LATEST NEWS !!!

*** NEW STORE ***  
Please check out the recently added store option on the left to see various items for purchase from
prior years.  There are limited quantities of each item available and we will sell them on a first come
first serve basis.  If you would like to purchase an item or have a question please send an email to
Tess at mpuglio@elcoyouthwrestling.com or let us know at practice.

The form for this years clothing orders should be available by the end of this week (12/5/08).


Practice Schedule:

JV TEAM - Monday & Wednesday 6 PM to 7:30 PM beginning Monday, November 17th
VARSITY TEAM - Tuesday & Thursday 6 PM to 7:30 PM beginning Tuesday, November 18th

Please get in the habit of checking the calendar often to verify that we are having practice on that
date and also for other important dates of upcoming events.

Upcoming tournaments will be posted this week on the calendar page as well as the tournaments
page.

A couple of important notes:

  • Wrestling shoes should NOT be worn outside.  Doing so brings dirt into the wrestling room.  In
    addition to being unsanitary, small stones stuck in the shoes can damage the mat.  In addition,
    since the shoes are not designed for outside wear, they will prematurely wear out.

  • Along the same lines, we ask the parents to please be careful of the types and condition of the
    shoes that they wear on the wrestling mats.  Please take off shoes with heels or shoes that
    are dirty before coming into the wrestling room.  The wrestling mats are extremely expensive
    and we want to take good care of them.   

  • Finally, despite the efforts to keep the wrestling mats sanitized, it is always best for wrestlers
    to take showers immediately after every practice and tournament.  Also, remind your wrestler
    to keep their hands away from their mouths until their hands are washed.

  • Last year ELCO's Athletic Trainer, Adam Zurick, came to one of our practices to discuss the
    issue of MRSA and any other wrestling related health concerns the parents may have had.  If
    anyone would like us to, we can ask that he come again this year.  Following are two websites
    that he referred us to in the past for additional information.  On both sites, enter MRSA in the
    search box.

             http://www.cdc.gov
             http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/site/default.asp