It's AAU State Week!

Good luck to all of our competitors in the AAU State Blue and Gold divisions! Also a reminder that ALL wrestlers must weigh in.

Blue division seeding meeting: 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 at St. Charles West HS. It is your responsibility to get your wrestler's seeding information to the rep below prior to the meeting. This should include last year's AAU state tournament, this year's Ozark District and Missouri Challenge finishes, and head-to-head match results for this season.

Bantam: need volunteer
Midget: Tom Hernandez, thomas.therealtor@gmail.com
Novice: Jeff Laird, optikhog@gmail.com
Schoolboy: need volunteer
Cadet: need volunteer

Weigh-in schedule:

Friday 6-8 @ St. Charles West for both Blue and Gold divisions
OR
Saturday 7-8 for Blue wrestlers
OR
Sunday 7-8 for Gold wrestlers

Practice schedule this week:
Monday: Minis 5:30-6:50 p.m.
Tuesday: All Jr. Spartans 6-8
Wednesday: Last Minis Practice 5:30-6:50, Advanced Jr. Spartans 7-9
Thursday: All Jr. Spartans 6-8 (last practice for the cafeteria group; any wrestlers who continue with the USA series will practice as a single group); Deadline to sign up for USA District 8 Tournament.

Anyone not competing any further this season may turn in their singlet Wednesday at the end of Minis or the beginning of Jr. Spartan practice. (There will be other opportunities to turn in, but I will commit to being there with your deposits on Wednesday.) Please do not hand a singlet to a coach if you would like to get credit for turning it in. :-)

Minis Banquet
If anyone would like to help plan the banquet for the Mini-Spartans, please e-mail spartanwrestlingclubmo@gmail.com. Thanks!


What is the USA Wrestling State Series?
The USA State series is a competitive tournament series comprising three levels of competition: Districts (March 4), Regionals (March 11) and the State tournament (March 25-26). Anyone may enter (age groups are 8U, 10U, 12U and 14U based on age on Dec. 31, 2016), but the top six finishers at each of eight districts advance to regionals, and the top four from each of four regions advance to the state tournament, where the top six finishers will medal.

USA District 8 Tournament (click for flier)
Date: March 4
Location: Rockwood Summit HS

USA Region D Tournament
Date: March 11
Location: Mexico, MO

USA State Tournament
Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, March 25-26

Wrestlers must stick with the same weight class for the entire tournament series, and they will weigh in for each tournament per the schedule that will be on the fliers for each tournament. A seeding meeting will be held before the district tournament; the next two tournaments will be seeded automatically by finish in the previous tournament. Wrestlers should not enter unless they are committed to competing for the duration of the series.

Seeding information must be submitted in advance of the seeding meeting. No additional information may be brought into the meeting. They are requesting each wrestler's season record in an Excel spreadsheet. You may e-mail them to spartanwrestlingclubmo@gmail.com and I will submit them and get copies to our seeding meeting representatives.