Ogemaw Bulldogs Wrestling

* Practice attendance- 1st practice must attend one practice in order to attend tournament.
                                          2nd practice must attend two practices in order to attend tournament.

* All wrestlers will be asked to dress up on Fridays prior to tournament. 
   Boys: dress pants, dress shirt and tie.
   Girls: Dress, dress shirt and/or dress pants or skirt.

* In an effort to promote better grades, all wrestlers attending Middle School(5 -8 grade) will be asked to bring in their current report cards. If a child is having trouble they are encouraged to bring their homework into practice and finish it prior to hitting the mat.
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Brief History:

In March 1977, Doug Goulette(Ogemaw Heights Senior) was asked to head a youth program for 1st - 8th grade. This request came from Jim Grey, Ogemaw Heights Varsity Wrestling Coach and Ogemaw Co. Community Ed Director. The team of 30 eager little wrestlers attended approx. four tournaments that season and one dual meet with Whittemore Prescott. Danny Dunn and Rodney Bragg happily volunteered to assistant with coaching.

"I remember taking a bus with these 30 youth to Oscoda to compete. Our little wrestlers brought home the gold that day as about 25 of them earned medals." Doug remembers fondly.

Through the years, several of our youth have grown up had children of their own and come back to volunteer and make this program strong and proud.

*It may take some digging but I know there is video of Coach Ward Kimball wrestling as a youngster.
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Information:

The Ogemaw Youth Wrestling Team is celebrating  30 + years as a proud part of this community. We pride ourselves on teaching children ages 5 to 14 years old the art of Folkstyle wrestling,  sportsmanship, leadership and respect. We have a dedicated group of coaches, board members and parents that love watching these children grow and learn to work as a team. Several of these volunteers wrestled in this program as youngsters themselves. We have Bulldog Pride!

Practice Starts: Thursday, Dec., 1, 2011
Bulldog practices are held at Ogemaw Heights High School in their wrestling room. Our practice schedule is (5-10 yr olds) Tuesday and Thurday from 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm, 
                                              (11-14 yr olds) Tuesday and Thursday from 7:25 pm to 9:00 pm 
                                                                            and Wednesday 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

All NEMWA season tournaments are $10.00 per wrestler, excluding Regionals and Finals. Where there is a cost of $12.00 per wrestler.

Wrestlers must weigh in at their designated times at each tournament.(5 - 14 years old; 7:00-8:30 am) They must wear tshirt and shorts or a wrestling singlet for weigh ins.

Wrestlers may wear t-shirt and shorts or a wrestling singlet for tournaments. We recommend wrestling shoes but allow clean, tennis shoes as long as they do not have a heavy tread and no exposed metal.

Please feel free to call if you have any other questions.

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Weight Classes~

5 & 6; 37, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 61, 64, 67, Hwt. (max wt. 107)

7 & 8; 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 61, 64, 67, 72, 77, 82, Hwt. (max wt. 142)

9 & 10; 51, 55, 59, 63, 67, 71, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110, Hwt. (max wt. 190)

11 &12; 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 112, 119, 126, 133, Hwt. (max wt. 233)

13 & 14; 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 138, 145, 155, 170, Hwt. (max wt. 275)

Maximum weight differential for heavy wt.~

5 & 6; 10 lbs.

7 & 8; 15 lbs.

9 & 10; 20 lbs.

11 & 12; 25 lbs.

13 & 14; 30 lbs.