​2nd Annual Myrmidon Charity Duals
July 28th, 2018
West Ottawa High School 
9:00am

KIDS DIVISION (K-6th) 
HS DIVISION (7th-12th) 
LEGACY DIVISON (18+) 

Format: “Freko Wrestling”, Adapted Freestyle/Folkstyle/Greco-Roman rules. First Period augmented Folkstyle, second period augmented Greco Roman, and third period augmented Freestyle rules. 2-2-2. Duals will be scored with NCWA Optional Team Scoring

WEIGHT CLASSES 
KIDS DIVISION (K-6th) 52, 60, 70, 80, 92, 106, 115+ (Max 130)
HS DIVISION (7th-12th) 113, 126, 138, 152, 170, 195, 285
LEGACY DIVISON (18+) 130, 140, 155, 175, 195, 250, HWT.


- Weigh-in's are not formal and coaches need to use their discretion. (Honor System) 
-Proceeds go to the Piedras Blancas Friends of the Elephant Seal and Pinning Down Autism (more charities to be added as teams enter)
-$50.00 donation per team
-$5.00 donation for admission 

Any Questions? Contact Coach Lancaster at myrmidonwrestling@gmail.com

2018 SUMMER COACHES SERIES
June 5th - August 28th 

Myrmidon Training Systems
All Ages
Includes free T-shirt for each wrestler.
Includes Access to All Clinics 
Cost*:
OPTION ONE

• $35/month (student sets up auto-bill via credit card)
• Student Will receive a Myrmidon competition singlet as well as a USAW Membership (good for one year)

 OPTION TWO

• (All members have a mandatory fundraising requirement of $45 (you can select to opt-out of this requirement by paying the $45 yourself). 

*All siblings are half priced.
 
FORMAT
Clinics
Runs 6:00pm-7pm (K-6th) and 7:00pm-8:30pm (7th and Up) at Myrmidon Training Systems.
Clinics ran by wrestling clinicians that have a great deal of experience at wrestling at the collegiate level.
They will consist mostly of technique and drilling, with some live situations.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
06/05 TBA
06/12 TBA
06/19 TBA
06/26 TBA
07/10 TBA
07/17 TBA
07/24 TBA
07/31 TBA
08/07 TBA
08/14 TBA
08/21 TBA
​08/28 TBA

Featuring a high-profile slate of national and regional coaches and athletes, the West Ottawa Wrestling Camp emphasize technical skill development and strategy. Our curriculum covers everything from basic fundamentals—stance, positioning, takedowns, and escapes—to advanced technique and strategy, including set-ups, finishes, and drilling. We separate wrestlers into smaller groups determined by age, weight and ability, so each wrestler will receive a level of training that fits his or her skill and experience level. The philosophy of our camp also relies on teaching a disciplined, focused mindset that is the trademark of the "Pantherstyle" Ethos.


The West Ottawa Wrestling Camp is directed by college coaches along with All-American wrestlers. Active college wrestlers serve as counselors at this camp, as well as regional all-star talent. Our premier roster of coaches and wrestlers will train side-by-side with camp athletes and lead by example with the discipline and work ethic that are the foundation of our camp.  This is all done at no cost to all West Ottawa Public School athletes.

June 12th-15th
West Ottawa High School

K-2 9:30am-10:30am
3-6 10:30am-12:30pm
7-12 12:30pm-2:30pm

COST
All WOPS K-12 Wrestlers: FREE
All Others: $20.00

Ryan Lancaster

• Former GVSU Wrestler
• 2008 NCWA All-American
• MHSAA State Qualifier
• NCEP Bronze Level Coach

Mason Smith

• Former CMU Wrestler
• 2018 NCAA D1 National Qualifier 
• 2x MHSAA State Champion

Trent Allen

• Former Notre Dame College Wrestler 
• MCC Assistant Coach
• NHSCA National Champion
• 3x Super 32 Placer

Chris Poland

• Former EMU Wrestler
• 4x MHSAA State Placer
• USAW Greco Roman All-American

Former West Ottawa Wrestling Camp Clinicians

• Justin Zeerip
• Collin Zeerip
• Jeff Anderson
• Ryan Lancaster
• Isaiah Thomas
• Jake Bohn
• Tyler Brenner
• Dave Mills
• Zane Corey

Holland, MI

WEST OTTAWA MIDDLE SCHOOL DUALS
​
West Ottawa Middle School team went 4-1 at their annual duals. They defeated Holland 52-34, B-Squad 71-20, Grand Haven 45-42, before dropping a loss to Grandville-Maroon 27-67. The Panthers rallied their final round to defeat Grandville-White on the 3rd criteria. Grandville-Maroon went on to defeat Hudsonvile-Baldwin 69-27 in the final. 4 of our wrestlers went 5-0 on the day.

