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Information for New Parents about tournaments

11/18/25

Tonight we will cover…

  • What to expect at tournaments
  • Dec 7’s novice takedown tournament
  • Girl’s wrestling
  • Dual team/wrestle offs
  • Quads/JV

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General information about 12/7/25

Where: East Penn High School

When: Sunday, Dec 7 (be ready 30 minutes before start time)

6U and 10U start at 8:00am (confirmed)

8U and 12U start at 12:00pm (confirmed)

Who: First and second year wrestlers

What: Takedown Tournament (best of three)

Why: because wrestling is awesome!

Adults $10.00

Children $5.00

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Important information

  • No cost per wrestler, but if you don’t show up
  • Wear CD singlet, headgear, shoes
  • Bring clothes to wear over top for when they aren’t wrestling.
  • No Weigh-ins

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What it will look like

  • Each wrestler will wrestle three matches in a round robin format.
  • Each wrestler will wrestle on only their mat
  • Each wrestler will have three numbers written on their hand (take a picture of these numbers)
  • I will post these numbers in the Team App, but they could change by Sunday morning.
  • Your wrestle should inform a coach when they are “in the hole”. No kid should ever wrestle without a coach.
  • PARENTS STAY BACK. Let the coaches do their thing and the refs do their thing.

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Winning/Losing

  • Do not focus on winning and losing. Your wrestler will do that enough
  • Focus on these three things…
    • Sportsmanship - win or lose show good sportsmanship
    • Effort - this is different for every kid. Don’t give up. Try your best
    • Try moves - This will best be explained by a coach
  • After every match wrestlers will shake hands with the other wrestler, shake hands with the other coach and then go back to CD’s coach for praise and polish talk. If your wrestle needs a second to ‘cool’ down, give them a minute or two but be sure to have them go back to a coach after that.

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Mrs. Stettler’s words of advice

  • Expect semi organized chaos
  • Take a picture of your kids hand
  • Brings snacks…shhhh this is technically not allowed
  • Bring money/cash
  • Leave coats in the car
  • There’s a lot of down time, bring something to do… cheer on teammates and other families

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When can you leave?

After your child has wrestled their three matches, they are free to leave. They are giving a medal to first- fourth place. Be sure to pick up their medal before they leave.

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Girls Wrestling

Girls can wrestle in any event

Girls tournaments every weekend

Quad meets… JV. We will try our best to get them only girl matches

End of the year tournament

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Wrestle-offs/Dual Team/ Quads/ JV

  • Dual team wrestles every quad, at East Duals, and Dawg Duals.
  • At quads, dual team wrestles, while everyone else wrestles JV matches (think mini tournament but no trophies)
  • Wrestle-offs -
    • only kids that need to make a weight
    • Coach has ultimate decision making of who makes team

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