Roswell Folkstyle Classic - January 14, 2012

Happy Holidays from Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling!

Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling wishes all of our families, wrestlers, coaches and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah and a happy holiday season for all. Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling would not exist without our wonderful coaching staff and our fantastic parents and our wreslters - you are all amazing! We are so delighted to be a part of such a wonderful program - it's because of you that everything works! Happy Holidays and best wishes to all for a prosperous New Year!   Thank you for your support - we have the best families in Georgia, here in Roswell!!

Roswell Wrestling Ribbon Cutting

(photos by Mollianne Elliott, Roswell Wrestling Photographer use by permission only)

(photos by Rob Rose,  Roswell Wrestling Photographer use by permission only)

Roswell Underground ribbon cutting.  (pictured: left to right, Randy Faires, Senator Albers, Coach Goff, Principal Huff (in back) - M. Fezza and A. Stevens)

Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling Coaches @ Underground Ribbon Cutting

(Brian Glaze, Blaine Clark, Jason Stucky (back), Randy Faires, Jeff Miller, Robert Fezza and Bart Swartz )

(Photos by Rob Rose, Roswell Wrestling Staff Photographer)

Many thank yous to the Roswell Wrestling parents and volunteers (JR and High School) who helped out and donated to make the Under Ground ribbon cutting a huge success! Your support is phenominal!  Roswell Wrestling is growing by leaps and bounds and we were honored to have many state and local distinguished guests in attendance - Georgia State Senator,  John Albers;  Roswell City Mayor,  Jere Wood;  Roswell City Council Member, Nancy Diamond; Roswell City Council Member, Jerry Orleans; Roswell High School Principal, Jerome Huff;  HS Head Coach, Evan Goff (2010-present) ; Middle School Head Coach, Randy Faires; Middle School Assistant Coach, Jason Stucky;  Former High School Head Coach, T.Wayne Smith, Former High School Head Coach, Travis Carr;  RHS State Champion, Mitch Lingo (1979), RHS State Champion, Mike Lingo (1979); Steve Cohen, General Manager Chik-Fil-A (sponsor); Molly Daniels, Manager, Roswell Corners Chik-Fil-A (sponsor). We are so appreciative of you support of Roswell Wrestling and appreciate the time you took to help us celebrate the start of another season and the opening of our new wresting facility!

Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling Update - November 17, 2011:

Recruiting:
We are still looking for wrestlers and will take wrestlers throughout the season - spread the word. The more wrestlers we have at all sizes and abilities, the better we can partner folks up - and work with varied abilities and sizes to make everyone better. So help us recruit. Spread the word - Wrestling is a terrific sport to teach dedication, determination and responsiblity. Wrestlers don't have to be athletes, they just need to have the drive to want to!
Thanksgiving Week Practices:
No practices next Thursday - enjoy the Holiday (middle school).
Fundraising:
Our meat drive is still going. We put in our first order last Friday - the meat sale is ongoing. If you will continue to sell and keep the orders coming in. The meat is really good, we bought two packages and will get us through to January. We will be placing a second order on Friday, Dec 2 with the pick up Tuesday, Dec 6. So please start bring in your orders. If you need order forms please let me know. I originally asked for families to purchase, but if you can sell too - that's huge for the program. It's actually a good deal if you cost it out. Ideally, if the JR programs can sell another 37 meat between now and March, we can make our budget for the year.
Spirit Wear:
We also still have spirit wear on sale - limited quanties but most all sizes at discounted prices - we have cotton shirts, dry fit shirts as well as mesh shorts.

Swap/Shop:
If you have wrestling shoes headgear that you no longer want - and would like to donate - we will collect them. If you need head gear/shoes and want to trade up we'll work on trying to find you the gea - for trade. If you need headgear/shoes we will sell you for $5.00 per. - provided we have. All proceeds go directly to the club.

``Under Ground`` - Ribbon Cutting - November 19th

Roswell Wrestling will officially open the new Wrestling Facility - the "Under Ground," on November 19th - starting at 9 a.m..
Please plan to attend we have received a stellar level of Community support. This facility has taken over a decade to realize. While we practiced last season in the facility, this year we have wall pads, floor mats and are in the process of getting the additional filler mats.
We will need volunteers and food donations - watch your emails the weekend of November 4th for additional information.

First Practice Starts 7 November 2011

Lets get all registration done before 7 November 2011. We know some football is still going on thats ok. Finish your season then join us in our new wrestling facility called the Underground.
 We are very excited about this upcoming season and our numbers are looking good.
If you have any questions contact Jeff Miller via our website www.roswellwrestling.com or call contact info on website.
Looking forward to seeing everyone November 7th.

Concessions 5 November

Parents football won again last weekend so we have the concessions. We need 4 volunteers for the 3 PM game and 4 volunteers for the 5 PM game. I would prefer different parents from last weekend. Please let Kim know if you can help this weekend.


Thank you

Donated Shoes

I will have the shoe donation box at the first practice on Monday. Please bring old shoes to swap out. If everyone uses this we may save everyone a little bit of money.

Happy Halloween!! Check out our Spooky Coaches!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

The season starts November 7th!!

See how goofy our coaches can be!! 

Enjoy yourselves - we enjoy you all! 

We hope to have another great season of fun, hard work and determination!! 

2012 Roswell Folkstyle Classic

Keep your calendars open for January 14, 2012 - Roswell will be hosting the 8th Annual Folkstyle Classic at Roswell High School (hopefully we won't be snowed or iced out this year!!).

2011-2012 Parent's Meeting - October 24th & 25th at 7pm.

We will be holding parents meetings for our JR Hornet Wrestling parents on October 24th and October 25th at 7pm at the NEW Roswell Wrestling Facility located at: 925 Woodstock Road, Roswell (located below the SFX facility near Mellow Mushroom mapquest directions can be found HERE:

Parents from both the middle school and elemenary programs (returning and new) are encouraged to attend either night - if you are not sure if your child is interested in wrestling this year - attend anyway to learn more about our program. We will have our coaches present - including our National Hall of Fame inductee - Coach Randy Faires (Head Middle School Coach).

No experience is necessary to wrestle and the sport is open to both boys and girls ages 7-14 (we have had younger children - please contact us if you have any questions).

We hope to see as many parents attend as possible - help us grow Roswell Youth Wrestling!! Wrestling is a great complimentary sport to Football. Practices start November 7th.

For any questions, please don't hesitate to call Jeff Miller - Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling Director @ 678-795-1877 or @ 678-570-1806.

Sign Up For JR Hornet Wrestling in October

It's this time of the year where we will be wrestling in a month. We are going to have one of our best years and it's exciting. Our coaching staff is returning with some additional faces. Also we will be practicing in our new facility that will have just finished construction. We will have over 7000 sq ft of room for our kids to work out in.

 Sign up online and join our great program!!!

Last Day for early Registration

Don't forget to sign up before1 October 2011. Save money

Parade Oct 1st

We will line up at First Baptist Church on Mimosa Blvd. Parade route will be Mimosa BLVD, right onto Magnolia St. Left on Canton ST , Left onto Woodstock RD and right into Roswell area park. Be there by 9AM.
  Park activities will include entertainment, Petting zoo, Giant slide, mini train, Iron man obstacle course and more.

SIgn Up this Week

Don't forget to sign up this week and save 25 dollars for early registration. Our numbers are really growing and I need to send in orders so we have enough at the start of the season. Anyone that wants to pay in person can meet me at the parade on Saturday just let me know ahead of time.

2011 Roswell Youth Day Parade - We need new and returning wrestlers to participate!

Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling will be participating in the 61st Annual Frances MaGahee Youth Day Parade - October 1, 2011.

Any new and/or returning wrestlers who are interested in participating are encouraged to let coach Miller know via email @ jeffkarmil@charter.net. We have a pick-up truck and banner and will be passing out candy throughout the parade route.

This is a fun event for our City and will assist us in getting the word out about Roswell Wrestling - watch your emails for additional details as we would like the wrestlers to wear the same practice clothing.

This year's theme is "The Rec Makes Life Fun." We are associated with the other JR Hornet programs and are Rec to a degree - Help us bring Roswell Wrestling to the forefront of acknowledgement - similar to our football, lacross and baseball programs in our City.  The High School wrestling team is being ranked in the top 15 in our Georgia 5-A region  this year  - our JR program feeds the High School and most of the anticipated varsity team this season has worked through the JR program.

Wrestling Rocks! Help us spread the word!!

Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling @ Roswell HS Home Football Games!

Roswell JR Hornet Coaches will have an informational table at this fall's Roswell HS football games.

Stop by to chat with our coaches Head Middle School Coach,  Randy Faires, National Wrestling Hall of famer and Head Elementary School Coach and JR Director Jeff Miller about the program.

The program is open to children aged 6/7-14 years of age - no experience is necessary.  We are looking forward to an exciting season this year and will be happy to provide information and answer any questions that you may have. We have a talented cadre of coaches who all work well with the children and all have received extensive background checks.

Come out to support Roswell HS football and check out Roswell Wrestling at the same time! Wrestling is great conditioning for other sports and highly competitive!

See what our coaches were up to over the summer!

Several of our coaches were busy this summer - hanging out with the Atlanta Braves. As the video shows it's probably a good thing that the Braves didn't decide to keep them otherwise they wouldn't be doing so well on their bid to the playoffs! Our coaches are better wrestlers than baseball players!

Online registration is open for the 2011-2012 Season!

On the top right click on registration and fill in the blanks for all the forms and follow instructions. After the form is complete click on paypal and you can pay on-line this year. Even if you want to pay in person please fill out the information online.

Jr Hornet Wrestling Recruiting Video

Roswell wrestling creating a buzz from the ground up - Neighbor Newspapers

Roswell wrestling creating a buzz from the ground up - Neighbor Newspapers

BIG THANKS

We had a great turnout for the 2011 Jr. Hornet Wrestling Camp. Thanks to all the kids who came out and I hope to see everyone plus a few more next year!

Congratulations Coach Faires - 2011 Inductee, National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Head Middle School Coach, Randy Faires, was inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Stillwater Oklahoma, Sunday, May 1st at the Norcross Hilton.  Randy was one of five other inductees who have all dedicated a great deal of their lives to the Sport of Wrestling in Georgia.

Pictured above (left to right), Dennis Jackson (Youth Coach Brookwood), Medal of Courage; Randy Faires (Roswell Middle School Head Coach), Lifetime Service to Wrestling; Jim Bailey (Fayette County coach) , Lifetime Service to Wrestling; Ed Kanner (Official), Lifetime Service to Wrestling; Gary Schaefer (Atlanta Takedown Association President), Lifetime Service to Wrestling; and, Mickey Stratham (Whitewater Coach), Lifetime Service to Wrestling.

Congratulations Randy!! This is a well deserved honor and all of us affliated with the Roswell Wrestling program are extremely proud of you! We are so privledged to have had you heading up our middle school program over the past years and so appreciate your tireless dedication to our program! We are honored to have you!!

You can read more about Randy's accomplishments on our website at:  Roswell Wrestling

A great article from 1966 can be found here: Coach Randy

Click here to read Coach Randy's Induction Notification: Induction Notification

More about Coach Randy: http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_191300.asp

Way to Go Randy!!!

Cael Sanderosn and NCAA Champs coming to GA this July?

200 person max, please email if you’re interested. It’ll fill fast.
Penn State Highlight – National Champions coming to GA!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weNoHX7y_kI


Berry College, MT Berry GA: July 18-22
http://journeymenwrestling.com/wp-conte ... e-2011.pdf

NOW is the TIME!!

Time to sign up for the Team GA National duals teams and experience another great trip that will make memories to last a lifetime, as well as help each of you start that climb to the HS State podium!




Team GA has already paid to take TWO full teams for EACH duals team so we are fully committed to take as many boys that want to go. The board has lowered the price by half this year (you are paying only 25-30% of the true cost). Team GA needs to finish sign ups in about a week so we can complete our ordering for buses, uniforms, hotels, etc. All you have to do is go to http://www.teamgeorgiawrestling.com/register and sign up just like a tournament, pick "national teams", add your information (sizes, etc), and put down your $100 deposit. It doesn't get easier than that!!



Nationals:................. Ages:.......................Camp:........Place:......Competition:.....Place:
Schoolboy Duals $250:...Born in 1997 and 1998.. June 1-3.....School.......June 8-12........Indianapolis, IN
Cadet Duals $375:....... Born in 1995 and 1996...June 10-12..Darton..... June 14-18......Daytona Beach , FL
Junior Duals $375:....... Born 9/1/91 & after.....June 19-21..School......June 23-27......Oklahoma City, OK
Fargo Nationals $800:...Cadets and Juniors.......July 5-10.....Shorter....July 14-24.......Fargo, ND

Georgia Games State Wrestling Championships

Georgia Games State Wrestling Championships
WHAT: Folk style (Saturday) & Freestyle & Greco (Sunday)
WHEN: Saturday & Sunday: May 21 & 22, 2011
WHERE: Cherokee High School
930 Marietta HWY, Canton, GA 30114

REGISTRATION: $25 per wrestler for 1st event, $35 for 2 events and $40 for ironman and all three events. All registrations must be entered via the Team GA registration site. Link: http://www.teamgeorgiawrestling.com/register

USAW CARD SALES: Purchase USAW Cards via the Team GA membership site.

