Members,

Please be advised that effective immediately, the new address for Missouri USA Wrestling is:

422 D Street
Belton, MO 64012

The office phone number will remain the same at 816-468-1861.

Please start sending all correspondence to this address.

Missouri USA Wrestling will be sponsoring another Bronze Clinic on October 12th right before the general membership meeting. This is an opportunity for your coaches to continue their education and go further in depth about coaching wrestling and coaching philosophies than the copper clinic. To read the flyer on the clinic, click here: Bronze Clinic Notice

The clinic will be on October 12th at 8:00 am at the Holiday Inn in Columbia, right off of Stadium Blvd. The fee is $70, but this does not include their coachs card (which they will have to do on-line). We do require advance notice, so they can e-mail me at cewing@missouriusawrestling.org.

Beginning September 1st, any member who wishes to purchase a coach's card must do so on-line at themat.com. Part of this process will be a background check. Upon completing and passing the background check, you will be able to print off your coaching card for the 2009 season. To view the complete USA Wrestling policy and procedure for the background check; click here: USAW Background ScreeningProcess12-18-07.pdf

Also, Missouri USA Wrestling still requires any new coaches, with the exception of the certified high school wrestling staff, to be a minimum of copper certified. We will continue to offer the copper certification classes and they will be listed under the tournament schedule as they are confirmed. The cost this year will be $15 at the class, since all coaches will still be required to go on-line to purchase their actual card and go through the background screening. You can also take the copper certification on-line at themat.com under coaching education, but be advised that it does cost more to do it that way.

The Board of Directors of Missouri USA Wrestling has set the date for the annual general membership meeting on Sunday, October 12th at 1:00 pm in Columbia at the Holiday Inn Select. To see the agenda, click here: General Meeting Agenda

As per our By-Laws, anyone who has a proposal that requires a vote of the membership, or nomination for one of the Executive Committee positions, must send them in writing to our Secretary, Randy Bradley, at randy.bradley@hdsupply.com prior to August 28th. We will than send out the agenda for the meeting right after that.

Congratulations to all the wrestlers and coaches who participated at the Cadet and Junior Nationals in Fargo, ND. Again it was another great showing by Team Missouri, with the wrestlers bringing home 35 medals, including 7 National titles. As a team, Missouri ended up in fourth place overall with a combined team point total of 154 in the mens divisions, including 2nd place in Junior Freestyle and fourth place in Junior Greco.

Some of the story lines from Fargo:
-Cody Brewer and Ryan Mango each win National titles in Greco and Freestyle. Cody as a cadet 105, and Ryan as a Junior 112.
-Also earning All-American status in both styles were cadets Colton Howell (6th in Greco and 3rd in Freestyle), and Dustin Williams(5th in Greco and 8th in Freestyle) and juniors Cody Tyler (5th-G, 3rd-F), Alan Waters (2nd-G, 5th-F), Justin Forrest (3rd-G, National Champion-F), Kyle Bradley (4th-G, 8th-F), Brent Haynes (National Champion-G, 7th-F), and Jake Glore (5th-G, 7th-F)
-Other Cadet Greco All-Americans were Bricker Dixon-4th, Derick Sanders-6th, and Hayden Bock-7th.
-Other Cadet Freestyle All-Americans were Terrel Wilbourn-3rd, Blake Pepper-7th, Kaleb Friedley-3rd, and Trevor Wiest-7th.
-Other Junior Greco All-Americans were Clarence Neely-7th.
-Other Junior Freestyle All-Americans were Nick Lester-6th, Brandon Wilbourn-4th, Craig Wilson-3rd, Matt Lester-National Champion, and Cody Compton-8th.
-In team competition, Missouri placed 11th in Cadet Greco, 7th in Cadet Freestyle, 4th in Junior Greco, 2nd in Junior Freestyle, and 4th overall.
Missouri's women earned 2 All-American honors with Emily Webster winning fourth place at 95 and Melissa Bublitz winning fifth place at 220.

Congratulations to all of the Missouri wrestlers' and coaches' who competed and participated on our national dual teams. Team Missouri had a great showing at all three national events with the Schoolboy's team placing 5th in Greco and 4th in Freestyle, the Cadet team placing 4th in Greco and Freestyle, and the Juniors placing 5th in Greco and 6th in Freestyle. Missouri was one of only two states who placed in the top eight in all six competitions.

Missouri USA Wrestling will like to congratulate Spencer Mango and Ben Askren for qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games. What an incredible accomplishment and everyone in Missouri is proud of you and wish you both the best of luck in Bejing.

2009 State Series Dates:
Districts..........March 7
Regionals..........March 14
State..............March 27-29

Missouri USA Wrestling is allowing on-line registration through the USA Wrestling website, themat.com. Coaches and wrestlers may renew their membership, or become first time members, through this website. All it takes is a credit card and their will be a surcharge for this service. Clubs who wish to purchase their competitor's, or coach's, cards may also use this site and you can contact me for a username and password. Just a reminder that Missouri USA Wreslting requires that any first time competitor's must first submit a birth certificate to our office before your membership will become valid; all Missouri coaches, with the exception of official high school wrestling coaching staff, must be a minimum of copper certified and any first time coach must submit proof of this certification before their membership will be valid as well. To get to this site, click here: