Club Leaders,
The date for the annual General Membership meeting is Sunday October 3rd, at the Holiday Inn Select in Columbia, MO. Per Missouri USA Wrestling by-laws any and all motions, amendments, or nominations need to be submitted to the secretary, Dan Seago, in writing by Thursday August 19, 2010. Dan's email is d_seago@sbcglobal.net. The agenda for the meeting will be sent out by September 3, 2010. If you have any questions, email me at bherrick@missouriusawrestling.org.

Congratulations to our Junior and Cadet Freestyle All-Americans

Juniors
Emily Webster - NATIONAL CHAMPION Savanna Nobile - 6th
Collton Howell - 3rd JJ Dorrell - 6th
Bricker Dixon - 3rd Cody Brewer - 3rd
Terrell Wilbourn - 2nd Kaleb Freidley - 3rd
Patrick Rhoads - 6th

Cadets
Noah Teaney - 2nd Jaret Singh - 6th
Clayton Ream - 5th Skylar Wood - 7th
Josh Bennett - 3rd Austin Roper - 6th
Darick Lapaglia - 5th David Evans - 4th
Austin Eads - 6th Hashem Omari - 4th

Congratulations to our Junior and Cadet Greco All-Americans

Juniors
Colton Howell - NATIONAL CHAMPION
JJ Dorrell - 4th
Eric Mateo - 4th
Daniel Breit - 8th
Cody Johnston - 6th

Cadets
Cody Hummer - 4th
Austin Roper - 4th
Jimmy Carpenter - 8th
John Wood - 7th

Nice job by the Missouri Kids that traveled to Utah to compete in the USA Kids Freestyle/Greco Nationals. Those placing for Missouri were

Max Darrah - 5th in Greco/6th in Freestyle

Dustin Gray - 6th in Greco/8th in Freestyle

Clint Herrick - 3rd in Greco/National Champion in Freestyle

Ethan Koan - 3rd in Greco/7th in Freestyle

Congratulations to the Junior Dual Team for winning the consolation bracket in freestyle. Also to Daniel Breit and Tanner Minder for making the all-tournament team in freestyle by going undefeated.

Congratulations to the Cadet Team on winning the consolation bracket and placing 9th in Greco and placing 5th in freestyle. Hashem Omari also made the all tournament team in freestyle by going 8-0.

Congratulations to the Schoolboy Dual Team for finishing 10th in Greco and 4th in Freestyle. Also, to Ke-shawn Hayes for going 20-0 in the tournament and being selected to the all-tournament team in both styles. Ke-shawn was one of two wrestlers to go undefeated in the tournament. Other Missouri wrestlers making the all-tournament team are Matthew Schmitt 10-0, Colston Diblasi 10-0, Dayton Racer 11-0, and Keyen Braughton 11-0. All results are under the results tab.

Also congratulations to all place winners at the Southern Plains regional tournament this weekend, as well as Paxtin DiBlasi for being Missouri's recipent of the Bob Cairns Award and Daniel Breit for being named the OW of the Junior Greco Tournamnet.

Fargo - Cadet/Junior National team packet

Regional training sites

Coaching information and Regional training sites information announcements from National Teams Director Randy Bradley can be found by clicking the links.

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Please be advised that effective immediately, the new address for Missouri USA Wrestling is:

422 D Street
Belton, MO 64012

The office phone number is (816) 322-6665. The fax number at the office is (816) 322-6669.

Beginning September 1st, any member who wishes to purchase a coach's card must do so on-line at themat.com. Part of this process will be a background check. Upon completing and passing the background check, you will be able to print off your coaching card for the 2009 season. To view the complete USA Wrestling policy and procedure for the background check; click here: USAW Background ScreeningProcess12-18-07.pdf

Also, Missouri USA Wrestling still requires any new coaches, with the exception of the certified high school wrestling staff, to be a minimum of copper certified. We will continue to offer the copper certification classes and they will be listed under the tournament schedule as they are confirmed. The cost this year will be $15 at the class, since all coaches will still be required to go on-line to purchase their actual card and go through the background screening. You can also take the copper certification on-line at themat.com under coaching education, but be advised that it does cost more to do it that way.

Missouri USA Wrestling is allowing on-line registration through the USA Wrestling website, themat.com. Coaches and wrestlers may renew their membership, or become first time members, through this website. All it takes is a credit card and their will be a surcharge for this service. Clubs who wish to purchase their competitor's, or coach's, cards may also use this site and you can contact me for a username and password. Just a reminder that Missouri USA Wreslting requires that any first time competitor's must first submit a birth certificate to our office before your membership will become valid; all Missouri coaches, with the exception of official high school wrestling coaching staff, must be a minimum of copper certified and any first time coach must submit proof of this certification before their membership will be valid as well. To get to this site, click here: