Six Foxfire wrestlers, three officials, a coach, and a photographer traveled to Western Brown High School in Mt Orab Ohio for the Cadet and Junior Freestyle and Greco Roman State Championships. JoshM, AlexM, MattP, VicenteV, MarioG, BrockJ all got excellent experience against Ohio's best. See FARGO Teams. See results on Trac wrestling: Cadet_GR, Cadet_FS, Junior_GR, Junior_FR, photos coming soon.

Four Foxfire wrestlers and two coaches Traveled to Dayton Carroll for USA Wrestling-Ohio's final qualifier of the Spring season. Excellent experience was gained! Results here. Gallery of five photos here.  high res photos available at walmart.com

Six Foxfire wrestlers, two officials, a coach and a photographer traveled to Dayton Stebbins for Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling experience! The Largest tournament of the 2012 USA Wrestling Ohio Spring season was experienced. Cadet, Junior Qualifier results (.pdf), Kids State Championship results (pdf). Gallery of 42 photos here. High Res Photos at walmart.com

Ten Foxfire members competed in the 2012 Tournament of Champions in Columbus Ohio. 2788 entrants from 33 States competed in eight different divisions from youth to Open age category. In the Midget Division: MasonG(67) finished 2nd; Cray Pennington (115) placed 5th.  JordanH (70lbs) placed 2nd in the Junior Division. Competing in the Schoolboy Division: JoshP (88lbs) earned a Championship; JustinP (84lbs) placed fifth; TrevorH (112lbs) placed 4th, JeffW and HunterG also competed. JakeZ and RoddyH competed in the Cadet division Congratulations to all who competed!!  See results here. 

Five FoxFire members: JustinP, JoshV, JoshP, RichardJ, and BrandonH represented Ohio at the AAU Middle School National Duals in Indianola Iowa. These five wrestlers competed in thirty-seven matches and earned thirty-three victories. Justin, JoshV, JoshP and Richard were all undefeated on the weekend. The Ohio Grappler Scarlet team was the overall tournament Champion by defeating Iowa Black in the finals 75-6. Ohio Grapplers Gray defeated Iowa Gold 53-36 to capture the Silver bracket. See results.  photos coming soon

Three Foxfire wrestlers, two officials, a coach and a photographer attended the FS/GR Qualifier at Elyria High School. A total of 18 matches were contested, valuable experience was gained. See Results here. Gallery of 45 photos here. HighRes photos at walmart.com

Nineteen Foxfire wrestlers and several coaches traveled across town to Oregon Clay HS for the Freestyle and Greco-Roman qualifying tournament. CrayP, MasonH, JonathanF, and JacobB all competed in the Kids and Schoolboy division. JoshV, NoahB, JoshM, RichardJ, NateH, LucasB, PatrickS, CodyS, MichaelG, HunterT and J'QuanF competed as Cadets. MattP, AlexM, JakeS, and VicenteV competed in the Junior age group. Great experience was gained! See Results here. See Gallery of 50 photos here. High Res photos at walmart here.

Three Foxfire wrestlers, three Officials, a primary Coach and a photographer traveled to Copley High School for a Freestyle and Greco-Roman qualifier. JoshM and AlexM each went undefeated in both styles of wrestling. AaronH placed 2nd in Freestyle. In total, nineteen matches were contested and sixteen victories were earned. Gallery of 46 photos here. Order high res photos from Walmart.com Results here.

Logan Griffin represented Foxfire at the 2012 Asiscs USAW Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls Iowa. Logan competed in eight matches in the Cadet 113lb bracket with 60 competitors and earned All-American honors with a 7th place finish. See touranment results here. Congrats Login!

Three Foxfire wrestlers, two officials, a primary coach, a secondary coach, and one spectator traveled to Lakota East high school for the opening Ohio Freestyle and Greco-Roman qualifier. MattP and JoshM went undefeated on the day winning twelve matches between them. J'Quan Fisher was bumped to the Junior age group and went 1-4 in his first ever FS & Greco tournaments. See Results here.

Two Foxfire wrestlers traveled with the Ohio Stallions to Danville IL for USA wrestling's MS National Duals. RichardJ participated with Ohio-Red and helped his squad win the Silver bracket. Richard earned All-American honors with a 6-1 record. JoshV participated with Team Ohio Black helping his squad to make it to the finals of the Gold Bracket against Illinois Gold. Ohio lost in the final by a score of 31-37. Both Josh and Richard gained valuable experience wrestling in this elite venue. Gallery of 17 photos here. Order high res photos from walmart.com tourny details.

