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. West ottawa wrestling camp
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 Clinicians
Ryan Lancaster
Mason Smith
Trent Allen
Chris Poland
Former West Ottawa Wrestling Camp Clinicians
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 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)  Register HERE Questions? Send them to Ryan Lancaster 2018 SPRING CLINIC/TOURNAMENT SERIES March 13th-May 31th West Ottawa High School and Myrmidon Training Systems All Ages Includes free T-shirt for each wrestler. Includes Access to Clinics & Fight Nights $80 K-12th grade (wrestlers with some wrestling experience) FORMAT Clinics
Scrimmages (Myrmidon Friday Night)
All Camp Members are welcome; or $5 Drop Ins 03/23, 03/29, 04/13, 04/20, 04/27 Format: Wrestlers blocked into 5-8 groups. At the start of each round, wrestlers in that group will report to the mat and find a partner. All matches will be 4 minutes (2-2). Our Goal is to wrestle 4-5 rounds. Week One
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 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 
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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 ORder Your Fan GeaR and Team Gear Here
11/17/2017
 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  HOLLAND, MI
Though girls wrestling is nothing new at West Ottawa, the girls team is. A few of the girls that have competed with the boys for the last few seasons have also made the switch to compete with the girls team as well. We sat down with sophomore Evann Biedenbach and discussed her aspirations, her competitive drive, and continuation with the sport. What got you interested in wrestling? My dad did wrestling in high school and was pretty good at it so I was interested in the sport. Do you have any experience prior to this season? Yes, I do have prior experience with wrestling. I started wrestling in 8th grade, and even though I didn't excel in the sport I still enjoyed it. What is is like being a part of history at West Ottawa? It honestly to me feels no different from being on the guy's team. I'm glad to know that I am part of the change. What are some hurdles you have had to face? Some hurdles that I face are mostly for when I wrestle in the guys season when I wrestle guys I am typically less strong. Do you have any advice for girls that want to wrestle? Just do it. Wrestling will help you do amazing things. Wrestling has helped me get my anger out when I'm really (angry) for some reason. Lately, wrestling has been the only thing that has kept me going. Who is your wrestling hero? My wrestling hero is Thomas Gilman who wrestled for the University of Iowa. The reason why he is the person that I look up to for wrestling is because he is amazing at wrestling, and he won an award for being the most dedicated wrestler and I want to start being more dedicated to wrestling.  HOLLAND, MI
West Ottawa has embarked on its inaugural girls wrestling season and wanted to sit down and chat with some of our competitors. Zeeland native Gabby Ramirez wrestled at the Myrmidon Attack Tournament this past weekend (and won her very first match). Ramirez has proven herself to be a very driven athlete on and off the mat thus far, We wanted to know what drives her and if she had any advice for future wrestlers. What got you interested in wrestling? I’ve always been weight lifting and I never really did any sports besides throwing shot put in track and field. Do you have any experience prior to this season? This is the first year I've done wrestling but I practice at Myrmidon to get me ready for the season. What is is like being a part of history at West Ottawa? It feels pretty cool to be apart of something that shows that girls are as strong as boys are. What are some hurdles you have had to face? The feeling that i’m not strong enough when I wrestle but thing is that it doesn’t really matter if you’re strong enough. What matters is how quick of a thinker you are when you’re on the mat. A quote from my favorite wrestler (Helen Maroulis) that keeps me going is “I am enough.” Do you have any advice for girls that want to wrestle? Just go for it, being a female wrestler is a hard to do when many people are against it, but I swear it is the most self-powering thing i’ve ever done in my life. Who is your wrestling hero? Helen Maroulis is my all time wrestling hero. I watch her interviews and her matches all the time and each video I watch it makes me want to be a better wrestler than I was the day before. She makes me want to train harder and be the strongest I can be when I wrestle. |
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