2010-11 Season Summary
Five Foxfire wrestlers, four officials, a coach, a table worker and a photographer traveled in a fifteen passenger vehicle to Southwest Ohio where Western Brown High School was host to the Cadet and Junior Greco-Roman and Freestyle State Championships. Recently retired 2X OHSAA All-state wrestler, Coach Tony Martin led the squad. Matt Pool (105), Josh Mossing (112), Alex Mossing (135), Levi Pickerel (285), all were individual Greco State Champions. Alex and Levi were both Runner-up in Freestyle while Matt and Josh placed third. These four wrestlers earned a spot on the Ohio National Team which will attend a training camp in mid July followed by the Cadet & Junior National Championships 17-25 July in Fargo North Dakota. Overall the wrestlers competed in 37 matches and had a combined record of 29-8 with a 5-point score coming from Vicente Vielma. The gang was able to make an excursion over the Ohio River into Kentucky to view Cincinnati's professional stadiums and enjoy dinner. The experience of visiting another part of the state was appreciated by all. Greco-Roman Results, FreeStyle results. Gallery of 84 photos.
Dayton Stebbins was the host for the annual Schoolboy and Kids Freestyle and Greco Roman State Championships as well as a Cadet/Junior qualifier tournament. Eight Foxfire wrestlers participated. MaxT competed in the Novice division. BrandonH, RichardJ, CollinK, JimmyT, and JakeV competed in the Schoolboy division. MattP competed as a Cadet and VicenteV competed as a Junior. JoshV and BrandonH earned a spot on the 2011 Ohio Schoolboy National Duals Team competing in Indianapolis, 9-12 June. See Stebbins results here, Gallery of 42 Photos.
USA Wrestling-Ohio has sponsored four State Qualifier Tournaments in the month of April: Copley (2 Apr), Lakota East (9 Apr), Elyria (16 Apr), Dayton Carroll (16 Apr). Thus far the following FoxFire wrestlers have qualified for the Cadet & Junior State Championships (13-14 May): Matt Pool, Josh Mossing, Brian Elden, and Alex Mossing. Gallery of 24 Elyria photos
Seven FoxFire wrestlers competed in the Middle School
National Duals at Simpson College just south of Des Moines, Iowa. H Grasso, L Griffin, and A Martinez represented team Michigan Grappler, J Mossing, R Jackson, N Hagan, and C Sonnenberg represented the Ohio Grapplers. Each team was made up of Middle school wrestlers from across their respective state. The Ohio Grapplers finished second overall with a 7-1 record defeating: North Dakota, Montana, Allstar Alternates, Kansas, Colorado, Michigan and Missouri. The Ohio Grapplers were outpointed by Iowa Black in the finals. The Michigan squad finished 5th overall. Gallery of 174 Day1 photos, day1 photos at walmart.com, Gallery of 96 Day2 photos, day 2 photos at walmart.com. Dual team Results, Individual Results
Ten FoxFire wrestlers competed in the Michigan Youth Wrestling Championships. Eight of which placed in the top 3! Becoming State Champions were: Mason G and Jordan H. Runners up were Logan G and Hunter G. Finishing third were Alex M, Connor B and Robert L. See results here
Seventeen Foxfire members competed in eighty-seven
matches at the 8th annual Grade School State Championships held at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, OH. Across the DIV, DIII and DII age divisions, these wrestlers came away with fifty-seven victories. Ten wrestlers
earned All-Ohio status, two of which were crowned as Champions! JulianS and OthaJ both claimed the top spot on the podium for their respective age and weight division! NickH, OscarS, and ShonsaiA finished with a bronze medal. JasminD earned a 5th place finish, JoshH and RobbyW captured 7th, JamesL and JacobL placed 8th. Most importantly all seventeen of these wrestlers had the opportunity to compete with the best of their age level in a positive environment on Ohio's biggest stage. Valuable experience was gained by all! Gallery of 78 Day1 photos, Gallery of 90 Day2 photos, Gallery of 20 Final Round photos. Note: due to simultaneous wrestling and awards presentation some photo opportunities were missed ... please email addtional photos if you have them. Full Brackets .pdf
Eighteen wrestlers represented Foxfire at the 13th annual Junior
High State Championships. These eighteen wrestlers competed in a total of eighty matches and earned forty-seven victories in the single division state championship. Five wrestlers earned All-Ohio status. JoshM and ChanceS were finalists and placed second at 108lb and 164lb respectively. JakeZ placed third at 146lb while JoshP and RichardJ finished 4th in the State. All 2100+ Ohio junior high wrestlers who entered the state championship competition process across the state were winners for gaining valuable experience prior to high school! Gallery of 97 day1 photos, day1 photos at wlamart, Gallery of 75 day2 photos, day2 photos at walmart, Gallery of 27 day2 final round photos, Finals photos at wlamart, Full Results Brackets .pdf
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hirteen Foxfire wrestlers attended the annual Whitmer Rookie Tournament!
Foxfire members brought their awards won during the 2010-2011 Folkstyle season for a photograph. See Gallery of 18 photos.
