3/3/10

Birch Run Wrestling Facebook will be updated with Live Results

Thursday - March 4th
Wrestling 2:45 p.m. Round 1

Friday—March 5
Anthem 8:25 a.m.
Wrestling 8:30 a.m. Round 2
11:00 a.m. Round 3 (approx)
2:00 p.m. Round 4 (approx)
Weigh-In 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Semifinals 7:00 p.m. Round 5

Saturday—March 6
Anthem 8:25 a.m.
Wrestling 8:30 a.m. Round 6
10:10 a.m. Round 7 (approx)
Consolation Finals 11:30 a.m. Round 8 (approx) Grand March Assembly 4:15 p.m.
Grand March 4:30 p.m.
Anthem 4:41 p.m.
Introductions 4:43 p.m.
Finals 4:45 p.m. Round 9

2/22/10

2/16/10

District Champs

Next Match against Capac Wednesday  2/17/10 5:30 in Montrose

2/8/10

A new season is about to begin and the team focus is even greater than before. We will be heading to Chesaning Wednesday night attempting the first step as a team by winning team districts. It is imperative that all the boys are ready to go. For districts the state puts regulations on numbers 28 for team events and 14 for individual. We base all our availability on team points. This is the best way to make this decision. All wrestlers not making the official roster will still travel with the team. Adjustments may be made to fill all spots in the lineup as this is a team event. I hope to see you there and support the boys in their quest for a district championship.

-Bart Bennett

2/1/10

Birch Run sent two teams to the mat Saturday and came away with a 1st and a 2nd place finish.

The team wrestling at Mt. Morris posted a 4-1 record while the team competing at MLS finished the day 5-0. The support was great. I appreciate all you do for this program and the young men that are in it. Be sure to tell everyone our final home dual is Wednesday against Freeland and Ithaca starting at 6 pm. Hope to see you there.

Thank You,
Bart Bennett

1/28/10
 

Our conference dual season is over and that means the end of the season is near. We finished in second with a 5-1 record. We have had great effort and support throughout the season. I am proud of the parent support our wrestles have. This weekend we again will be sending out two teams one to MLS and another to Mt. Morris. Both are 6 team tournaments and together we will be wrestling 10 duals or 140 matches! To date Birch Run Wrestlers have competed in over 700 matches! Our program is headed in the right direction and at a great pace. However, we need do some fund-raising to help support such large numbers. We need to get more singlets and other equipment.

On March 14 we have a great opportunity to do some fund-raising and support our wrestling program's growth! PFY wrestling has the privilege of hosting a Regional tournament. We are asking for your help to make this a smooth and memorable tournament for the youth of our community. We have enough members to fully support this tournament and allow the parents of the youth wrestlers to watch and coach all day! We will be having an informational meeting that parents need to make every effort to attend. It should only last 30-40 minutes. It will be held on Monday February 8, 2010 6:30 pm in the high school library.

Our fundraising goals are to be able to outfit everybody on our team with the same singlet, bag, and warm up. Next year we anticipate our numbers to grow again from 33 to approximately 38-40.

Just so everyone has an idea of how the team has grown over the years here are some numbers.

2006 -19
2007-20
2008-23
2009-33
2010????

This is why some extra fund-raising efforts are necessary.

Thank You,
Birch Run Wrestling Staff

1/25/10

Lots of wrestling this week ....

Monday  1/25/10   Home  both A & B teams will be wrestling in dual
It's also Parents night...

Wednesday  1/27/10  Millington both A & B teams to wrestle in dual

Saturday 1/30/10  "A" team to Mt Morris, "B" team to Michigan Lutheran Seminary

Mt Morris Teams 
BR "A" team
Mt Morris
Ortonville Brandon
Capac
Carrolton
Bendle

MLS  
BR "B" team
Eau Claire High
Lutheran North
Lutheran Northwest
Michigan Lutheran Seminary
Saginaw Valley Lutheran

1/21/10

Valley Lutheran Team Tournament
Valley Lutheran
Durand
Oscoda
Standish-Sterling
Bridgeport
Birch Run

1/17/10

Great Job again. The effort and intensity continue to pick up as the season progresses. We have made great strides and it showed Saturday.