Link: http://www.teamgeorgiawrestling.com/memberships
Special rate for Open wrestlers.

WEIGH-INS: Friday, May 20 from 5:00-9:00pm. (All Divisions) Good for all weekend!
You must have your USA Card in hand to enter the weigh-in room.
Note: Skin and nail checks will be performed at weigh-ins.
SCHEDULE: Wrestling to begin at 9:00 AM on Saturday & Noon on Sunday.
AWARDS: Medals will be given to top 3 finishers at each weight class.
Georgia Games T-Shirts to all wrestlers.

DIRECTIONS: See Georgia Games Website for direction and more info: http://www.georgiagames.org/.

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST:

• Admission: Family - $7, Adult - $5, Child - $3 (Standard for all Team GA Events)

• Hospitality room for all Bronze level Coaches with Picture ID and tourney officials
• Concessions and T-shirt Screening Vender will be on-site
• All Wrestlers earn points in the Georgia Scholastic Sports Olympiad for their school!
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Donna Racine at voiceofgeorgia@att.net or Eric Pfeifer with Georgia Games at exdirector@georgiagames.org or 770-528-3581.
http://mail.aol.com/33540-111/aol-6/en- ... r.2011.pdf

Roswell Summer camp Hosted Roswell HS coaches

Click on the below links to see the flyers. Camp is only 50 dollars. I would love to see all my JR Hornets at this camp.


https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BwrkfDQ_aHfcYjUyY2ZjNTMtOWUyMS00OWQ0LWI0MTgtMjNhNjFlMzZjZGQ4&hl=en



https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8XD90Ua8UGdYmNkNDg0MzYtY2U3NS00OWZjLTk0ZjMtZjY3MDYzZWZjMjk2&hl=en&authkey=CMi-044P

Open Mats

Open Mats will begin next week. Coach John Murphy and Terry Allison will be running these in the new mat room on Tuesday and Thursday at 6:00pm. We will not have them the week of spring break, and then will resume on Tuesday the 12th in the Old School Matroom as we begin construction building out our new matroom. Coach Murphy wrestled for Michigan State and Coach Allison wrestled for many years at the Olympic Training Center. These are two highly qualified coaches who can really improve your technique between now and the summer grind. Please attend!

Class 2011 Hall of Fame

The Class of 2011


And the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Georgia Chapter, cordially invites you to attend
the “Hall of Fame Day” banquet, Sunday May 1, 2011, at The Atlanta Hilton Northeast—
Peachtree Corners, Norcross. The banquet will begin at 3:00 p.m. with a social hour and
memorabilia display. Dinner will be served at 4:00 p.m. with the award presentation
following. The purpose of this banquet is to honor and recognize people for their years of
commitment as positive role models to our student athletes. A Distinguished Member of the
National Wrestling Hall of Fame will present the awards.
The Class of 2011 has given countless hours of their time instilling in young people the skills
needed to succeed in all areas of life. They will be permanently recognized at the National
Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Class of 2011

“Lifetime Service to Wrestling” Award
James W. Bailey Randy Faires Ed Kanner Gary Schaefer Mickey Statham

“Medal of Courage” Award
Dennis Jackson

This is an opportunity for you to honor these great individuals and promote the positive
aspects of our oldest and greatest sport-“Wrestling”! A registration form is enclosed for the
“Hall of Fame Day” celebration. Please complete the appropriate sections and return to the
address listed.
We are looking forward to May 1st; a great day for Georgia’s outstanding individuals and the
sport of wrestling.
Georgia can be proud of these deserving honorees!

Sincerely,

Bud Hennebaul

Congratulations to our Elementary JRs at State(s) Saturday!

You guys all did great on Saturday!  We had a number of first year wrestlers qualify and attend the State Tournament Saturday more so than any year in the past! Everyone had very tough matches and worked hard during the season to improve and learn more technique. To make it to State, is a major accomplishment. You participated in a tournament with some of the best wrestlers in the State.

Even the effort the past two weeks of post season practices has been phenominal. We had several team members who did not qualify for state, but stayed on to practice with those who had - that's team work!

Two Elementary Team members earned a State Title Saturday....

Gavin Pope - State Champion - U6 - 43lbs - Little Kids State

Kaitlyn Haug - State Champion - Grades 3-5 - 64-65lbs. - Team Georgia Girls State Tournament
(this is a double first, not only was this the first time we had a girl wrestler win a State title, but this is the first time there's been a Girls State Tournament in Georgia - Kaitlyn will be recorded as the first Champion for her division in the State of Georgia (Read What Team Georgia Has to Say - click here! ))

Titles well earned and well deserved by both of these wrestlers - Congratulations to you both!!

Congratulations to ALL of our Elementary School Wrestlers - what a great team of young wrestlers we have had all through out the season! You have all tried your best, done your best, shown sportsmanship, never gave up and above all, you have had fun!

We have acquired some really neat coaches over the years - who deserve awesome Kudos and are fantastic! Our parents/parent coaches ... wow! You are the best and bend over backwards to any call of need and jump right in - your support is just beyond belief! Thank you for supporting Roswell Wrestling and supporting your child(ren) to continue wrestling! Hope you all come back next year!! You've all been a delight!

Go Roswell Wrestling! Hope to see you all at the Little Kids Banquet on the 21st at Monkey Joes!

Year End Banquet Information!

Middle School:

The Middle School Team's Banquet will be held at Your Pie (one of our Newest Roswell Wrestling Sponsors) - located in the same shopping plaza as Taco Mac. Address: 625 West Crossville Rd., Suite 110,
Roswell, GA 30075


Sunday March 13th at 4:00 PM - check your email for the evite from Kym Gatti to RSVP or email her directly @ kgatti@popslandscaping.com with any questions.

Elementary School:

The Elementary School Team's Banquest will be held at Monkey Joe's (a new Roswell Wrestling Partner) located at: 700 Holcomb Bridge Rd. Suite 200, Roswell, GA 30076 (Pizza provided by Pizza Vito another Roswell Wrestling Sponsor).

Monday, March 21st at 6:30 - 8:30 pm - check your email for the evite from Jeff/Karen Miller to RSVP or email us directly @ jeffkarmil@charter.net with any questions.

We've had a wonderful season this year - hate to see it end! Please join us at your respective banquet to say goodbye for the Season and help us to celebrate the accomplishments of your wonderful wrestlers! We hope to see you there!!

Congratulations to our JRs at State Today!

Congratulations to all of our JRs who qualified for Big Kids State today - there was a lot of fierce competition. Even if you didn`t make it to a finals round, you all put in some great efforts! To make it to the State tournament is a huge accomplishment - you had to work hard to get there!! We are extremely proud of you all!
We had two State Placers Today:

Johnathan Kwateng - U14/120 -2nd  State Runner-Up
Ryan Willis - U14/210 - 4th Place

CONGRATULATIONS!!! GO HORNETS!!!

Congratulations Roswell JR Hornets!! WOW!!

Way to go Roswell JR Hornets!  What a great season and what a great bunch of wrestlers we have!  You all have worked hard in both practices and matches! We are proud of each and every one of you - keep working and learning!


Wrestling is a difficult sport - you practice for hours for just a few minutes on the mat in competition and in competition, it's just you, your opponent and the mat for just minutes of emotionally charged and physically challenging "work." 


You've all have risen to the challenge of the work effort and while outcomes of matches may not have met your expectations, remember how many new moves you've learned, your first take down, your first reversal, your first nearfall, your first pin, your first win, your first tourney placement ...we've been there excited for you on all those firsts. It takes practice, determination and dedication - you've all shown that, we couldn't be more proud of our wrestlers! You all have done wonders this year! Be proud, we are!!


Also, be proud to be part of a team who sent 29 wrestlers to qualifiers this weekend! That's amazing! You are amazing kids and you will go far, stick with it! We are sticking with you!!! It takes a room full of dedicated kids with tenacity to practice day after day to build a team, take pride in being part of the team! WOW, what a great job and a great season you've all had!

Also, to each and everyone our wrestlers who were able to participate in Qualifiers today - you ALL showed great effort, courage and gave it your all - be proud of your accomplishments, WE are proud of ALL of you! There was some tough competition out there today. Out of our 29 wrestlers, 22 of your teammates have earned a slot in state - that is the most in the history of the JR Hornet program that we've ever been able to send to the respective state tournaments!


Elementary School Qualifiers:
Gavin Pope - 1st -  U6/43
David Cartier - 1st - U10/58
Paul Tchio - 1st - U10/155
Cameron Schwartz -  2nd -  U10/70
Parker Gebhardt - 2nd - U10/76
John Copenhaver - 2nd - U10/91
Coleman Anderson - 2nd - U10/120
Grant Whiteman - 2nd - U10/120
Christian Cartier - 3rd - U8/57
Gilles Tchio - 3rd - U8/ 68
Vince Rittmeyer - 4th - U8/57


Middle School Qualifiers:
Jonathan Kwateng - 1st -  U14/120
Ryan Willis - 1st - U14/210
Nick Oats - 2nd - U12/61
Demarco Gatti - 2nd -  U14/125
Robert Copenhaver -  3rd - U14/120
Cameron Whiteman - 3rd -  U14/210
Matthew Fezza - 4th -  U12/90
Trenton Brown  - 4th - U14/95
Brian Slewitzke - 4th - U14/100
Reggie White - 4th - U14/110
Isaiah Hawkins - 4th - U14/170


Good Luck at State!! Go Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling!!

Harry Lester wins 2011 Dave Schultz Memorial International

Harry Lester wins first tournament back. During Harry's brief stay in Roswell he had an impact on a lot of our wrestlers. Congrats Harry
Greco-Roman GR 66 KG - Justin Lester's place is 1st and has scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Justin Lester (U.S Army) won by decision over Furgak Mariusz (Poland) (Dec 4-0,3-1)
Champ. Round 2 - Justin Lester (U.S Army) won by pin over Daniel Sotonieves (United States Marine Corps) (Pin 1:24)
Quarterfinal - Justin Lester (U.S Army) won by decision over Emiliyan Todorov (Bulgaria) (Dec 0-1,1-0,1-0)
Semifinal - Justin Lester (U.S Army) won by decision over Stig Andre Berge (Norway) (Dec 1-0,1-0)
1st Place Match - Justin Lester (U.S Army) won by pin over Yuji Okamoto (Japan) (Pin 1-7,0:40)

Volunteers will be needed for the Little Kids State Tournament - 3/12

All, the Roswell program will be hosting the Little School State Duals at Milton on Saturday, March 12, 2011.

We need volunteers to work tables, work admissions, security, concessions, the hospitality room, data entry -- etc.  We are going to use the Roswell Folkstyle classic volunteer list as the basis for our volunteer slots. We realize that many folks are on to other sports in March, but we need to have all of our Parents (High School Middle School and Elementary School) parents involved in volunteering. If we don't have you, we don't have a tournament.  This is a fund raiser that helps us replace "selling stuff."

If you know of a youth group or are involved in a youth group who need to do community service or who would be willing to volunteer, please let Karen Miller know @ jeffkarmil@yahoo.com . We need boppers aged 10+, runners 8th grade + and assistance with additonal operations.

We mostly need parents to do brackets, table coordination, timing, scoring, security, concessions, admissions among other duties.


Karen Miller will be coordinating volunteer slots for the tournament - the Middle School State Duals was a Milton tournament, the Little School State is a Roswell Tournament. We will be also reaching out to Milton for volunteers, but need our program to step up for key positions.

If you've ever worked a tournament before (or have been to a tournament before) - the goal of Roswell tournaments is to have every position filled and every function to work like clockwork in order to have no issues. Nobody likes downtime and nobody likes having to go to a tournament that runs smoothly. We need your help - so please start planning your schedules to be available on March 12th and March 13th to work the Little Kids state tournament. This is a big deal for Roswell and helps to keep our registration fees low for your wrestlers!

You will be seeing more in email this next few weeks regarding the tournament and proposed training classes.

If you have any questions regarding volunteer positions, please direct them to Karen Miller at jeffkarmil@yahoo.com.

Thanks,
Karen Miller
Roswell JR Hornets - Admin.

Congratulations to our Middle School Team for Placing 5th in the USA Division!

Congratulations to our Middle School Dual Team for placing 4th in the USA Division at Middle School Duals!

This is a great accomplishment for our wrestlers - we gave up 2 slots (automatic 12 point loss) and ended up wrestling-back to accomplish placement in the USA division.  In the USA division there were 14 Teams, we ended up 5th! Over all at the State duals there were 30 teams.  So we held our own and did remarkable well, as we knew our wrestlers would!  Can you all imagine what we'd do if we had all of our slots filled!

