Schoolboy,Novice,Midget wrestlers: TEAM KS WANTS YOU![

Team Kansas is searching for the Best the State has to offer. You have the opportunity to represent KS and compete for the Triple Crown and Dominator Belts.

This is an excellent program for KS athletes to compete in the Junior Olympic Program and gain National exposure! To qualify for the best kids team KS has ever assembled you must attend the camp and compete in the Southern Plains Tournament in Hays June 10-16. It is strongly recommended that you compete in the State Tournament in Junction City June 2.

The Triple Crown is awarded to athletes who win National titles in all three wrestling styles. (Folk,Free,GR) Folkstyle nationals is the week after State in Iowa. For more info contact Ned Price or Barry Disney.
The Olympic Style(FS/GR) Nationals, http://www.wiwrestling.com/WWF/kidsnatl.htm are held in Green Bay WI July 5-8, with camp tentatively scheduled for July 1-4.

Do you have what it takes to represent KS? For more information and to reserve your spot on the trip to Green Bay contact Kyle Roberts, news4kyle@yahoo.com , 620-617-8627.

I am working on putting out a flyer for Team Kansas. The newly released National Tournament Flyer for Schoolboy/girl, Novice, and Midget is now available. The entry fee will be $60 for both styles or $35 for one. I am working on a package similar to that of the Middle School Dual team (Hopefully no more than $300). I welcome input and any insight from around Kansas on any aspects of the trip, team, and coaches. The Freestyle and Greco season is upon us and I will update information and specifics as they are available. Good Luck to all this weekend at Folkstyle State!

I was impressed this weekend at the Kansas State Folkstyle Tournament, with the event cordinators, wrestlers, parents, and vendors. Best of luck to all Kansas wrestlers this week/weekend as they compete for National Titles!

This weekend proved to be successful for the Kids National FS/GR Team. I am pleased to announce Coaches Jeremy Biddle, Chad Parks, Larry Perez, and Danny Grater have confirmed their involvement with this event.

Keep up the good work as we finish the Folkstyle season and kick off the Junior Olympic season. Some suggested events this summer include:

April
14-28 Blue Chip Series in KC area

May
5 Pratt/Great Bend-tentative-
6-10 Schoolboy Duals Indy IN
12 Manhattan
19 Andover-tentative-

June
2 State Junction City
10-16 Southern Plains Camp/Tournament
24-27 All-American Camp Winfield (Team Camp)not mandatory

July
5-8 Kids FS/GR Nationals Green Bay WI

Bring it Kansas! I look forward to seeing you this summer.

The Schoolboy duals are June 6-10. With the qualifier at the Manhattan FS tournament. See you there. I also have a waiver for the Schoolboy kids to arrive at Southern Plains camp a day or so late since we will be just coming back from Indy.

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The staff has another great member confirmed for the trip. Tyler Gonzalez of FHSU will be a coach. I can't wait for the season to unfold and see the KS creme rise to the top! I have been putting together fundraising info and hammering out the details of the trip. I look forward to seeing you on the mat. For more info or ideas feel free to contact me. Our schedule so far is as follows:

This spring and summer look to be filling up FAST!
We will start practice Monday 17th for our FS/GR season:

April 19th Larry Perez UNK will put on a Rules/Technique Clinic
April 21st in Oak Park
April 28th in Lenexa
MAY 5th in PRATT/GREAT BEND (BCCC) 6 mats
May 12th Manhattan
May 19th ???
May 26th ???
June 2nd State
June 10-16 Southern Plains
June 27th Ironman Omaha
July 5-8 Kids FS/GR Natls Green Bay

This is what it looks like so far. I am in the planning stages on working out workouts throughout district 4 this summer. Let me know of any other good tournaments to fill in the gaps. Good Luck KS wrestlers.

With the 07 Southern Plains Tournament behind us we have 2 weeks until we leave for Green Bay!

Team Kansas will have the opportunity to take approximately 40 young athletes who participated in the Regional tournament this past weekend.

Midget
J.P. Gallegos
Connor Penka
Tristan Porsch
Trevor Houser
Chase Prester
A.J. Cooper

Novice
Hunter Roberts
Greg Jones
Jared Suppes
Austin Cook
Brett Roberts
Mauricio Rojas
Gage Younger
Levi Eck
Landon Younger
Nick Sells
Connor Wagh
Aerial Groene
Gavin Grater
PJ Carter
Jared Langley
Raymond Gallegos

Schoolboy/girl
Tommy Williams
Riley Hunsicker
Matthew Heim
Calvin Ochs
Dylan Penka
Brandon Charbonneau
Uylesses Deshazer
Austin Lopez
Seth Otis
Ben Thoman
Brock Long
Eric Albers
Matt Reed
Brad Wagner
Joey Cavello
Eric Mason

I encourage all of these athletes to participate in this years 1st organized Team Kansas. Many of you have expressed great interest in attending. Please contact me as soon as possible to reserve your spot on the team.

hi coach this is david bennett from wichita kansas tohk that wrestled for team kansas at 140 the one u helped coach in my match i think at hays ks,any how coach knox told me to ask if there was anyway tht i could get catch a ride to green bay with u guys and also wht would be the cost and everything for me to go and stuff send me a message or call me at 316-688-1254 and please let me know or i will just give u a call. thanks

Parents and wrestlers,

Our trip is coming up in a week and we are getting the details in order. We will be tentatively leaving on July 3rd and returning the 9th. I am working out the details on a layover in Omaha or Des Moines which will coordinate with a camp to get a workout in before we arrive in Green Bay. The package deal for the wrestlers will include travel, entry fee, t-shirt and shorts, and motel for around $250 USD.They should bring some spending money for meals, entertainment, souvenirs. I believe we will have van space for any parents or coaches who would like to make the trip. Motel rooms in Green Bay are $60 a night. We will be staying across the street from Lambeau field, walking distance to the arena. Registration is due June 30th along with a $100 deposit. More details as they are available. We are taking ideas for our shirts artwork, please email me with any suggestions.

Thanks

12 young men have confirmed their spots on Team Kansas with one week left before Green Bay.

Jared Suppes
Trever Houser
Eric Mason
Tommy Williams
Dylan Penka
Connor Penka
Jared Langley
Brock Long
Hunter Roberts
Riley Hunsicker
Brett Roberts
Connor Wagh

We have 5 more days to get registered. Don't be kicking yourself next year for not making the trip. Give me a call today!

Kyle

Kansas Kids National Team Itinerary for Green Bay
July 3rd-9th

Tuesday July 3rd- 12:30pm Lawrence Ks
1:00pm Departure
6:00pm Arrival in Iowa City Travelodge

Wednesday July 4th- 7:30am wakeup/run
8:00am Breakfast
9:00am Departure
3:00pm Arrival in Green Bay
4:00pm Hotel check in
4pm-12am Celebration

Thursday July 5th- 9:00am wakeup/run
9:30am Breakfast
1:00pm Workout
3:30pm Greco Technique Clinic
5:00pm weigh in card pickup
6:00pm Weighin

Friday July 6th- 7:00am Wakeup/Breakfast
8:00am Greco Rules Clinic
8:30am-? Greco Preliminaries through Finals
5:00pm Freestyle Weigh in card pickup
6:00pm Weighin

Saturday July 7th- 8:00am Wakeup/Breakfast
9:15 Freestyle Rules Clinic
9:30am Opening Ceremonies
10:00am-2pm FS Session 1
4pm-7pm Session 2

Sunday July 8th- 8:00am Wakeup/Breakfast
9am-5pm Preliminaries through Finals
5pm Departure
10pm Arrival in Iowa City Travelodge

Monday July 9th- 8:15am Wakeup/Breakfast
9:00am Departure
3:00pm Arrival in Lawrence
Sessions and schedule subject to change

Wrestlers: Remember to bring wrestling shoes, headgear, red/blue singlets, bloodrag, running shoes, gameface.

Remember Noon Saturday June 30th Registration Deadline

Team Kansas leaves tomorrow. I believe everything is in place, give me a call with any questions.

I agree with Akin's assessment of Team Kansas in another post and I know the group making the trip to Green Bay will be well prepared by the time they are Cadets and Juniors.

Have a Safe and Happy 4th!

Team Kansas has arrived in Green Bay today at 4pm. Hope all have had a safe and happy Independence Day! Looks like we will have 15 wrestlers competing this weekend. Weigh ins are tomorrow at 6pm.

What a great experience for the youth of Kansas! We had a great trip and made some new friends.

I would like to thank all those who made this years trip possible:

Will Cokeley for arranging the van transportation
Larry Perez, and Tyler Gonzales for their coaching and leadership
Tom Williams, T. Houser, Jerry Dale, Dave Langley, Gunner Wagh, Doug Penka for their support
All the parents for allowing their kids to compete on the national level
USAWKS board for their support, and
Blue Chip Athletics for our team gear.

I look foward to many great years to come!

GO TEAM KS!

We had a great trip. I would also like to thank the parents, coaches, and kids for allowing this to happen. This is what Kansas need. And again Kyle thinks again for putting this all together!

Larry Perez
785-506-2723