COMPETITION WEEK #6

SATURDAY’S TOURNAMENT
Awesome is the word for the way the Bedford Invitational happened. There were no glitches thanks to Bob Brighton’s computer program, the boys recovered from their Thursday night issues, and our families worked hard to make all of the behind the scenes support possible including the quick clean up. Thanks to all of you we once again showed everyone what a tournament should be! Outstanding job to everyone

THIS WEEK
MONDAY – practice and the All-A’s Banquet – if wrestlers need to leave early to be honored at the All-A’s Banquet that is fine. Academics has always been a priority and we need to honor those who have excelled.

WEDNESDAY – we host Dexter. They have a small team, about 17 total wrestlers barring injury and illness so there are a few of our wrestlers who will not wrestle. As soon as I have a firm roster from Dexter, I will try and pass it along.

TUESDAY & THURSDAY PRACTICES – we will begin letting the wrestlers out of practice a little earlier. They should be done with their showers and ready to go home by 5pm starting this week.

FRIDAY – THERE WILL BE NO PRACTICE ON FRIDAY – we know many families will making the trip to Battle Creek to watch the Varsity’s quarter final match against Rockford at 5:30 pm. If you have never been to the state tournament, I would encourage you to try and go. It is an excellent experience, especially for young wrestlers.

SUMMER WRESTLING – Plans are in the works for a commuter camp to be hosted here at Bedford in July. Coach Rogaliner of the GLWC will be in to talk to the wrestlers about where they should be wrestling over the summer. Coach David Brighton will be running practices for the elite wrestlers for the next few months and I’ll make sure you get information. We will also have stacks of camp brochures for you and information on summer lifting programs with Coach Ditty.

COMPETITION WEEK #5

GREAT JOB
I need to pass on a message from both the Principal of Tecumseh Middle School and the tournament director. Both of these gentlemen stopped me and made a point to compliment our parents and our wrestlers for their spirit and support of one another. It is an incredible feeling being associated with such great people.

THIS WEEK
WEDNESDAY – We travel to Chelsea for a dual meet. A map of their district is listed below. We usually wrestle at the Washington Education Center, but if this changes I will let you know. I have an e-mail out to the Chelsea coach to see what their numbers are and again will update you as soon as possible. CUT AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING LINK IN THE ADDRESS WINDOW TO SEE A MAP TO BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

http://chelsea.k12.mi.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=2773&sc_id=1192815364

THURSDAY – Tecumseh Make up. Remember we are wrestling at the Middle School on North Maumee St. Everyone should have an opportunity to wrestle.

FRIDAY – Set up for Saturday’s tournament after practiced at about 6pm. We will again have to go and get the mat from the HS.

SATURDAY – Bedford Invitational – everyone able to will wrestle – report time 8:30 am.

VARSITY UPDATE - The varsity advanced to the regionals on Wednesday at 6pm. They open with Dearborn Fordson. At Satruday's individual districts the varsity qualified 11 of 14 wrestlers for the individual regionals.

COMPETITION WEEK #4

SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Great job on Saturday! We showed a lot of growth. The coaches and I were very excited. We need to keep improving like that going into this week’s competition.

THIS WEEK:
Wednesday:
We will host Saline in our gym at 4pm. I have talked to the Saline coaches on numerous occasions and we match up well with them in numbers and weights. Barring injury and illness, everyone should get at least one match.

Thursday:
PICTURES-PICTURES-PICTURES Don’t forget pictures have been rescheduled for Thursday. I have most picture envelops from last week. If you still need a picture form, please see me before Thursday.

Saturday:
Tecumseh Tournament – we will travel to Tecumseh HIGH SCHOOL for their annual tournament. Their tournament will be similar in format to Milan’s. I will try to submit everyone’s name to wrestle, but they do have a limited number of entries. If for some reason you will not be available to wrestle please let me know as soon as possible. If for some reason they don’t allow us all of our entries I will inform those families as soon as I can. However, I don’t think there will be a problem. BUS TIME IS: 6:45am

TECUMSEH DUAL RESCHEDULED:
In a rare bit of luck, the Tecumseh dual we missed due to weather last week has been rescheduled for Thursday Feb 21st @ 4pm in @ their middle school. See the map link and other information in the Week 3 posting below.

VARSITY BEGINS STATE TOURNAMENT ACTION:
Our Varsity wrestlers begin their quest for a 12th State Title this week on Thursday evening. They will host Woodhaven and Monroe in the District wrestling meet. I want to strongly encourage all wrestlers and families that can attend to be there to support our team. Next week, they will host the regional meet on Wednesday night.
NOTE: Athletic passes will not be honored for these events because they are STATE events and not Bedford events.

Tecumseh Meet Canceled

The Tecumseh Wrestling meet has been canceled. All wrestlers and Grapplerettes are being sent home on the bus.

CONCESSION STAND LIST

Please see the concession stand list at the link below.

http://teacherweb.com/MI/BedfordJuniorHigh/MrPhillips/Photo5.stm

Competition Week 3

Wrestling update #3

THOUGHTS ON SATURDAY:
We dug ourselves some holes on Saturday. More importantly, we climbed out of those holes. Our kids didn’t stop, didn’t give up. This is a testament to character of each of those young men. There is a lot to learn about wrestling, but knowing we have wrestlers that are not going to quit, that are willing to work hard, makes that learning process possible.

THANK YOU
Thank you to all the parents and family members that worked so diligently to make Saturday such a success. I cannot express how important your support is to the success of your student athletes.

THIS WEEK:
Wednesday: We travel to Tecumseh Middle school for a dual meet. They have a large number of wrestlers, so barring injury or illness, everyone should have at least one opportunity to wrestle. Remember that this meet is at the middle school and a map was included in your meet the team book (or se link below).
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=307%20N%20Maumee%20St&city=Tecumseh&state=MI&zipcode=49286-1475&country=US&title=%3Cb%3E307%20N%20Maumee%20St%3C/b%3E%3Cbr%20/%3E%20Tecumseh,%20MI%2049286-1475,%20%20US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=%22%3EMap%20of%20%3Cb%3E307%20N%20Maumee%20St%3C/b%3E%3Cbr%20/%3E%20Tecumseh,%20MI%2049286-1475,%20%20US%3C/a%3E


Saturday: We travel to Milan High School for their annual invitational. I will submit all wrestlers’ names and weights for this tournament. Again a map for this tournament is included in your meet the team book (or see link below). Our bus time for Saturday will be 7:15am. Please be aware that due to the format of this tournament, some of our Bedford kids could wrestle one another.
http://www.milan.k12.mi.us/hs/map.php


PICTURES-PICTURES-PICTURES:
Pictures have been rescheduled for Thursday February 14th. I have kept all the picture envelops from the wrestlers present on the original day to prevent them from being lost.