Twenty Foxfire wrestlers competed at the 13th annual junior high district tournament held at Bowling Green State University's Perry field house. The Foxfire gang advanced fifteen wrestlers plus two alternates to the Junior High State Tournament held March 12th and 13th at the Covelli Center in Youngstown Ohio. RosendoB, JoshM, RichardJ, NateH, ChanceS all were district Champs! JoshP, CollinK, GrantV each were runner-up's. JoshV, ColinK, TylerK placed 3rd. JustinP, JNino placed fourth, SethG and LucasB placed 5th. AlexS and BrandonH placed 7th as alternates. JefferyA placed eighth. Overall Foxfire competed in eighty matches and gathered sixty victories. Outstanding experience for all invloved! See full results here. Gallery of 78 photos, Order photos at Walmart
SPECIAL
GUESTs JD Bergman, current USA Wrestling World Team member, Jenny Wong (World Bronze Medalist) and Mr Pete Bolanis (Senior USA Wrestling Official) shared with Northwest Ohio some information about Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, the rules, the benefits, and their experiences having traveled to 14 different countries wrestling for the USA! See JD's recent VideoLog. USA Wrestling 2011 Calendar of Events. Gallery of 8 photos, order photos at Walmart
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The gang posed for Winter Session photographs!
Gallery of 81 wrestler photos
Gallery of 21 coach/support photos
Any of 102 photos at Walmart.com avaiable to order for yourself.
The Foxfire Wrestling club competed at the OAC Grade School District tournament held at Oregon Clay High School. Several of the Foxfire wrestlers advance to the 8th Annual Grade School State Championships held March 19th and 20th at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown OH. Gallery of 58 photos here. Order any of the 58 photos from Walmart.com D1 Brackets, D2 Brackets, D3 Brackets, D4 Brackets, List of Placers
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Foxfire wrestlers traveled to Lakewood Ohio to complete in an open tournament with the folks from NE Ohio. The NW Ohio squad captured seven individual championships and three runnerup finishes gathering thirty-one victories in the process. Sportmanship was shown and experience was gained. Gallery of 50 photos
Three hundred and fifty-two wrestlers from four states converged on the Toledo Central Catholic Sullivan Center for a full day of wrestling. Top youth wrestling clubs were represented. Foxfire, Hoosier Elite Wrestling Academy, Fremont wrestling club took home the top honors. Akron Gladiators, Cincinnati GoldenCross wrestling, LorainCounty West Side WC, Davison MI, Team Shamrock Novi MI, Team TNT Bryon, MI, Delta, Cardinal Wrestling Club (CWC), Defiance, and Whitmer wrestling clubs were all represented. All in all a great day of wrestling and sportmanship with top wrestlers! All division & weight class pictures available for Free download: Gallery of 44 Podium Photos, Award winners .pdf, other tournament action photos: Gallery of 67 Action Shots
Thirty-Eight 12 and under FoxFire wrestlers traveled to Delta, OH for the Holiday Classic wrestling tournament. See a gallery of 19 photos See results at Trackwrestling.com
A FoxFire middle school team traveled to Battlecreek Michigan for the 2010 Borderwars All-Star National Duals. Foxfire represented the lone team from Ohio and gained a dual meet victory amongst the talented All-Star teams from Mi,IN,IL. See the gallery of 61 photos.
The Foxfire wrestling club traveled to Wauseon for the Tomahawk Chop wrestling tournament. Great experience was gained as the initial youth tournament of the season. See 67 photos in the gallery.
Sessions beginning Monday Nov 1st! Junior High wrestling, youth wrestling, beginners welcome! Download Registration Form, Sign up for your annual USA wrestling athlete/coaching membership card here.
Doc Leffler get's inducted to the Wrestling National Hall of Fame. see Doc's induction speech here. Fox Toledo News coverage The Doc's a Hall of Famer, Blade Sidlines: Leffler honored; National Wrestling HOF
J.D. Bergman after his competition at 96 kg at World Wrestling Championships interview
See photos from Foxfire action over the summer here
FALL REGISTRATION: The Open house was extremely well attended it was great to see such a full house of energetic parents and young athletes during the 3rd week of August! Getting the perspectives of recently graduated HS wrestlers/clinicians as they prepare to start their college careers was appreciated by all in attendance. We wish them luck as they head off to attend their respective colleges. Work hard in your studies and make us proud!
What: Foxfire Open House, Registration Day, & Clinic
Who: Everyone interested in wrestling: beginners to advanced
- ages 6 – 18 years old (NW Ohio and SE Michigan)
- Foxfire welcomes coaches and wrestlers joining us from the East Toledo Wrestling Club.
Where: Foxfire Regional Training Facility 6222 Merger Dr Toledo Ohio
When: Sunday August 22nd
- 2-3pm, Open House
- learn more about:
- The facility,
- Fall Preseason & Winter Season training
- Fall & Winter competition opportunities
- learn more about:
- 3-4:30pm, Clinic
- Featuring local graduating Seniors headed to college: Mike Ackerman, Nate Brubaker, Vincenzo Cardone, Dan Cook, Jake Henderson, Alex Marzec, Jerome Robinson, Kevin Schoen, along with coaches Gary Burgess, Antonio Guerra, Roshawn Jones, as well as the rest of the Foxfire coaching staff.
- 4:30-5:00pm –Club registration details for those interested