We wrestled well and all of our wrestlers put on their "A" game - we are so proud of you all. We are proud of all of our parents too!!

Great Job Roswell JR Hornet Wrestling!

Good Luck to Our Roswell Middle School Team @ Middle School State Duals

Best of luck to our middle school team at the GA State Middle School Duals - there will be a lot of fierce wrestling and many tough teams - we know you will show your "A" game and you will have your teammates and wrestling partners right there beside you, cheering you on!

You guys had a great showing at Pope Duals even when we were down four slots  - make each point count!

You all are fine wrestlers, keep the momentum going  - keep the teamwork going and do wonders! 

Good Luck Roswell Wrestling Middle School Dual Team at State Duals!!

Go Roswell!

Roswell Beacon Article - Way To Go Varsity Hornets!!

Roswell Wrestlers Headed to State After Winning Region Duals


On January 8 the Roswell Hornets Varsity Wrestlers did something no team in school history had ever done: they placed first at the region meet.

The Hornets grappled their way to the 6 – AAAAA Duals at West Forsyth High School knocking off the host Wolverines in the championship round.

In round one the third seeded Hornets dominated Northview with a 68-12 win. In round two, Roswell had to take on No. 2 seed North Forsyth. The round two match was filled with drama and it came down to the last match. Sam Cowart (senior) clinched the win when he pinned his opponent in the third round to give Roswell a 35-24 victory. And

In the finals, Roswell upped the drama when they beat West Forsyth by only one point (34-33). The team had intense workouts and sacrificed their winter break. This is the first time in the history of Roswell that the team will be going to the State Duals Championship in Macon.

Congratulations to Head Coach Evan Goff, and Assistant Coaches Travis Carr & Daniel Brunner. Senior Co-Captains Jake Martin and Brent Zucker helped lead the team to victory. Team members (listed with their weight class) include: Brennan Ninesling - 103, Rowdy Miller- 112, Jake Martin – 119, Brent Zucker – 125,Charles Routt – 130, Eric Lewis – 135, Chaz Gunning – 140, Conner Slewitzke – 145, Corey Wilson – 152, Sam Cowart – 160, Andrew Kwateng – 171, Nick Hodges – 189, Timmy Thomas – 215 and Max Navarra – Heavyweight

Other varsity team members that were present at the tournament were Danny Bazemore, Miller Smith and Patrick Partain. Roswell has been celebrating a successful season so far by taking a second place finish in the Turkey Trot Duals and second in the Morgan County Tournament.

****** WAY TO GO ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING ******

Hornets win area, move on to state - NeighborNewspapers.com Article

1/13/11 -  Hornets win area, move on to state - By Ryan Peck -  peck@neighbornewspapers.com

(Photo Caption: The Roswell Hornets celebrate their Area 6AAAAA dual championship at West Forsyth last weekend. It was the first area team title in school history for Roswell, which will head to Macon for the Class-AAAAA state championships in February).

In what marked the biggest weekend in Roswell wrestling in quite some time, the Hornets swept through the area duals at West Forsyth on Saturday and snagged the 6AAAAA team title.

The area championship marked the first dual title in school history and clinched a berth in the state duals, which have been rescheduled for Feb. 24 to 26 in Macon due to inclement weather across the state this week.

At West Forsyth, Roswell dispatched Northview (68-12), North Forsyth (35-24) and the home-standing Wolverines (34-33) in the final round, setting off a celebration and clinching a Hornets berth in the GHSA state festivities next month.

"It's just huge, because when I first started with the program three years ago we forfeited three weight classes (at area) and finished eighth out of 10 (teams)," said RHS head coach Evan Goff, who had served as a Roswell assistant the previous two years.

"In just a matter of three years, winning in a new region - one of the strongest in terms of depth in the whole state - it means a great deal," Goff added.

At state, the fifth-seeded Hornets will battle Benedictine in the first round at the Macon Centreplex. If it advances, Roswell will face the winner of Kennesaw Mountain-Parkview in the second round with a potential semifinal matchup against top-seed and perennial state power Collins Hill looming after that.

Back at West Forsyth, the Hornets were led by Chaz Gunning (140 pounds), Jake Martin (119) and Corey Wilson (152). Goff said freshmen Rowdy Miller (112) and Charles Routt (130) also came up big, wrestling beyond their years in a hostile environment.

