On Sunday, Jan, 23, 2012 our Junior High team had eight wrestlers in action at the Penn Folkstyle Tourney in Penn, IN. We were very successful.  Our boys secured 6 firsts, 1 second and 1 third.  Another great effort by our kids!

Thirteen Foxfire wrestlers traveled to SE Ohio for the Philo JH Tournament with 58 teams entered. JoshV was second; JoshP placed third; RichardJ, BrandonH, and DonteR placed 4th; JustinP placed 5th; DiegoC placed 6th and RosendoB placed 9th. See gallery of 29 photos here. Results found here.

A Foxfire 6th, 7th, & 8th grade team traveled to Lutheran West HS for JH duals against four NE Ohio Teams. Foxfire finished the day 4-0 on the day with victories over the Akron Knights, St Bernadette, WPCWA, and the Shorthorns. Since four dual meets weren't quite enough wrestling for the weekend ... Foxfire wrestlers kept heading East to compete in the North Hills tournament in Pittsburg, PA. individually JustinP and JoshP were crowned as Champions at 82 and 92 lbs. JoshV was 2nd at 87lbs. JeffW was 4th at 97lbs. RichardJ was 2nd at 132lbs, BrandonH was 3rd at 152lbs. StanleyH finished fourth. photos coming soon

Eleven Foxfire youth wrestlers traveled to Liberty Center to compete in the Tiger Team challenge. HunterA and AndrewL were champions. DonovanF, LoganB, and EthanB finished 2nd. BriceT, Liber finished 3rd and JohnF placed fourth. Also participating were DevinF, ShaneW, and KobiB.

135 novice wrestlers from NW Ohio and SE Michigan gathered for the Toledo Youth NOVICE tournament. Results at trackwrestling.com. Gallery of 41 award Podium and action photos here. High res photos available at walmart.com

Team Foxfire competed at the Toledo Central Catholic Junior High Duals along with a team from Penn Indania, Delta Ohio and an outstanding squad from the state of Michigan. Josh Portillo & Richard Jackson went undefeated on the day! Gallery of 50 photos here.  High Res photos available at walmart.com

Training Sessions are under way! Mon, Wed & Thurs  6-7:30pm! Foxfire has plenty to offer the Beginner, the Novice/Intermediate wrestler, the Elementary Elite wrestler as well as the Junior High Club wrestler.  All interested from NW Ohio, SE Michigan are welcome from beginners to the elite from ages 6 years old on up. JH Winter Schedule (.pdf), Youth Winter Schedule (.pdf) 
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Eleven Foxfire youth wrestlers competed in dual meet style with Perrysburg, Archbold and Wauseon wrestling clubs at Wauseon HS. In total, 52 matches were contested and great experience  was gained. Gallery of 87 photos here.
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Nine Foxfire youth wrestlers competed at the Northwest Ohio Championship at Maumee HS.

Six Foxfire JH wrestlers competed in Illinios at the Ironman tournament

Five Foxfire wrestlers competed in Lowel Michigan at the borderwars qualifier.

Foxfire's JH squad traveled to Wauseon OH for the 4th Annual Midwest Duals and competed in five dual meets with Delta, Findlay Gold, Findlay Blue, Hudson, and Wauseon. A great day of sportsmanship was displayed and some competitive wrestling was achieved. Foxfire went 5-0 and captured the Team trophy. See Gallery of 31 photos here. High Res photos uploaded to walmart.com for ordering

Foxfire's youth squad participated in the Biddy Beast of the East on Saturday and other members participated in the Border Wars Christmas Duals on Sunday! Congratulations to all who participated in these great experience building events. 

Team Foxfire took nineteen 6th grade and under wrestlers to the 3rd annual Clash of the Titans Team Invitatinal in Hudson Ohio. The event was professionally run by Team Kratos and the field consisted of fifteen top-tier youth wrestling clubs from Ohio and one from PA. In the end Foxfire placed third as team and had a nice showing against the brisk competition.  Much thanks to Coach Tony Martin, Jim Turner, Rod Hamdan, & Casey Grasso for making the event such a success. See gallery of 58 photos. See brackets and full results.

Several Foxfire Elementary, Junior High, and High School wrestlers competed in the 6th annual Border Wars Folkstyle National Tournament at the Kellog Center in Battle Creek MI. DonovanF, DonoteR, and SamV were crowned as Champions! DevinF, JoshV, JoshP placed third. JustinP, CollinK placed fourth. See Gallery of 40 photos.

Five Foxfire Wrestlers, a coach, five table workers and a photographer made the trek to Cedar Falls Iowa for USA Wrestling's 2011 Folkstyle Preseason Nationals. The tournament is in its fourth year and registered 1650 wrestlers from 31 states across three divisions (high school, middle school and grade school). The FoxFire contingent competed in thirty matches and came home with twenty victories. Josh Portillo finished 4th in the middle school division at 91lbs. See gallery of 83 Photos. See final results: HS 106, 113, 138, MS 84, 91 here.

