The Clackamas Community College wrestling team has announced its 2010-11 season schedule which is highlighted by trips to the Reno Tournament of Champions in Reno, NV.  and NWCA National Dual Meet Championships in Cedar Falls, IA.  Last season the Cougars finished 15th at the ever tough TOC, highest finish among non-division I teams and captured 4th at the National Duals.

 

In addition to Conference duals with Region 18 teams the Cougars will host NAIA's Montana State-Northern on January 14th at 4:00 p.m. and then have a night cap with Conference rival North Idaho College at 7:00 p.m.  to celebrate Alumni Night.

 

Important Notes:  This year's NJCAA National Championships will be held in Spokane, WA at the Spokane Events Center.  The Cougars want your support and if you are interested in attending the event you can contact the athletic department for ticket information.  It was 40 years ago this season when the Cougar Matmen won the NJCAA National Championships and what a great way to celebrate that momentous occasion by rooting on the current team to victory in February.

 

Take your chance to get top level international coaching from the German National team, including Sven Thiele. Thiele is the current national coach and was a very accomplished international wrestler. The camp is July 5th and 6th in Arlington, Washington.

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SABOTAGE WRESTLING WELCOMES THE GERMAN TEAM….

SWA COMMUTER CAMP

*JULY 5 & 6, 2010*

Camp Location: Arlington High School

Crown Ridge Blvd

Arlington, WA 98233

Camp Dates and Times: July 5 and July 6

9:00 am to 5:00 pm each day

(6 full mats for practice)

Camp Age Groups: 10 and up

Camp Registration:

www.sabotagesports.com

Registration Deadline: June 10, 2010

Camp Costs: $125.00 for 2 days of camp

(Lunch will be provided)

$75.00 per day at the door

Camp Accommodations: Host Homes available upon request

Camping area available

$110.00 for SWA members

Featured Clinicians: Sven Thiele –

Three Time Olympian

World Cup Champion

FILA Test Tournament Champion

Four Time European Medalist

Saxony State & KFC Leipzig Head Coach

Three Time World Silver Medalist

Heinrich Barnes

2008 Beijing Olympian

Three Time African Continental Champion

2006 NJCAA National Champion

2006 Junior World Championships 5

– 2009 NCAA All-Americanth Place

Other Clinicians: Kelly Kubec, Michael Mangrum, Shaun Williams

Questions? Contact

shaun@sabotagesports.com

Contact Bonney Ottow (425) 443-9102

Great article about Washington native Kyle Bounds. Bounds was a 3x State Champ out of Washington who signed with the University of Oregon. He had a brief career there, until the Ducks dropped their wrestling program. This article follows his transfer and career at Michigan State University. Article is courteous of The Columbian.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/may/16/kyle-bounds-michigan-state-wrestling/

On July 5th and 6th, Sabotage Sports will host a camp featuring several former World and Olympic level wrestlers.  Sven Thiele of Germany, a several time world team member and Olympian headlines the camp along with 2008 Olympian and NCAA all-american Heinrich Barnes of South Africa. Shawn Williams, wrestling director at Sabotage helped make it happen. Williams an NJCAA champion, as well as a PAc 10 Champ will also be included as a clinician.  Several college wrestlers will serve as councilors at the event, including past Washington wrestlers Michael Mangrum and Kelly Kubec.



For more info, go to:
http://www.washingtonwrestlingreport.com/2009-10/Advertising/SWA%20July%20Commuter%20Camp.pdf

Also, stay tuned for coming interviews and coverage from some of those that will be on hand for this super opportunity.

Nice write-up on recent Senior Nationals Champion Josh Heinzer. Heinzer, the 3x State Champion from Lake Stevens captured the 112lb. NHSCA Sr. National Championship last week. 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/highschoolsportsblog/2011550382_qawithlakestevenswrestlerjoshheinzer.html

Washington will hold its' state championships this weekend.  Orting's Taylor Meeks will go for his third state championship.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/highschools/story/1075227.html?storylink=mirelated

LCW will have a busy week of action.  We will be in Boise, Idaho for the meet between Boise State and Oregon State.  Also, we will attempt to cover the Region 18 junior college finals.  Stay tuned for coverage. Both events should provide for some excellent competition. 

BSU and OSU will wrestle Friday night, where Oregon State will put their 17 match win streak on the line, and try to turn around the early season defeat to BSU. The loss is the only blemish on Oregon State's current 18-1 season. Boise State has been ranked as high as 6th this season and has won the last two Pac 10 titles.

Region 18 is expected to be a closely contested tournament with Clackamas and North Idaho expected to battle it out.  Highline has a very solid team as well and could challenge with a good tournament.

Clackamas Matmen Prepare for Region 18 Championships

 

Oregon City, OR- The Clackamas Community College wrestling team is currently preparing for the Region 18 Championships that will be held this Saturday at Highline Community College in Des Moines, WA.  The Cougars are currently the #5 ranked Junior College team in the country and they head in to the event having finished runner up to North Idaho College in 2009 Championships.  The tournament starts at 10 a.m. Saturday morning with the finals set for around 4 p.m.

 The annual tournament acts as the Western Region qualifier for the NJCAA National Championships and is recognized as one of the toughest regions in the country.   In the final regular season rankings done by the NJCAA Coaches Association, 3 members of Region 18 are ranked in the top 10 in the country with Clackamas, North Idaho and Highline ranked #5, #6, and #7 respectively.  Southwest Oregon and Yakima come in at #19 and #22 in the country.

 "Although we have only 5 teams in our region it is consistently one of the best regions in the country not only because of the current rankings but because of how we finish at the NJCAA National Championships," said Coach Josh Rhoden.  While the current Cougar squad is ranked one spot ahead of rival North Idaho it is the Cardinals who have to be dethroned as they have won 8 straight Region 18 Championships.  "We may be ranked ahead of NIC but that doesn't mean a whole lot to us, they are the team to beat and we know we have to get out there and wrestle our butts off," added Rhoden.

 The Cougar wrestlers welcome any and all to make the trip to Des Moines to root them on as they start the post season and hope to see you at Highline CC on Saturday!

 

 

 

Southwestern Oregon went 3-0 on the weekend, including a rematch with nationally ranked Highline College.

http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/01/12/sports/laker_wrestlers_sweep_three_duals_2ec.txt