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Wisconsin
Wrestling Federation
2006 Annual Meeting
Wintergreen Resort
Wisconsin Dells, WI
October 15, 2006
Board Members Present:
Dave Black Chuck York Sandy Russell
Terry Stone
Jeff Jones Fred Kasper Scott
Schmitz Jon Mudlauf
Sue Dulon Steve Hensel Eric Lehrke
Jeff Micholic Shaun Shirley Jeff
Buntrock
Duffy Brelsford Mark Hemauer Kevin Black
Glenn Goessl
Rachel Kerion Steve Paulus
After introducing the Board
of Directors to the membership, Chairperson Dave Black called to approve the WWF
Annual Meeting minutes from 2005. The request was granted by the membership.
The first item on the agenda was to present the 2006 WWF
age-level wrestling awards.
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Women’s Award
presented by Kevin Black to Alyssa Lampe of Tomahawk, WI.
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Kid’s Award
presented by Glenn Goessl to Jesse Thielke of Germantown, WI.
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Cadet’s Award
presented by Scott Schmitz to Cole Schmidt of Sugar River, WI.
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Ben Provisor of
Stevens Point, WI was recognized as the USA Cadet Greco Wrestler of the Year.
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Junior’s Award
presented by Duffy Brelsford to Trevor Branvold of River Falls, WI.
Next, Dave Black
introduced distinguished guests:
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Dave Malachek the
newly appointed head coach from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse (formerly
of Wartburg College).
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Joe Miller of All
American Supply (official merchandise supplier of USA Wrestling.
Next, Dave Black called
for the Age-Level Director reports:
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Kids Director
Glenn Gossel spoke about the School Boy Duals team placing second in the
championship match. He informed the membership that the Kids Folkstyle
Nationals Tournament would be held in Cedar Falls, IA., and explained that this
year the uniform package would be made available for the event.
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Cadet Director Scott Schmitz thanked the state coaches, parents,
and officials for all their help this year, making his transition to the
director position an easy one. Schmitz also recognized the Cadet Greco
all-Americans Glen-Allen Kendl second at 275 lbs., Zach Anderson third at 275
lbs., and Sam Engelland eighth at 171 lbs., and Cadet Freestyle All-American
Derek Olson eighth at 119 lbs. Schmitz also made special mention for the two
Wisconsin Cadet Greco National Champions, Cole Schmitt at 135 lbs. and Ben
Provisor at 140 lbs.
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Junior Director
Duffy Brelsford urged the membership to find more ways to provide Wisconsin
Juniors with Freestyle and Greco matches and tournaments in the off season. He
emphasized a need to hold more Friday night tournaments in all areas around the
state. Brelsford also made special mention of the Wisconsin Junior Greco
All-Americans including: Dustin Bauman fourth at 215 lbs., Grant Sutter seventh
at 105 lbs., and Carl DeLuca eighth at 105 lbs. As well as the Wisconsin Junior
Freestyle All-Americans including: Trevor Branvold fifth at 189 lbs. and T.J.
Wunnicke sixth at 119 lbs.
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Dave Black
concluded the age-level report by explaining how wrestlers who chose to wrestle
both styles in the future (Greco and Freestyle) and who placed in the top two of
their weight class would be eligible to wrestle in an elite camp to be offered
next summer.
Next on the agenda were
the State Pairers and Officials reports.
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Sue Dulon, State
Pairers Director and Treasurer, spoke of the training of new pairers around the
state using computerized upgrades and tests to help the effort. She spoke of
traveling to Florida to pair the nation’s first beach wrestling tournament where
officials and pairers had to keep pace with an average of 27 bouts an hour. She
encouraged the membership to join the ranks of Wisconsin Pairers and Officials,
citing the benefits of travel, adventure, and fun.
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Steve Paulus,
State Officials Director, spoke of the honor it was to work with 33 of the
best-qualified and hardest working officials in the nation. Paulus made special
mention of Casey Goessl the USA 2006 Official of the Year. Paulus called for
need for more officials and encouraged the membership to sponsor and support new
officials in their area.