The middle school team is currently 7-3 on the year.

FINAL STANDINGS
1st Hudsonville-Baldwin
2nd Grandville-Maroon
3rd West Ottawa
4th Grandvile-White
5thZeeland
6th Grand Havrn
7th Holland
8th Jenison
9th Mona Shores
​10th B-Squad

5TH ANNUAL LITTLE PANTHER TOURNAMENT

Wrestlers from all over the Holland area gathered at West Ottawa High School on January 24th to take part in the 5th Annual Little Panthers Tournament. The Panthers had a great showing, with multiple placers.For the second year in a row, the Little Panthers have won their annual invitational.  Lead by 7 champions, the Panthers narrowly defeated the flourishing Holland Youth program, who came in second. Over all, 26 of our youth wrestlers competed in our home gym and set the pace of our program,  While it was a fundraiser for both West Ottawa and Myrmidon programs, a portion also went to Pinning Down Autism, a charitable organization whose mission is to respond and address the immediate needs of children and their families within our local communities that are affected by autism and to promote education and awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder’s. We also donated to another important organization in the wrestling: Pin Cancer. Pin Cancer is a registered 501(c)3 charity. All their proceeds go to building awareness on all types of cancer as well as research initiatives at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

$37.00 was donated to Pinning Down Autism. Myrmidon and West Ottawa have raised $889.00 for this charity since 2016.
​$37.00 was donated to Pin Cancer. Myrmidon and West Ottawa have raised $114.00 for this charity since 2017.

VIEW BRACKETS HERE

FULL RESULTS
38-42
1st Jayven Sipkema (WO)
2nd Trey Nadolsky (WO)
3rd Anthony Casares (WO)
4th Liam Stewart (HOL)

43-49.2
1st Markko Foster (WO)
2nd Judah Wykes (HOL)
3rd Braelyn Boersen (WO)
4th Jack Raycraft (WO)

50-52
1st Dezmend Villarreal (WO)
2nd Aiden Cruz (WO)
2nd Colin Lamania (WO)
3rd Isaiah (HOL)

53-55
1st Ava O'Harris (WO)
2nd Ben Boersen (WO)
3rd Avery Hughes (WO) 

58-60
1st Joshua Cuevas (HOL)
2nd Gaven Cruz (WO)
3rd Aden Garcia (WO)
4th Ignacio Ramirez (WO)

60-62
1st Eli Sedano (HOL)
2nd Kaylee Stryker (HOL)
3rd Juelz Soto (WO)

62-64
1st Trenton Chesser (WO)
2nd Brycen Soto (WO)
3rd Jacob Rios (HOL)

66-69
1st Isaiah Castro (HOL)
2nd Braelyn Sharda (WO)
3rd Manny Garza (HOL)
4th Gabe Nies (HOL)

70-75
Israel Castro (HOL)
​Gabe Gonzalez (FENN)

71-75
1st JaMeir Chesser (WO)
2nd Asher Folkert (HOL)
3rd Zhanaevia Ruff (HOL)

82-87
1st Durai Naik (WO)
2nd Matteo Lamania (WO)

95-102
1st Jacob Torres (HOL)
2nd Andreas McMahon (FENN)
Jayden Sneller (FENN)

115-125
1st Robbie Weirsma (HOL)
2nd Manny Meyer (HOL)
3rd Mackenzie Nies (HOL)

168
1st Yasmin Dykr (HOL)
​

HOLLAND, MI

West Ottawa Middle School (WOMS) Wrestling is a fundamental, and arguably, most important  part of our developmental program. Athletes are introduced to the subtle nuances of the sport, and are eventually brought to compete at a competitive level in the area. Taking the helm this year are two new Co-head coaches, Brandon Tresemer and Cassie Virgil. Coming to us from Zeeland East, Coach Tresemer bring a tenacious flare to our middle school program. He had a great prep career at Zeeland East, setting his school's record for the most career wins (158). He also was an all state wrestler and a district champion his senior year. Cassie comes to us all the way from Washington state where she had an impressive prep career.  An overall competition record of 72-94 . In 2006 she won a state title, and then went on to place at the state, and win regional and district titles She turned to coaching women's wrestling for the 2009-2010 and 2015-16 seasons. In her reign, she had 10 WIAA state qualifiers , as well as 5 Academic All-State girls. Cassie is also our head girls team coach.

Practices will run from 3pm to 5:pm everday in the Macatawa Bay Middle School Wrestling Room.  Any questions, please email Tresemer, Virgil, or the program directly. 

Competition Schedule
02.01.2018  4:00pm @Muskegon/N. Rockford
02.06.2018 4:00pm @Holland
02.08.2018 4:00pm Fruitport
02.13.2018 4:00pm  @Cityside Middle
02.15.2018 4:00pm Mona Shores
02.22.2018 4:00pm @Lakeshore Middle
02.24.2018 9:00am West Ottawa Invitational
02.27.2018 4:00pm Pinewood Middle
03.06.2018 4:00pm @Hamilton 
03.08.2018 4:00pm Muskegon Heights ​

HOLLAND, MI

The West Ottawa Wrestling family was treated Wednesday Night to our 3rd Annual Black n' White Night. This year in an attempt to prepare wrestlers and new fans for the dual meet scenario, we decided to have two full dual teams. 8 varsity positions were filled, with wrestlers needing to win the best two out of three to hold the spot. In addition to this, several exhibition matches were held to ensure every Panther got a match. Team Black posted a marginal victory over Team White.

"This is a great sign for the program," Coach Ryan Lancaster commented about the scrimmage."We had numerous matches that were extremely close, which shows me that we will have some depths at a few weight classes this year."

The Panthers will travel to Hesperia on Wednesday to dual Reed City and #8 Hesperia. Then Saturday, varsity heads to Zeeland's Gene Kraai Memorial and Varsity B heads to Allendale.

FULL RESULTS
Round One
Mathew Hakken Dec. Christian Quintanilla 7-5
Eduardo Perez Pin. Isaiah Alfaro
Michael Weed Pin. Gavin Hoefakker
Riley Kuipers Pin. Santos Ajpop
Julian Jimenez Dec. Sam Vasche 9-6
Israel Anaya Pin. Logan Hornshaw
Margarito Sanchez Dec. Christian Vazquez 10-9
Julio DelReal Pin. Carlos Mendez

Exhibition Round One
Ethan Gilliam Pin. Moses Young
George Bekmetjev Pin. Andre Rudell
Cole Stegenga Pin. Kenny Sao

Round Two
Mathew Hakken Dec. Christian Quintanilla 11-4 
Eduardo Perez Pin. Isaiah Alfaro
Michael Weed Pin. Gavin Hoefakker
​Riley Kuipers Pin. Santos Ajpop
​Julian Jimenez Dec. Sam Vasche 8-1
​Israel Anaya Dec. Logan Hornshaw 9-3
​Christian Vazquez Dec. Margarito Sanchez 7-5
​Carlos Mendez Pin, Julio DelReal

Exhibition Round Two
David Cruz Dec. Christian Quintanilla 7-6
Ethan Gilliam Pin. Santos De La Rosa
Ian McConkey Dec. Gavin Hoefakker 9-6
Santos Ajpop Pin. Ryan Lindstrom 

Round Three
​Christian Vazquez Dec. Margarito Sanchez 17-10
​Julio DelReal Pin. Carlos Mendez

Exhibition Round Three
​Bryan Ries Pin. Carlos Mendez

Full Playlist HERE

HOLLAND, MI

We have teamed up with the Embroidery House and Addix to provide the West Ottawa wrestling family its fan and team gear this season. 

FAN GEAR
This order from the Embroidery House is put together to ensure friends and family have wrestling shirts to wear during our matches. Or our athletes have team wear to work out in. Please print off a flyer and return it with cash or check to one of the coach prior to Nov. 28th, 2017. All checks MUST be made out to West Ottawa Public Schools (No exceptions).

If you have any questions, email them HERE.

TEAM GEAR
Though most of this will be gear that the wrestlers use to compete this season, fans will be able to get their hands on it as well. Place an online order and Addix will ship it directly to you.

HOLLAND, MI

Fortune favors the hard workers. At least, that is how it works for a wrestler. We met up with senior West Ottawa wrestler Julio "the Real Deal" Del Real to discuss the up coming season, We highlighted his off season work ethic, his aspirations and his inspirations.
​
How did you prepare for this season?
​I went to work outs, (off season) tournaments and Kenowa Hills.

What was being on a travel team like?
Its was cool; going outside of my comfort zone wrestling other people that I've never heard of before. 

How were the Kenowa Hills Summer Knights Clinics?
I liked them, I plan on using some of the moves that I learned there.

What are some of the hurdles you have to face?
Confidence,pressure to do good and to leave high school and be remembered for something. 

What has been for motivation in the off season?
"State titles are won by the ones who love the sport; keep strong to your faith and things will work out."

Who is your wrestling hero?
Ramon Correa, Ryan Lancaster and Jordan Burroughs