Justin -

I have followed your efforts over the past few weeks. I think it is great the way you have approached and organized your Senior Project to get a high school wrestling team started at Sterling High School.

In your last post, you mentioned wanting some quotes/statistics on the impact that wrestling can have in the classroom, in life and maybe even in other sports. There is a great guide that we share with your Club Wrestling Parents called the "2005 Second Edition Parent's Guide to Youth Wrestling." You can download the PDF version of this book at: http://www.youthwrestlingguide.com/

On pages 5 to 12 are many of the positive benefits of wrestlng. There are also some notable figures that have wrestled on Page 19. This publication was endorsed by USA Wrestling and may be of use to you.

In addition to my job as a technology coordinator and coach, I also manage a technology consulting company. In the past several years, Integrated Technology Consultants has donated wrestling statistics software to high schools that have started new teams in eastern Kansas.

I would like to offer to your planning group, a donation of Champion Wrestling Stats 5.0 if your school starts a wrestling team. This will be a new,licensed to your school, version that is valued at $70.

Every little bit helps. You might even be able to find a couple of tournaments in your area that might waive the entry fee to their tournaments the first year as another incentive to help you get started???

Good Luck in the coming weeks! Let me know via e-mail once you get the official decision.

Doug Vander Linden
Burlington Wrestlng
dougvanderlinden@hotmail.com