Team Foxfire finished a summer session and a full week of preparation by loading a 55 passenger bus early in the morning and headed to Clayton NY for Junior High and High School dual meet competition at the 1000 Islands Duals. The Junior High squad represented Ohio well bringing home the top honors while conducting themselves as gentlemen with great sportsmanship under some challenging conditions. Nine of the thirteen JH wresters went undefeated at the tournament. The High School team finished 5-1 in dual meet competition and earned top honors in the Silver Bracket of the tournament. See Gallery of 55 Team Photos (highRes photos at Walmart). See Gallery of 81 JH Photos (high res photos at walmart). See Gallery of 90 HS Photos -Day1 (high res at walmart), See Gallery of 48 HS Photos - Day2 (high res photos at walmart)

Team Ohio entered 54 wrestlers in the Cadet Freestyle National Tournament, 13 wrestlers advanced to day two. Josh Mossing finished 2-2, defeating opponents from New York and Colorado while dropping matches to opponents from Wisconsin and Indiana. Alex Mossing went 3-2 defeating opponents from Mass, MO, and CA while dropping matches to foes from Virginia and Illinois. JP Newton competed in four freestyle matches, outpointing an opponent from New York, pinning a wrestler from California while dropping bouts to opponents from Pennsylvania, and Nebraska. Across both Greco-Roman and Freestyle tournaments Josh, Alex,  and JP represented the State of Ohio, competed in 32 bouts against National level competition, earned 18 victories and captured two All-American award honors. The preparation, training camp, and tournament experience is invaluable to an aspiring wrestler wanting to achieve at the highest levels!  Gallery of 56 photos here (HighRes photos at walmart.com). Follow the wrestling at: trackwrestling.com

Team Ohio entered 36 wrestlers into the 2011 USAW Junior Greco-Roman National Tournament along with a total of 784 participants from 42 states. Three Team Ohio members earned All-American honors.  Joey Ward (130) from Cincinnati Moeller placed 8th, Micah Kullman (189) who is headed to Cleveland State finished 8th, and Garrett Gray (285) from Oregon Clay placed 6th. Gallery of 39 photos (High Res photos at walmart.com)

Team Ohio captures four individual Cadet Greco-Roman All American honors: Nick Corba from Beavercreek and Josh Lehner (Lexington) finished 3rd in their respective brackets. Alex Mossing (Toledo Central Catholic) and  JP Newton (Perrysburg) placed 8th. See results at trackwrestling.com, Gallery of 85 Day2 Photos (HighRes photos at walmart.com)Prior to preparing for the National Cadet Freestyle Tournament, Team Foxfire blows off some steam at the Go-Kart Track. Photos. Cadet Freestyle begins on Wednesday. 

Team Ohio entered 29 wrestlers in the 2011 Cadet Greco-Roman National Tournament held in Fargo, ND. A total of 746 Cadets from 43 States traveled from across the U.S. to participate. Team Ohio advances five wrestlers to Day2: Alex Mossing, JP Newton, have earned All-American honors! Nick Corba, Josh Lehner, and Jacob Globke are among a select few still battling for Cadet Greco-Roman AA Status. Two additional Ohio Greco Cadets earned a pair of Victories, Nick Boogs and Josh Mossing.  Upon completion of the morning session, Josh Mossing, Alex Mossing, and JP Newton finished 6-1. In opening round competition Josh defeated A Lister from Oregon, Alex defeated an opponent from Mass, and JP defeated a foe from Texas. In second round competition, Josh defeated an opponent from Texas, Alex was victorious against a Kansas competitor, and JP pinned a wrestler from Washington State. To wrap up the morning session, Josh was outpointed by T Manderfeld from MN. See Gallery of 62 Day1 batch1 photos (HighRes photos at walmart.com),  Gallery of 75 Day1 batch2 photos (HighRes photos at walmart.com)

Competitors from NW Ohio, Michigan and Columbus OH came to Foxfire's 1st Toledo Takedown Festival to test their takedown skills, the winner of each bracket took home a Champion Tshirt. Congratulations for all that participated! See Gallery of 25 Photos here.

Josh Venia and Brandon Hand represented team Ohio and Alex Martinez represented team Michigan at USA Wrestling's Schoolboy National Duals held in Indianapolis Indiana June 8-12 2011.  28 Greco-Roman teams and 29 Freestyle squads from 23 states entered in this year's Schoolboy National tournament. Josh wrestled in the 77lb Greco-Roman division and ended up 5-3 against opponents from Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Brandon represented Ohio in both Greco-Roman and Freestyle competition competing in a total of fifteen matches across the two styles.  Many of the best competitors in the US attending the annual event. Congratulations to all who participated. Photos coming soon