Seventeen Foxfire wrestlers competed in the Michigan GS and JH State Championships conducted by MYWAY. Ten wrestlers taking advantage of the Foxfire training facility were Michigan State place winners and four were crowned as State Champions! JordanH (02-01 72lbs), AlexM (98-97 108lbs), BrandonW (00-99 120lbs), BrandonG (98-97 139lbs) were crowned as a Champions. MasonG (02-01 68lbs), HunterA (02-01 56lbs), HunterG (00-99 86lbs) were runner-ups. DanielP (00-99 71lbs), RobertL (98-97 81lbs, BlakeM (98,97 131lbs) placed fourth. MaxR, CrayP, LoganB, JohnathanF, ConnorB, and CalebW also participated in the MI state tourny. See full results here.  Gallery of photos here.

Several Foxfire wrestlers traveled to the Nutter Center in Beavercreek OH for the OURWAY Tournament. Foxfire placements: D4 CodyM 95lbs 4th, D4 BriceT 6th 69lbs, D5 JustinP 84lbs 2nd, D5 JoshP 90lbs Champion, D5 RosendoB 112lbs Champion, D5 TrevorH 112lbs 8th, D5 JimmyT 122lbs 6th, D5 CollinK 127lbs 6th, D5 BrandonH 155lbs 4th, D5 PatrickS 177lbs 6th, D6 Chirstian Yates 129lb Champion. See Final brackets here. 

Five Foxfire wrestlers traveled to the Cavelli Centre in Youngstown Ohio to compete in the Grade School State Tournament. GavinO earned All-Ohio honors by placing 8th. DevinF and ChrisJ each competed in four matches and each earned two victories. DonovonF and EthanB both earned a victory on the Ohio's biggest stage for grade school folkstyle wrestlers. Gallery of 33 photos here. Order high res photos from Walmart.com

Eleven foxfire wrestlers, six coaches, a photographer, two assistants, and several car loads of fans traveled to Youngstown, Ohio to compete in the 14^th annual Junior High State Championships at the Covelli Centre.  Foxfire wrestlers competed in a total of sixty-one matches over the two day period and  42 victories were earned.  Five of the eleven wrestlers earned All-Ohio status.  JoshV 84lbs and RichardJ (132) placed 3^rd.  JustinP finished 4^th at 84lbs.  BrandonH earned a fifth place position on the podium at 154lbs.  RosendoB (108) wrestled back from an opening round loss, recording seven victories in is 48man bracket to earn a 7^th place finish. Tremendous experience was gained from wrestling so many matches on Ohio's biggest JH stage! An important building block in the process of forming great wrestling experiences! See Gallery of 99 Day1 photos here. Gallery of day1 photos at walmart. See Gallery of 98 Day2 photos here. order day2 photos at walmart. See Results here.

Foxfire was well represented at the NW Ohio JH District Championships at Bowling Green State University with twenty-three participants and twelve state qualifiers and three state alternates. JoshP (90), RosendoB (108), and RichardJ (132) each earned a District Title! JoshV (84), BrendonO (108), CollinK (126) were runner-ups. CalebY (78), JustinP (84), BrandonH (154) placed 3rd. CodyS (164) placed fifth. EthanB (84) and JamesT (120) finished 6th.  PatrickS (176), TrevorH (114), RobertW (120) were alternates by placing in the top eight. See results here. Gallery of 129 photos here. 45 high res photos at walmart.com. 

Foxfire had representation at the Annual Whitmer Rookie Tournament. JoshR (48) was a Champion! Other results coming soon!

FoxFire had six wrestlers competing at the Grade School District Tournament on Sunday, February 5, 2012.  Coach Corey Baumbarger reported that all of our wrestlers competed hard and represented FoxFire well.  Of the six wrestlers, four have qualified for the state tounament.  Qualifiers are: Gavin O. (2nd place) and Chris J., Devin F. & Ethan B. (3rd place).  Great job to all and good luck to our state bound wrestlers.  

A group of 10 young men from FoxFire travelled to Bishop Hartley to wrestle on Sat.  It was a very good day for the boys and FoxFire.  Our combined record was 32 - 8 and all of the wrestlers placed 3rd or higher.  1st Place: Chris J., Josh V., Josh P., and Richard J.  2nd Place: Justin P., Jeff W., and Brandon H.  3rd Place: Brendan O., Chendo B., and Alex S.

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. see photos here  

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) 
See Registration/coaching details:
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Several FoxFire wrestlers travelled to Cleveland State University to face some good competition from some Cleveland area squads.  FoxFire did well as a team and had two individual champs and several place winners.  

A few of the young men continued on to Sagertown, PA to face some more good matches on Sunday.  It was an extremely good weekend of wrestling for FoxFire.

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. 

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.

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