ANNOUNCEMENTS
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THIS PRACTICE SCHEDULE WILL BE AT Canastota HS on Tuesday- Thursday through May 30.
NOTE: Whitesboro Practices are suspended for the balance of the season
Sign ups for Puerto Rico October 10-14, 2013 at practice.
NYS Club Cup scheduled fro June 1, 2013 at Canastota 8-10 Teams are expected to compete
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CLUB REGISTRATION
2013 Registration Forms are now available under the "Registration" Link on the left.
Please print out and complete your forms for Club Registration
You Must apply for USA Insurance/membership GO TO: themat.com
Club practices begin February 26@ Canastota HS You may register at any club practice
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Mohawk Valley Wrestlers do well at the New York State Cadet Junior Championships. SEE NEWS
The MVWC wrestlers competed in the Tough Journeymen Duals, featuring New York's best, including many NYS High School place winners. The Club went 2-2 Wins over Maine and Rockland County and loses to Journeymen and Wyoming(PA).
Undeeated: Kelan McKenna, Jason Colon Brad Lucas
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MOHAWK VALLEY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
2013 Mohawk Valley International Festival was held on March 9-10 , 2013. A large group competed on Saturday in the Freestyle event featuring some of the best Freestyle wrestling seen in years. In particular the much iimproved Girls Division featured wrestlers from Canada , Puerto Rico and the USA who have wrestled in World competition. One coach said it was like a "Mini Pan Am Games competition" The Results of the mens/boys divisions are on: trackwrestling.com for both Freestyle and Greco
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2012 SEASON HI- LITES
*MVWC wrestlers place 2nd in the Cadet division and 3rd in the Schoolboy at 2012 Copa Sparta Tournament. SEE NEWS
*The NYS Fair Challange was a success. See cnywrestling.com for pictures
*Congradulations BEN HONIS, seventh place All-American Cadet Greco in Fargo at the USA National Championships. Five other MVWC wrestlers participated and won matches.
*Eight wrestlers travel to Canada Cup: Gold Medalists: Anthony Finocchiaro and Brian Ervin
Silver Medalist: Dandre Norman SEE NEWS
The Club wins the NYS Club Cup for 2012, capping a GREAT 2012 Season
They beat Finger Lakes WC in an exciting Finals. SEE NEWS
Check out New York Wrestling News for a nice article.
http://newyorkwrestlingnews.com/mohawk-valley-wrestling-club-celebrates-30th-anniversary-with-club-cup-championship/
Mohawk Valley Cadet wrestlers win both the Freestyle and Greco Club Team Championships at the 2012 NYS-USA Championships in Binghamton SEE NEWS
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Training in the international styles of Freestyle and Greco, has proven to be a successfull off season program for high school and college wrestlers. It is a welcome change of pace and adds additional technique and stategies to every wrestlers game.
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SCHEDULE (2013)
February 26 Mohawk Valley practices begins
March 4 MVWC Whitesboro Site practices begin
March 8-9-10 Mohawk Valley festival Canastota HS
March 28-Apr 7 Annual MVWC International Trip Izmir Turkey
April 6 NYS FS/GR Kids-Schoolboy Tourn. Johnson City
April 13-14 Super Six Tournament Niagara Falls
April 20 Section 3 FS Qualifier Holland Patent
April27 Journeymen Freestyle duals Schnectady
May 4 Northeast Regionals East Stroudsburg
May 10-12 NYS/USA Junior Cadet States Binghamton
June 1 NYS Freestyle Club Cup Canastota
June 29 Canada Cup Guelph Ontario
July 12-20 Junior Cadet National Fargo
*July 24-28 Empire State Games POSTPONED UNTILL 2014
*August 24-25 State Fair Challange Syracuse
October 10-14 Copa Sparta Puerto Rico
*These dates are as scheduled now but could be subject to change
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>>>>> International News <<<<<<
REPORT HERE ON RESULTS OF THE 2012 GERMAN COMPETITIONS.... SEE NEWS
The Puerto Rico Team Places 2nd and 3rd The wrestlers competed on October 5&6 in San Juan PR at the annual Copa Sparta. SEE NEWS
The Club wins 7 loses 9 in Competition in Turkey on April 3, 2013 at Izmir SEE NEWS
THE TRIP SIGN-UP will begin for Puerto Rico Copa Sparta Tournament to be held October 10-14, 2013.
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Registration for 2013 is accepted at all practices. YOU MUST REGISTER WITH USA WRESTLING DIRECT FOR YOUR USA CARD BEFORE REGISTERING WITH THE CLUB. This is a new policy with USA WRESTLING. Go to: www.themat.com to register with USA. Club Registration can be done at any Club practice. Registration for 2013 will be accepted in October 2012. SEE MY SITE NEWS
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The Club's 31st season begins on February 26,2013 at Canastota High School, with Tuesday and Thursday practices from 7:00-8:30.
* During the Club's 30 years, several thousand wrestlers have participated.
* Many have achieved success as High School Champions in Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco. Many members have continued as Collegiate wrestlers, including Junior College, Division I, II, and III. A number have become All Americans, as well as a Member of the 1996 Olympic team.
* Hundreds of Central New York wrestlers have had the opportunity to travel around the world representing the Club, which is recognized as the most active club, internationally in the United States. The Club has traveled and wrestled in Argentina, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Puerto Rico, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Netherlands, Iceland, Turkey, China, and has the strongest relationship with Canada of any USA Club.
TO CONTACT THE CLUB, YOU MAY EMAIL TO: saltcitym@aol.com
Mohawk Valley International Wrestling Festival results for 2013 will be listed at: trackwrestling.com The 2014 Festival will be held as usual right after the NYS High School Championships in March 2014
CHECK BOTTOM RESULTS for 2004-2013 tournament placings of team members. Included in order are all tournaments attended, beginning with Super Six and through the New York Championships in all divisions.
CHECK INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES for information on and stories about MVWC trips in the past years, stories about Puerto Rico, Netherlands, Turkey, and the 2006 trip to China. For stories about trips to Germany, see Germany. Also check the PHOTO section for pictures from various events.