Next on the agenda were the Board of
Directors elections
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Motion was made
by Chuck York and seconded by Mark Hemauer for Kevin Black to become the new
Women’s Director. Kevin Black was elected as the Women’s Director by unanimous
vote of the membership.
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Both Glenn Goessl
and Tony Turner were nominated by the membership to be the Kids Director. In a
majority vote by the membership Tony Turner was chosen as the Kids Director.
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Motion was made
by Rachel Kerion and seconded by Jeff Micholic to elect Scott Schmitz the Cadet
Director. Scott Schmitz was elected the Cadet Director by unanimous vote.
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Motion was made
by Jeff Jones and seconded by Scott Arneson to elect Duffy Brelsford as the
Junior Director. Duffy Brelsford was elected the Junior Director by unanimous
vote.
Next on the agenda was the Membership Report by
Membership Secretary Sandy Russell.
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Russell
encouraged the membership to send paperwork for club charter and tournaments to
the annual meeting ahead of time for a timesaver. She noted that the USA card
with labels should be used for clubs while only paperwork should be used to
handle the larger tournaments. Regardless if members are using labels or
paperwork, information should be filled out entirely.
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Russell also
encouraged the membership to use the WWF website where a club can easily attain
a password and username. The excel spreadsheet is easy to use and helps protect
against lost cards and checks.
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By filling out
tournament sheets and filing an event sanction, tournaments will be put on the
website calendar.
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By sending in
information and cards immediately members are protected by the USA insurance.
If injuries occur, it’s important to have information in the system. The card
covers for one year from September 1st through August 31st.
Also, it is important that when injuries occur, an accident report should be
filed as soon as possible (call Sandy).
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Even when cards
are pre-paid, information should be mailed to Sandy as soon as possible.
Next on the agenda was
the Tournament Committee Report by Tournament Director Jeff Jones
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Jeff Jones urged
the membership to visit the website for all tournament updates and information
at
www.wiwrestling.com
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This year we will
continue to use on-line registration for folkstyle regionals as well as a Friday
night weigh-in.
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The State Greco
Tournament will be held at Fondulac H.S. April 21st and will also
have a Friday night weigh-in, including satellites around the state.
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The State
Freestyle Tournament will continue to be held at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln H.S.
Friday night weigh-in and on-line pre-registration will be available as well.
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The USA National
Kids Folkstyle tournament will be held in the Uni-Dome in Cedar Falls IA again.
Check the website for details.
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If you need to
enter a new member wrestler on the birth year list, you need to send a copy of
the birth certificate to: Sue Dulon 6731 Whitnall Edge Rd, Franklin, WI 53132.
Make sure you send the name of the town or wrestling club where you live with
the birth certificate.
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The Northern
Plains will be held the third weekend in June in Rochester, Mn 2008.
Next on the agenda was the State Coach
report
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Mike DeRoan, Head
Coach U.W. Oshkosh, World Class Wrestling Club was selected by the Board of
Directors as the successor to the position vacated by Kevin and Tony Black.
DeRoan understands the full spectrum of age-level athletes and possesses a
strong desire to improve the level of wrestling in Wisconsin.
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Kent Shei of
Milton made a motion to accept Mike DeRoan as the new State Coach. Tammi Miroco
of Berlin seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
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The membership
was informed that the state coach change would not effect or change the camps.
In fact, a new camp (elite camp) will be added to our summer offerings.
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For more
information about summer camps, members were urged to check the website.
Next on the agenda was
to review the proposed budget.
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It was noted that
the State Chairman’s budget had all miscellaneous items listed in the column.
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Discussion-
Question was asked from the floor about the smaller bank balance. Answer- The
balance reveals loss of previous grant from USA Wrestling, declining membership,
and loss of the Northern Plains income.
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Eric Lehrke made
the motion to accept the proposed annual budget. Scott Schmitz seconded.
Motion passed unanimously.
Next item on the agenda
was to amend the proposed language to the by-laws.
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All monetary
donations to the WWF must be deposited directly to the WWF account and be
distributed at the discretion of the WWF Board of Directors. The chairperson or
the Board of Directors of the WWF must first approve donation or gift requests
before the donations are received.
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Women’s Division
Director and necessary budget will be added to the Board of Directors effective
10-15-06.
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(Revision of age
level director duties for Kids and Cadet item #7, Junior item #6): Make
arrangements for dual team and national team camps and order uniform packages
for national teams.
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Jeff Jones
motioned to accept the proposed by-law revisions. Mark Hemauer seconded the
motion. Motion passed unanimously.
Next item on the agenda
was Other Business.
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Scott Arneson
inquired about bids for the state tournaments. Answer- The Tournament site bids
are opened on the website and listed in the Crossface Magazine.
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Scott Arneson
inquired about the district 5 policy of mandating an additional WWF tournament
for regional hosts. Answer- the district policy was approved at the district
level in an effort to promote more USA sanctioned tournaments up north.
Motion to
adjourn was made by Scott Schmitz. Jan Werner of LaCrosse seconded the motion.
Meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully
submitted,
Jeff Micholic
Board Secretary
District 5 Representative
2005 Annual Meeting Notes
Wisconsin Wrestling Federation
Tomah Holiday Inn
Tomah, Wisconsin
10/16/2005
2005
Wisconsin Wrestling Federation Annual Meeting Notes:
Members
present:
Mike Marr
Shawn Shirley
Dave Black
Tony Black
Glenn Goessl
Steve Paulus
Kevin Black
Mark Hemauer
Jeff Jones
Eric Lehrke
Jeff Buntrock
Sue Dulon
Dale Pedretti
Jim Chapman
Sandy
Russell
Terry Stone
Duffy Brelsford
Jeff Micholic
State Chairman
Dave Black introduced the Board of Directors to the membership. Steve Hensell was
recognized as the new district 3
representative replacing Barb Groth. Black
informed the membership that Wisconsin has over 6800 card-carrying members in USA
Wrestling,
which places it fifth overall in the nation. He
also commented that Wisconsin has continued to hold its costs down for the membership
offering
the lowest priced national camps and uniform packages.
Awards:
State Co-Clinician Kevin Black introduced the Girls Wrestler of the Year:
Amber Lee Ebert who was a runner up in Fargo last summer
and attended the developmental camp in Colorado Springs, Co.
Glenn Goessl, Kids Director, introduced Ben Best from Nekoosa as the
Wisconsin Schoolboy Wrestler of the Year.
Mike Marr, Cadet Director, introduced Kendall Vogel as the Wisconsin Cadet
Wrestler of the Year.
Duffy Brelsford, Junior Director introduced Max Askren as the Wisconsin
Junior Wrestler of Year.
Director Reports:
Kids: Goessl informed the
membership that the Kids Duals would be held in Indianapolis, IN. And the Schoolboy duals
with Minnesota will be
held in St. Croix Falls on June 6th. Members
should watch for details concerning the new rule changes.
Details will be given at the State
Folkstyle Tournamen and be posted on the web site. A
selection process to pick the traveling teams at the Kids age-level will be shared by
Goessl and the State Coaches.
Goessl reported that this summer the Wisconsin won the team Greco tournament
at the Schoolboy Duals in Indianapolis beating
Pennsylvania for the first time in 28 years of the history of the duals. Wisconsin was also the consolation champions of the
freestyle
competition.
Cadets: Marr spoke for the Wisconsin Cadets noting good
numbers for Northern Plains Tournament. The
cadets wrestled well for the
national duals, and they enjoyed six all-Americans in Fargo, including: Ben Povisor, Zak Cibula, Kendall Vogel, Seth Moe,
Jake Klesch, and
Grant Sutter in Greco. Zak Cibula and, Bobby
Wunnicke in Freestyle. Marr encouraged
wrestlers from the kids level to continue to wrestle
at the cadet level. Team Wisconsin’s
success depends upon getting the best kids to compete at the cadet level.
Dave Black spoke briefly about wrestlers receiving money back at the end of
the year after attending all of the state sponsored events,
including: state tournaments, northern Plains, dual tournaments, and nationals. This tier kickback payment is designed for
wrestlers who
competed in all of the Wisconsin sponsored events to ease the cost and to reward
wrestler’s diligence.
Juniors: Brelsford spoke for the Wisconsin Juniors. He named the all-Americans Max Askren in Freestyle
and Dustin Bauman and Eric
Metzler in Greco in Fargo. Brelsford
encouraged the membership to keep wrestling and support the Duals and national tournament.
Kevin Black spoke to the membership asking for a Women’s Director. That there is a position on the board available but
that it hasn’t been
filled. The women placed 7th
overall at the national duals. Black also
spoke of a program by USA wrestling, which is funding opportunities
for cadets and juniors called funded access. This
program provides opportunities to go to Olympic training center to train with our
nation’s
elite coaches and athletes.
Sandy Russell, state membership secretary spoke to the membership about the
packet that they received with their affiliation to
USAWrestling. She emphasized the fact that the
cost of membership ($50 affiliation charge) has not changed for several years. The cost
of a card has not increased in several years also. Russell
spoke of the pink sheet in the packet for athletes who lose their cards. The
Facilities and Insurance waiver sheets are also included in the packet. A web site sheet for each club with user name and
password is also
included. It allows for clubs to make up team
rosters and it would include card numbers and other pertinent information. The website will
help Sandy keep track of information as far as if clubs had not sold cards or returned
money to her. She spoke about procedures at the
regional folkstyle tournament and other tournaments, which will be on the tournament
information sheet.
Jeff Jones, State Tournament Director and Website manager, spoke of
tournament information. Any tournament site
holding a WWF
tournament should email Jones on the website with tournament information so that it can be
entered on the calendar. Users have utilized
the
website a great deal more in the past year.
Jones spoke of changes to weight classes for the State Folkstyle Tournament
series. Members should look on state forms
provided in your
packet or on the website for correct information. Eight
new weights will be added for the State Folkstyle Tournament. These changes will
add time ½ hour to the tournament. The new
weights should split up some of the larger weight classes.
Most new weight classes will see a
difference of three to five pounds. Jones also
spoke of limiting regional tournament sites to a $2 spectator fee for regional
tournaments.
Jones also strongly recommended that regional tournament hosts provide WIAA certified
officials at these tournaments. The board will
be
mandating certified officials next year.
Jones informed the membership that the State Freestyle Tournament held in
Wisconsin Rapids would be starting juniors and cadets age
groups at 8:30 A.M. on Saturday. He indicated
that these wrestlers should be done with second round matches by 11:00 A.M. This will
make room for the Kids age groups, which will be starting at 11am. Cadets and Juniors will then shrink down to four
mats and should be
done around 4:00 P.M. Kids should finish
around 6:00. The State Greco Tournament will
move to DePere High School. Trackwrestling.com
will be used at the state tournaments and pairers will be used at the various weigh-in
sites to help the tournaments to run more smoothly.
Jones added that the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation has won the bid to hold
the National Kids Freestyle/Greco Tournament for the next two years. A few changes will be made from last year,
including, using one day less. Last year 34
states were represented at the event. The
Northern Plains
Tournament will be held June 15-17 at the Alliant Energy Center. At the cadet level athletes may come from any
regional, which could boost
our numbers. In other changes the Folkstyle
Nationals will be moved back one week. Northern
Plains Juniors Tournament will be held in
Waterloo, and we are hoping to boost our state numbers of competitors over last year. The tournament would be a good opportunity for the
juniors to wrestle with the new rules.
Sue Dulon, State Treasurer and Pairing Official, spoke to the membership
about state pairers. The National officers
were impressed with
Trackwrestling, a tournament software package owned and managed by Justin Tritz, and they
will be anxious to try it in many different levels
of tournaments around the country this year. Dulon
called for new pairers to help out at tournaments. We
need parents to step up and learn
to pair. The process is computerized and made
to simplify the task. Parents need to fill out
a form in the packet and contact Sue. Dulon
wanted to extend a special “thank you” to Mary Black who does all hotel
reservations for tournaments. Dulon cautioned
parents to fill out
birth year registration legibly and to send a returning address if they send a birth
certificate. Dulon reminded potential pairers
that hotel and
milage is paid for by the federation not to mention the fact that they receive a nice
shirt to wear at tournaments and they always get time off
to watch your kids wrestle.
Steve Paulus, State Mat Official, was honored last year by being named mat
chairman at the Kids National Freestyle and Greco in Green
Bay. Paulus spoke of the new rules and the new
starting position of the reverse body lock position. He
encouraged members to look at the
book provided by USA. Last year, Paulus
recruited many officials for our tournament at Indianapolis.
This year, he is asking members to
consider becoming a mat official. Paulus
warned of numbers of mat officials being down around the nation.
Paulus commended Brian Coomer and Casey Goessl for becoming eligible to be
selected to work the next Olympic competition if all goes
as planned. He continued that Cody Goessl
would be up for the next Olympics in 2012, if he continues on the path that he has chosen.
However, Paulus urged the membership to consider becoming a mat official because we still need new blood. Paulus
asked the
membership to see the enclosed sheet in packet to sign up to become an official. Paulus continued by asking training sites to hold
more
tournaments, and site directors to call him to try to arrange for mat officials at these
events. Paulus concluded by reminding the
membership
that Copper and Bronze certificates are necessary to get on the floor at national events.
The Member-at-Large positions were elected for a two-year term. They included: Dave Black, Eric Lehrke, Chuck
York, and Mark Hemauer.
Dave Spencer moved to accept the budget.
Randy Dusing seconded the motion passed unanimously.
Dave Spencer moved to adjourn, Dale Spies seconded. Motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeff Micholic
State Secretary, District 5 director
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2004
Annual Meeting Notes
WWF Annual
Meeting
Holiday Inn, Tomah, WI
October 10, 2004
Board Members present:
Sue Dulon
Jeff Jones
Terry Stone
Dale Pedretti
Sandy Russell
Dave
Black
Jeff Micholic
Eric Lehrke
Duffy Brelsford
Jim Chapman
Glenn Goessl
Jeff Buntrock
Fred Lehrke
Mike Marr
Mark Hemauer
Steve Paulus
Shawn Shirley
State Chairperson DaveBlack
opened the meeting by polling the membership about holding next year’s meeting in
conjunction with the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association meeting held in early
November. No real concensus was expressed
about changing the time or location of the meeting. Black
continued by introducing the board members present.
The first item on the agenda was
to introduce the 2004 age level wrestlers of the year.
>Glenn Goessl, the state Kids
Director, introduced Zac Cibula from Luxemburg as the Wisconsin Schoolboy wrestler of
the year.
>Mike Marr, the state Cadet
Director, introduced Grant Sutter from Barneveld as the Wisconsin Cadet wrestler of the
year.
>Duffy Brelsford, the state Junior
Director, introduced Max Askren from Heartland Arrowhead as the Wisconsin Junior wrestler
of the year.
>Dave Black, the State Chairman,
introduced Alyssa Lampe from Tomahawk and Sarah Peasley from Kimberly as the Wisconsin
Girls wrestlers of the year.
Sandy Russell, Membership
Secretary, informed the membership about forms and fees for club charters and sanctioned
tournaments. She urged the membership to keep
track of the USA cards they purchase. Russell asked club organizers to send the purchased
card/stickers stubs along with the unsold cards back to her as soon as possible. She also advised regional tournament hosts to send
back paperwork with all information carefully filled out.
Russell also informed the membership that lost cards would cost $5 to
replace the first time and $30 to replace the second time they are lost. She suggested having USA cards laminated so that they cannot
easily be destroyed in the wash or some other way.
Jeff Jones, the State Tournament Director, spoke next about the changes
on the WWF website (www.wiwrestling.com/WWF
). He noted that lists of cardholders
would be posted on the web page. However, the
birth year of these individuals would not be released on the web site due to privacy
issues. Jones advised the membership that
forms for each of the WWF state tournaments were available in the assembly room and that
members could also use the website to download printable copies from their homes.
Jones addressed several changes
in this year’s tournament schedule. This
year the Regional Folkstyle tournament will be offering a Friday night optional weigh-in. The Saturday morning weigh-in would still be
available as before, but this year the Friday weigh-ins were offered in order to
accommodate the host site, the parents, and the wrestlers.
Jones made it clear that this option was not intended to encourage weight cutting
and reminded parents that the State Folkstyle Tournament would maintain strict adherence
to weight classes. No allowances or exceptions
for weight would be made.
Jones also noted that the five
and six year old age group that wrestled in the Regional Folkstyle Tournament last year
would be scratched from this year’s competition.
The age group was not eligible to wrestle in the State Folkstyle Tournament
previously, so the decision was made to eliminate it from the state series.
Another change discussed was the
location of the State Greco Tournament that was previously held in Middleton, WI, last year. This year the State Greco Tournament will be held
in Kimberly, WI.
Also, the USA National Kids Greco/Freestyle Tournament, which was previously
held in Menominee, WI, will be changed to the Brown County Arena in Green Bay, WI. Jones
also mentioned plans for entertaining a bid to the national office for the 2006 Northern
Plains tournament. He advised members to look
closely at the website for further details about upcoming tournament action.
The Age Level Directors each
spoke next about their respective age division events.
Glenn Goessl, State Kids Director, told members that the midget and novice
Minnesota Dual would again take place this year. Last
year was the first year of the event for midget and novice age level wrestlers, and since
the event was successful, it will be held again. The
event would probably occur on or near the Memorial Day weekend this year.
Dale Pedretti, Schoolboy coach,
spoke briefly about the Schoolboy Duals in Indiana and spoke highly of the event. This year the training camp for the duals will be
held at the Northern Plains in Rochester, MN. He
concluded by saying that the event offered a good opportunity for young wrestlers to face
difficult competition.
Goessl reminded parents that the
Kids divisions must compete at the Northern Plains this year if they intended to earn a
bid to the Kids National in Green Bay. Kids
must also compete at the state Greco/Freestyle tournaments, and place in the top six of
the weight class, if they intend on competing at the Northern Plains Tournament. Goessl encouraged parents to enter their child in
both styles in order to qualify for these events. Goessl
reminded parents that the Kids National Folkstyle Tournament would be held in Cedar Rapids, IA the weekend after the State Folkstyle
Tournament in Madison.
Question from the floor: Would Wisconsin help coordinate an area for
registration purposes at the Kids National Folkstyle Tournament?
Answer from Goessl: Yes. We
would not be opposed to helping to coordinate such an area. However, since the WWF does
not endorse this tournament at the national level, we would not have an officer or coach
working the tournament in an official capacity. We
would ask that a parent volunteer help to coordinate such an area.
Mike Marr, the State Cadet
Director, summarized the successes of the Cadet wrestlers this summer, including the five
All-American wrestlers who placed at the National Greco/Freestyle Tournament in Fargo, ND. Marr
also summarized the Cadet National Dual Tournament describing Team Wisconsin’s narrow loss to National
Champion Team Pennslyvania in the preliminary Greco round to bump them from entering the
medal rounds. In Freestyle, the Wisconsin
Cadets fell into a three-way tie in their pool and eventually lost their bid to the medal
round due to the tournament’s criteria.
Marr voiced his concern about the
decline in numbers at the National Freestyle/Greco camps held in River Falls. He
cited the National Dual Tournament as a possible reason for the decline, noting that
wrestlers may be “used up” by the time the National Tournament comes into play. However, he noted that the National Training Camp
in River Falls still gives wrestlers their best bang
for the buck. Wisconsin is the only state that can offer such
a great training opportunity for so low a price ($250.00).
He encouraged the membership to continue to support the National Training
Camp because of its tremendous success.
Marr also noted that the National
Cadet Duals were moving to Kansas
City, MO this summer.
Dave Black spoke about the Girls
Division in the state of Wisconsin. He
commended the girls for their recent successes and concluded that Wisconsin has made the commitment to grow the
program, that girls wrestling was here to stay.
Duffy Brelsford, the State Junior
Director, applauded the six All-Americans (4 in Freestyle and 2 in Greco) that the
Wisconsin Juniors had brought home this summer, but also expressed his concern over
declining numbers. Brelsford commented that
efforts were made to keep the costs of the traveling and training camps down. He cited examples of efforts to use like uniform
packages over a number of years so that wrestlers would not have to buy new ones every
year. He also pointed to times that parents
could ride buses to national events in order to save on transportation costs. These efforts were made so that the Juniors could
continue to take advantage of the great training facilities, coaches, and competition
opportunities made available to them.
Steve Paulus, State Mat Official
Director, expressed his appreciation for all the help at each of the tournament sites last
summer. He also called for more parents and
coaches to join the ranks of mat officials because of the continuing need. Paulus referred to the Schoolboy Duals as a good
place to learn the ropes as a starter official.
Paulus then discussed new rule
changes for international competition and voiced his opinions about how they will bring
more excitement to the scoring and entertainment value of the sport. He note that the new rules, which will likely take
effect in 2006, would make wrestling more exciting to watch, especially to TV audiences.
Sue Dulon, State Pairing Official
Director, told the membership that Wisconsin brought 31 pairers to the National
Tournament, which was more than any other state. Dulon
encouraged the membership to learn how to become a pairer, and travel with their son or
daughter to events because pairers always got the best seats in the house. She talked about the different rewards a pairer
could earn at the different levels. Dulon
informed the membership that the Regional meeting held on January 30, 2005, in Wisconsin
Dells at the Wintergreen Resort would help to answer any questions they may have in
reference to pairing.
Next, Dave Black spoke briefly
about the recently vacated State Clinician Position that was previously held by Troy
Steiner who has since moved to the University of Iowa as an assistant coach. Black informed the membership that new applicants
have been interviewed and a new State Clinician will be announced as soon as the details
have been agreed upon. Members can look to the
Internet web page for current information as soon as it is announced. Black mentioned that the state training program
would be modified to ensure that athletes would all be trained alike around the state.
Black continued by holding
elections for each of the age level directors and the pairing director. Fred Lehrke nominated Glenn Goessl to continue in
his position as Kids Director. Lorraine Smith
seconded the nomination. Goessl was elected by
a unanimous vote from the floor of the membership.
Mark Hemauer nominated Mike Marr
to continue in his position as Cadet Director. Becky
Lindeman seconded the nomination. Marr was
elected by a unanimous vote from the floor of the membership.
Lewie Benitz nominated Duffy
Brelsford to continue in his position as Junior Director.
Jeff Jones seconded the nomination. Brelsford
was elected by a unanimous vote from the floor of the membership.
After the board elections, Dave
Black referred to the 2004-2005 state budget proposal that had been outlined in a hand out
prepared by the board. He alluded to the
number of capital expenditures this year, including: clocks, trailer, copy machine,
folding tables, and computer. He also directed
the membership’s attention to changes in the State Clinician’s budget as well as
changes in the State Chairman’s budget. Our
sponsors, Pepsi and Culver’s, who have earmarked funds for the WWF, would absorb some
of these expenditures. Eric Lehrke motioned to
approve the proposed budget. Dale Spees
seconded the motion. The motion passed by
unanimous vote.
Lorraine Smith commented that Wisconsin should again be congratulated for the
overwhelming contingent of wrestlers and coaches who participated in the US Olympic Trials
in Indianapolis last spring. Dave Black added that the WWCA banquet, to be held
in Green Bay next month (Nov. 5,6), would pay
tribute to the Wisconsin Olympic athletes and coaches.
Question from the assembly
floor: When a spot opened in a weight class for the WWF
Folkstyle State Tournament, how do you fill it?
Answer from Jeff Jones: 1. I call the third place wrestler
in that weight from the regional that had the open spot.
If the wrestler from that regional cannot wrestle, then 2. I pick third place finishers from another
regional on a systematic rotating basis.
Question from the assembly floor:
If the first place cannot compete, will the 2nd place wrestler
automatically move to the first place spot?
Answer from Jeff Jones:
Yes.
Eric Lehrke motioned to adjourn. Lorraine Smith seconded. The motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeff Micholic
Board Secretary/District 5
Representative
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