The Following wrestlers brought home medals on the Varsity

Josh Hobson - 1st
Lake Bennett - 3rd
Corey Trijo - 2nd
Damian Johnson - 5th
Evan McCann - 3rd
Craig Kelly - 6th
Craig Bolf - 4th
Caleb Slavik - 2nd
Tyler Sova - 6th
James Hartley - 3rd
Aaron Brown - 1st
Trevor Timmreck - 3rd

We also had a tremendous effort on the JV end

Kyle Kelsey - 1st
Adam Bishop - 2nd
Preston Hogan - 1st
Mason Cole - 1st
Matt Grim - 1st
John Roedel - 3rd
John VanDeusen - 3rd
Forrest Connors - 1st
Hunter Emery - 1st
Reese Schluckebier - 3rd
Mack Staley -3 rd
Codi Cherry - 1st
Kyle Spencer - 3rd
Paul Rigda - 2nd

Sorry If I may have missed somebody...You all did so great it was really hard to keep track of who did what. Keep up the work and it will continue to pay off.

Changes on the schedule if your wrestler has not notified you, this weekend there is a tournament we will be headed to with any wrestlers that did not compete at the Genesee County. It is at Valley Luthern High School. It starts at 9 and is usually finished by 1 or 2 O'Clock. I will send a final list out soon so you know if your child is wrestling. Also, the practices this week have changed. There will be no practice Thursday and Friday's practice will be at 9 am.

Thank You,
Bart Bennett




A big thank you to everyone for the support and help throughout the week and tournament day. The food was wonderful just like every week. The boys looked great. We are improving tremendously and we got a glimpse of what we can do with some extra hustle. I want to thank some of our volunteers that may not get noticed but are a huge help. Pete Howlett did a great job with JV wrestlers this weekend. Adam Grim, helped the tournament tremendously. Jimmy Fulger, and Russ Grim also a huge help. Last and certainly not least Cara Fent, Haley Hadaway, and Alicyn Haley for keeping stats, they do a wonderful job and will provide accurate stats for the boys. If you get a chance to express your appreciation to these volunteers it would go a long way. Without them our job is much more difficult. Keep up the good work. Thanks again!

Sincerely,

The Birch Run Wrestling Coaching Staff

P.S. Exams are coming up, please help with the studying and making sure the boys keep up on their grades. We will begin to replace lifting with study hall this week. Also no school Monday they can use this as a great opportunity to study.

1/11/10

Thank you for all the support again this weekend. The boys are improving, as much as I would like to see us do better we must keep it in perspective, the season is young and so are we. Most of our line is in its first or second go round in a varsity lineup. We have now wrestled 8 of 16 dates on our schedule. As a team we have compiled a record of 15-3 and  have two 3rd place finishes and 1 runner-up. Congrats to this weekends champions

JV

Kyle Kelsey
Preston Hogan
Mason Cole
Damian Johnson

Varsity
Josh Hobson - 103

12/19/09

This past week has been the most impressive yet. A win over Bullock Creek and an strong finish at the Genesee County tournament. It is a testament to the hard work these young men have been putting in.

Placers at Genesee included
103 Josh Hobson 3rd, Preston Hogan 6th
112 Lake Bennett 4th
119 Corey Trijo 3rd
125 Matt Grim 9th
130 Evan McCann 5th
Craig Kelly 8th
135 Craig Bolf 7th
145 Caleb Slavik 1st
152 Paul Rigda 10th
171 Joe McGrandy 10th
189 James Hartley 4th
215 Aaron Brown 3rd
285 Trevor Timmreck 7th

Note: Every wrestler won at least one match helping us accumulate team points.

-Bart

12/12/09

We coming off another good weekend of wrestling. Our Gold team finished 3rd in Linden, I do not think we wrestled to our full potential but we can fix the mistakes and continue to improve. The Blue team finished 3rd also competing in Millington. A third place finish even with a void in the line up is encouraging and shows determination.

Bullock Creek on Wednesday is a 5 O'Clock Start time the bus will be leaving at 3:30 come watch us take on the

#4 team in the state.

Thanks again for all your support!
Bart Bennett

Linden Tournament
Birch Run gold team

3rd place

http://www.lindenschools.org/
http://www.lindenwrestling.com/

Millington Tournament
Birch Run blue team

3rd Place

http://www.mcsdistrict.com