Summer Wrestling - CAMP VERDE: WEEKEND WARS
DURING THE OFF SEASON, THE ECLIPSE WRESTLING CLUB TRAVELS NORTH TO PARTICIPATE IN "THE WEEKEND WARS" AT CAMP VERDE, AZ. COACH CHAGOLLA OPENS UP THE CAMP VERDE WRESTLING ROOM, EVERY OTHER SATURDAY, ALL SUMMER LONG. HERE THE KIDS GET LOTS OF "MAT TIME". THERE IS NO CHARGE TO WRESTLE, BUT DONATIONS OF WATER AND SNACKS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED!
COACH CHAGOLLA TALKS TO THE WRESTLERS, THE COACHES AND THE PARENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING POSITIVE AND DISPLAYING GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP. ONE THINGS HE WANTS THE WRESTLERS TO UNDERSTAND IS, "IF YOU ARE NOT LOOSING, THEN YOU ARE NOT LEARNING!" THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO PRACTICE WHAT THEY LEARN AND PICK UP NEW SKILLS.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY CASUAL. KIDS AND COACHES REFEREE THE MATCHES
THE ROOM IS FULL! BETWEEN 100-300 KIDS CRAM INTO THIS SPACE TO TAKE ON WRESTLERS FROM ALL OVER ARIZONA AS WELL AS TEAMS THAT OCCASIONALLY POP IN FROM FROM UTAH, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, COLORADO AND OTHER STATES. THEY CAN WRESTLE AS MANY MATCHES AS THEY WANT, WITH WHOMEVER THEY WANT. THEY SIGN UP ON A LIST ON THE GYM WALL. WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED, THEY WRESTLE!
THE RECORD FOR MOST MATCHES WRESTLED IN ONE DAY, AT CAMP VERDE, BY AN O'CONNOR OR ECLIPSE KID WAS 13. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY JOHN DEVITO. BUT IT WAS BROKEN TODAY BY 10 YEAR OLD NICK WHO WRESTLED 15 MATCHES!!!! THAT'S A LOT OF WRESTLING!
MOST WRESTLERS TRY TO GET BETWEEN 5-8 MATCHES. WAY TO GO NICK!!!!
THE DAY ALWAYS ENDS WITH LUNCH AT TACO BELL AND DESSERT AT DAIRY QUEEN, BEFORE THE RIDE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY
COACH CHAGOLLA TALKS TO THE WRESTLERS, THE COACHES AND THE PARENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING POSITIVE AND DISPLAYING GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP. ONE THINGS HE WANTS THE WRESTLERS TO UNDERSTAND IS, "IF YOU ARE NOT LOOSING, THEN YOU ARE NOT LEARNING!" THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO PRACTICE WHAT THEY LEARN AND PICK UP NEW SKILLS.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY CASUAL. KIDS AND COACHES REFEREE THE MATCHES
THE ROOM IS FULL! BETWEEN 100-300 KIDS CRAM INTO THIS SPACE TO TAKE ON WRESTLERS FROM ALL OVER ARIZONA AS WELL AS TEAMS THAT OCCASIONALLY POP IN FROM FROM UTAH, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, COLORADO AND OTHER STATES. THEY CAN WRESTLE AS MANY MATCHES AS THEY WANT, WITH WHOMEVER THEY WANT. THEY SIGN UP ON A LIST ON THE GYM WALL. WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED, THEY WRESTLE!
THE RECORD FOR MOST MATCHES WRESTLED IN ONE DAY, AT CAMP VERDE, BY AN O'CONNOR OR ECLIPSE KID WAS 13. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY JOHN DEVITO. BUT IT WAS BROKEN TODAY BY 10 YEAR OLD NICK WHO WRESTLED 15 MATCHES!!!! THAT'S A LOT OF WRESTLING!
MOST WRESTLERS TRY TO GET BETWEEN 5-8 MATCHES. WAY TO GO NICK!!!!
THE DAY ALWAYS ENDS WITH LUNCH AT TACO BELL AND DESSERT AT DAIRY QUEEN, BEFORE THE RIDE BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY