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.

Article on Coach Faires entering Hall of Fame

Hall of Famer Former Red Bank and UTC wrestling star Randy Faires will be inducted into the Georgia Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame on May 1 in Norcross, Ga.

http://chattanoogan.com/articles/article_191300.asp