"Every West Forsyth person was there pulling for [the Wolverines]," said Goff. "It was great to overcome the hometown crowd and kinda shut 'em up. Our kids were definitely excited, but we were classy about it. We definitely felt deserving."

Roswell was the lone north Fulton program to advance to the state duals in Macon. Milton, which had narrowly defeated Roswell earlier this season, finished third at the 6AAAAA duals.

Now moving on to state, Goff and the Hornets feel like they will be playing with house money.

"Our chances of winning are slim, but our goal is to come out there and knock off some teams," he said.

With the delay, Roswell (11-2) now shifts its focus to a Wednesday home match against Lassiter. The rescheduled state duals will follow the traditional tournaments for area, sectional and state, which are scheduled to take place the first three weekends in February.

Folkstyle Classic has been Cancelled

The Roswell Folkstyle Classic scheduled for January 15, 2011 has been cancelled. Fulton County has cancelled all activities at all of their schools this weekend, which includes the Folkstyle Classic.

We are very disappointed at having to cancel - we were looking forward to some great competition and a great tournament. Thanks for your support!

We hope to see you all next year!!

Roswell HS Varsity Wrestling Area 6-5A Champions!

Take a look at the Roswell High School Area 6-5A Championship Team!

This is a a monumental accomplishment and we are so proud of  Roswell Wrestling.

Most of the wrestlers on the High School Team came through our JR program. 

Each and everyone of the wrestlers pictured above on the High School team have lost matches when it was thought they would win and have also have won matches when it was though that they would lose. Anyone can win any bout at any given time, seize the opportunity and wrestle smart.

From the JR program to the HS program - our best wishes - wrestle smart and you'll do wonders!!

Middle School Team - Tremendious Effort!

A job well done today to our Middle School Dual Team, even if it doesn't seem that way. Just remember, we gave up 30 team points before we even stepped on the mat for the first bout of each round (5 unfilled slots - total of 6 team points per forfeit(6X5=30)) - we were playing catch up and almost did a few times, so we have some talent!! That's huge and needs to be developed!  

We had some stellar matches and wrestled well  and actually had some close team scores - Just imagine what we could have done with a full roster! The thing about duals is that while, individually it's always great to win, but to be there! If you aren't there on a team and we have to forfeit, we lose 6 points. If you get caught and lose by points that's only a 3-4 point loss - if another team doesn't have a wrestler at your weight, we get 6 points. So, it's important as a team that we have a full roster.  Even if you are an alternate, that is an important part of a dual team, you are there to support your teammates and just as important as the starting lineup.

The dual format is how you will wrestle in High School and  the one thing that we hope all of our Middle Schooler's learned today is that whatever you do on the mat, affects what happens to the rest of your teammates.  We had some tight matches that could have gone either way and we had a few upset matches as well. Keep that in mind as prepare for the Middle School State Duals at Milton on January 22, 2011. Most of our middle schoolers who helped Roswell place 4th in Division and 7th in State last year are back with us this year - we have some fantastic wrestlers and hope our missing ones today can join us for the State tournament.

You all represented Roswell well, we are all proud of each and everyone of you for your sportsmanship and support of one another - that is first and foremost of our program.

Your High School "brothers" won their first Dual Regional Championship yesterday in the history at Roswell, that is huge!   Shake off individual losses and even today's team losses at the Duals - you all showed that you were a team, lets work as a team to learn from mistakes and to work with each other to build on our strengths!  

Way to go JR Hornet Middle School - you wrestled great today!!! Keep working!!

Roswell Folkstyle Classic Training

It takes a lot of vounteers to run a tournament - we need each family in the JR program to volunteer for at least one session at the Folkstyle Classic - we have a morning session for the elementary kids and will have the afternoon session for the middle school kids.  We will be working 2 other tournaments this year, Middle School State Duals, January 22, 2011 and the Little Kids State Tournament.

We need table workers as there is a possibility that the High School Varsity Team may qualify for area state duals the same weekend as our Folkstyle Classic. If you are new to the sport, brackets are a great way to get more involved, if you have some experience volunteering at one of our tournaments, volunteer for a table coordinator, timer or scorer position. We will be having training through out the month of January in preparation for the tournaments.

Handouts for the training can be found on the Roswell Folkstyle Classic Website. Click on volunteers.

Next Training Sessions:
Monday, January 3rd, at 7:00 pm at the new training facility.

Wednesday, January 5th, at 6:30 pm at the new training facility.

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