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Keep in mind we will add your out of state tournament to this list. Often are readers are spread out through out the nation or will be in town during a week or two and may want to go to your tournament.

When possible, we provide a link to either updated information or the website that provided the dates. We recommend you confirm with the tournament host the exact details of the tournament.

Mon - 2/28 FILA Rules Clinic - Niles North HS, Skokie (Officials and Coaches only)

Thur 3/2 FILA Rules Clinic - Providence Catholic HS, New Lenox (Officials and Coaches only)

Tue 3/14 FILA Rules Clinic - Site TBA, Edwardsville (Officials and Coaches only)

Fri 3/17 Greco-Roman Developmental - Wright College, Chicago

Sat 3/18 Freestyle Developmental - Wright College, Chicago

Sun 3/26 Freestyle Developmental - Minooka HS

Sat - Sun 04/1-04/2 Middle School National Dual Team Tournament - Folkstyle

Fri 4/7 Greco-Roman Developmental - Oak Park River Forest HS, Oak Park

Sat 4/8 Freestyle Developmental - Oak Park River Forest HS, Oak Park

Wed. - Sat 4/12 - 4/15 ASICS Senior Nationals and ASICS FILA Junior National Championships - Las Vegas, NV

Fri 4/21 Cadet/Junior Freestyle Divisional - Rockford East HS

Fri 4/21 Greco-Roman Developmental - Maine South HS, Park Ridge

Sat 4/22 Cadet/Junior Freestyle Divisional - Maine South HS, Park Ridge

Sun 4/23 Cadet/Junior Freestyle Divisional - Lockport HS

Sun 4/23 Cadet/Junior Freestyle Divisional - Champaign Central HS, Champaign (with Kids Developmental)

Sat 4/29 Cadet/Junior Freestyle Divisional - Elmhurst College

Sun 4/30 Cadet/Junior Freestyle Divisional, Site TBA

Fri. - Sun 4/28 - 4/30 FILA Cadet National Championships - Northwestern University

Thu. - Sat. 5/4 - 5/6 Northern Plains Junior Regional Championships - Waterloo, IA

Fri 5/5 Freestyle State Tournament Optional Weigh-in - Armory, University of Illinois-Champaign

Sat - Sun 5/6-5/7 Freestyle State Tournament - Armory, University of Illinois-Champaign (Cadet and Junior must qualify for this event - open event for Girls and Kids)

Fri 5/12 Greco-Roman State Tournament Optional Weigh-in - Oak Park River Forest HS

Sat 5/13 Greco-Roman State Tournament - Oak Park River Forest High School

Sun 5/14 Mother's Day - No tournaments scheduled

Fri 5/19 Greco-Roman Developmental - Kaneland HS, Maple Park

Sat 5/20 Freestyle Developmental - Kaneland HS, Maple Park

Sun 5/21 Folkstyle Developmental - Kaneland HS, Maple Park

Fri 5/26 Greco-Roman Developmental - Oak Park River Forest HS

Sat 5/27 Freestyle Developmental - Oak Park River Forest HS

Fri - Sun 5/26 - 5/28 Senior World Team Trials - Sioux City, IA

Sat 6/3 Cadet/Junior Freestyle/Greco-Roman Second Chance National Qualifier - Sycamore HS (must qualify for this event)

Wed - Sun 6/7 - 6/11 Schoolboy National Duals - Indianapolis, IN (must qualify for this event)

Thu - Sat 6/15 - 6/17 Kids/Cadet Northern Plains Regional Championships - Madison, WI (must qualify for this event) NO individual registration, you must register through the State

Thu - Mon 6/22 - 6/26 Cadet National Duals - Kansas City, MO (must qualify for this event)

Tue - Sun. 6/22 - 7/2 Junior National Duals - Enid, OK (must qualify for this event)

Wed - Sat 6/28 - 7/1 Kids Freestyle/Greco-Roman National Championships - Green Bay, WI (must qualify for this event)

Sat - 07/08 State Farm Midwest Nationals - Folkstyle

Sat - Sat 7/25 Junior Womens National Duals - Fargo, ND

Sat - Sat 7/22 - 7/29 Cadet/Junior/Junior Women Freestyle/Greco-Roman National Championships - Fargo, ND (must qualify for this event)

Session 3 - WHERE NEXT YEAR'S CHAMPS ARE HONED!

