/users/victorywrestling.

The Post Season Training Program focuses on Folkstyle wrestling through the month of March in preparation for the USA Wrestling Folkstyle National Championships (in Cedar Falls, IA on April 2-3). In April we will begin training in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Athletes will have opportunities to compete at various events throughout the spring/summer and Victory’s aim is to prepare each athlete to compete well at every event.

The training will be focused on a few key events, however, not every athlete will choose to compete in these events. Still, every athlete will be ultimately prepared for the next high school or college season.

The High School Post Season Training Program will take place March 7 – July 15, 2010 (see calendar for specific practice times). $650.

Please contact Kevin Black at 715.441.2980 or kevin@victoryschoolofwrestling.com with questions.

Victory School of Wrestling ENROLLMENT FORM (2009-2010)

2010 High School Post Season Training Program – Flyer