Sorry for the late update here. Those of you who signed up for the Middle School’s updates via Remind should already have received notice about the virtual parents meeting tonight.
It’s scheduled for 6:00PM via Google Meet.
The link to access the meeting is: rmd.me/XT9Wy8tFWkv
Tomorrow marks the official start of our wrestling season! Practices begin for all age groups.
Middle School and High School practices will begin immediately after the regular school day ends.
Youth practices will be Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs depending on age.
Monday & Wednesday from 7:00PM – 8:15PM for ages 7+
Tuesday & Thursday from 7:00PM – 8:00PM for ages 4-6
Youth practices will be in the Middle School auxiliary gym. Please use the back entrance by the athletic field to enter the building.
All parents & siblings must wear a mask at all times while inside the school.
Parents may be permitted to remain in the cafeteria and wait for practices to conclude, provided they remain seated in the cafeteria and ensure that any other children or siblings do the same.
Any questions or concerns about practices should be directed to the appropriate coaches:
Tom McConnell (HS) – mcconnell@gloucesterwrestling.com
Chad Zearfoss (MS) – zearfoss@gloucesterwrestling.com
Kevin Dougherty (Youth) – coachdoc@gloucesterwrestling.com
We’ve got great news for our wrestling family: youth registration (K thru 5th grade) for the 2021-2022 season is now officially open! (If you’re looking to register for the middle school or high school wrestling teams, do that using FamilyID.)
You can fill out and submit all necessary forms, and pay registration fees, right here on our website.
Visit our Registration page and follow the steps to submit the forms and pay the registration fee. The process is easy, and you can do everything from your computer, laptop, tablet, or phone.ย
Practices will start the Monday after Thanksgiving. We’ll have more specifics as we get closer, including practice schedules for the different age groups, so check back here for updates. Better yet, click/tap the FOLLOW GCYW button on any page to get our news updates delivered to your email inbox.
The GMS wrestling season will be starting the Monday after Thanksgiving. If you haven’t registered, yet, you need to do that this week using FamilyID.
Also, you need to submit a current athletic physical form. Get this done ASAP to be eligible for the start of the season.
Any questions about this can be directed to Coach Zearfoss.
From June 26th through June 27th, legendary wrestling champion Myles Martin will be conducting an advanced folkstyle wrestling clinic at Gloucester City High School!
If you don’t know who Myles Martin is, here are just some of his accomplishments:
There are too many more to list here, but if you’re interested there’s a much more comprehensive list on the Ohio State website.
Each day after the clinic will be team duals matches.
Weight classes: 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220, 285
This clinic is only for high school wrestlers who will be entering grades 9-12 in September 2021. There is a limited number of spots available.
All participants must complete an online registration form and pay a $75 fee via PayPal, Venmo, or credit/debit card.
Compliance with current state-mandated protocols regarding Covid-19 is necessary, so participants will be asked to complete exposure questionnaires and have temperature checks before activity commences.
All interested wrestlers should contact Coach Tom McConnell at mcconnell@gloucesterwrestling.com or 609-929-3100.
The youth and middle school winter wrestling season has officially ended.
I want to thank all of the parents, wrestlers, coaches, administrators, and supporters for sticking with us through an odd and volatile season. Despite having to deal with the global pandemic, constantly changing lists of ever-increasing new rules and regulations, match attendance restrictions, and all the other challenges we’ve had to overcome, we still managed to make it work.
At times, it was annoying and inconvenient, I know. Not being allowed to attend some of your child’s wrestling matches, not being allowed to watch from the stands and cheer them on, was almost painful. Having to wait outside in your vehicle in the parking lot of some other school and use your phone to watch a tiny, shaky, sometimes blurry video feed, was infuriating. Not knowing if your kid was getting a match made it even worse.
Yet, you all still came. Despite the hurdles, the confusion, and the annoying prohibitions, you continued to bring your children to practices and matches. For that, you should be commended and I thank you all for your patience, flexibility, and understanding. What a long, strange trip it’s been…
We will be in touch in the near future to arrange for collection of singlets, headgear, and/or other items that need to be returned.
We also plan on having additional, continuing practice sessions for those wrestlers who want to participate. The logistics have not been fully worked out, but I’ll keep you apprised as things progress.
Keep checking the news feed here for updates (or, even better, sign up for the automatic updates if you haven’t already). Again, thank you all for helping us to provide a season for our youth and middle school wrestlers!
Our middle school duals team has a match this afternoon, Tuesday 4/13 at 4:00pm.
Our Lions will be wrestling against the Haddon Heights Garnets.
The match will be held at the Haddon Heights High School. Meet there at 3:20pm as usual.
Per the Colonial league rules this season, only parents of the home team will be permitted to attend.
The match will be streamed live via the Garnet Athletics YouTube channel.
Our middle school duals team has a match tomorrow, Wednesday March 31st at 4:00pm.
Our Lions will be wrestling against the Collingswood Panthers.
The match will be held at the Collingswood High School. Meet there at 3:20pm as usual.
Per the Colonial league rules this season, only parents of the home team will be permitted to attend.
UPDATE: It was a tough match and everybody wrestled well. If you weren’t able to watch it live, you can view the entire stream on the West Deptford Middle School’s YouTube page.
You can also watch the stream recording of today’s high school match on the WDTV08 YouTube channel.
Our middle school duals team has a match tomorrow, Friday, March 26th at 4:00pm.
Our Lions will be wrestling against the West Deptford Eagles.
The match will be held at the West Deptford Middle School. Meet there at 3:20pm.
Per the Colonial league rules this season, only parents of the home team will be permitted to attend.
The match will be streaming on the West Deptford Middle School TV YouTube channel.
UPDATE: Today’s matches were tough for both our middle school and high school wrestling teams. Our wrestlers gave it their all, but we weren’t able to defeat the Red Raiders this time.
If you weren’t able to watch the live feed of the middle school and high school matches, you can watch them at any time by visiting the Paulsboro High School YouTube channel.
You can view the stream recording of the middle school match HERE and the high school match HERE.
Our middle school duals team has a match tomorrow, Monday, March 22nd at 4:00pm.
Our Lions will be wrestling against the Paulsboro Red Raiders.
The match will be held at the Paulsboro High School.
Per the Colonial league rules this season, only parents of the home team will be permitted to attend.
The Paulsboro Athletic Department will be streaming the match on their YouTube channel.
Today Sunday, March 21st is the last day to place your order for this year’s official Gloucester Wrestling clothing!
If you haven’t ordered already, head over to the Gear page and get it done before the end of the day weekend.
Our middle school duals team has a match tomorrow, Friday, March 19th at 4:00pm.
Our Lions will be wrestling against the Haddon Township Hawks.
The match will be held at the Haddon Township High School.
Per the Colonial league rules this season, only parents of the home team will be permitted to attend.
We will give out the stream link when we have it. (You can also check for it on Twitter @HadTwpSports.)
Today is the last day to place your order for this year’s official Gloucester Wrestling clothing!
If you haven’t ordered already, head over to the Gear page and get it done before the end of the day.
All youth and middle school wrestling practices are canceled for Wednesday, March 17th.
Have a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! โ๏ธ๐ฎ๐ช
Practices will resume as expected on Thursday, March 18th.
Tomorrow is โ๏ธ Saint Patrick’s Day and some of you haven’t picked up your ๐ฎ๐ช holiday-themed Gloucester Wrestling t-shirts, yet.
If you haven’t picked up your order, please respond to the messages that were sent out so we can make arrangements.
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