Dates: March 28th to May 4th, 2006

For more information: Click Here to Visit WildcatWc.Com

Please Note: There are no restrictions this session as to how many wrestlers from the same High School may attend the same workout.

Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30, Tuedays & Thursdays

Location: The brand new Ken Kraft Wrestling Complex in Anderson Hall, Northwestern University : 2701 Ashland Avenue, Evanston Illinois

Clinicians: Ryan Bertin, 2XNCAA Champion, and Pat Cummins, RPW Champion, Big Ten and NCAA Finalist, will be conducting the 6-week clinic on Tuesday and Thursday nights. In addition, Bill Scherr, Coach of the 2005 Women’s Freestyle World Team, will be present for workouts to assist young men and women interested in pursuing success in this great sport.

Highlights include:

• Group and individual instruction.
• Freestyle and Greco-Roman rules, rule modifications, and mat strategy.
• Technical instruction on takedowns, turning and pinning combinations.
• There will be live wrestling

Cost of the 6 Week Clinic: $275; pre-registration $250

Who should attend: The Wildcat Wrestling Club’s spring camp is open to high-school and middle-school wrestlers, both male and female, who want to prepare for next year’s school season, and for the coming Cadet Nationals, local and Illinois State FS and GR Tournaments, as well as the Junior Nationals this summer.

For more information: Click Here to Visit WildcatWc.Com

If you are a fan of Big Ten (11) wrestling, you have to check out this site. All sorts of information about your favorite BigTen (11) team. Click Here to Visit BigElevenWrestling.Net

Speaking of the Big Ten, we plan on being at the Illinois vs Wisconsin Dual and the Northwestern vs Indiana dual on Friday night. Look for links to the photos to be posted here on our Blog.

Jeff Pape

Here I discuss 17 tips to running a great wrestling event. I have been around wrestling for over 20 years and have been to quite a few tournaments. You can learn something at every tournament you attend if you look for something positive. Here are 17 of my tips. If you have any other tips, post a comment under the blog posting. Enjoy...

First year parents might not know what to expect at a wrestling tournament. So I'll try to explain what goes on at a wrestling tournament or dual meet. 

The two wrestlers put on ankle bands - one Green and one Red. If it is a dual meet, the wrestlers will not usually wear ankle bands. At a dual meet, the home team is green and the visiting team is red.

We have uploaded hundreds of photos from the Illinois High School Association Sectional tournaments at Barrington and Leyden High School. For of you that are not from Illinois, the tournament sequence runs Regionals, Sectionals, and State Finals.

Several nationally ranked wrestlers can be seen in these photos as well as several more top ranked individuals within Illinois.

Click Here to Visit Illinois Wrestling.Com

Photos of mine will appear in the Chicago Reader (about 120,000 circulation) and Win Magazine (national wrestling magazine). I have only seen the pdf version of the article in the Chicago Reader. There is a large photo of Jake Herbert. There may be additional photos of Tamillow and Fox in the paper copies of the newspaper.

Also, IHSA wrestling fans, there will be photos of White, Hutter, and Morgan in Win Magazine. Along with a picture of Tamillow from the NU meet.

Thousands of people have visited my photos. While WrestlingGear.Com has covered 100% of the costs, it can no longer cover all of the costs. If you like the photos and like to see action from some of the top high school and college wrestling in the state, consider Clicking Here to visit IllinoisWrestling.Com and Clicking on Donate.

Jeff Pape
WrestlingGear.Com

Keep in mind we do own High School Wrestling.Info and are always looking for links to add to that site and others like WrestlingGear.Com, IllinoisWrestling.Com, and other sites we are affiliated with.

Jeff Pape
WrestlingGear.Com - Est: 1998

Check out Northwestern's New Wrestling Room and building. Wow, this is a great room that is only going to get better. I believe these are early photos of the room and chances are the room looks even better now.

Click Here to visit the photos