Coach Reed hosted 3 days of conditioning for the pre-registered 3rd through 5th graders at the end of November, getting them prepped for the upcoming season. 

This gave returning and new wrestlers the chance to get in the wrestling room and burn off some energy while they were at it! 

He also participated in an alumni event where he got to work with the high school wrestlers, and the Portland K-12 wrestling program attended the Confluxcity Turkey Trot!

December marked the start of our season and brought with is several fun opportunities. 

Our camp registration numbers reached over 100 kids this year, and we enlisted the help of our high school wrestlers to come in and lend a hand. Together with our coaching staff, they were able to teach the basics of wrestling to the campers, as well as play some pretty intense games of tug-of-war. 

January 3rd the club got to wrestle on the mats alongside our Varsity teams at our annual youth night. January 5th we took our newest wrestlers to Charlotte for a Novice meet. Mother nature hasn't played well with us the last couple of weeks, so hopefully we'll be back on the mat soon!

In all levels of Portland's K-12 wrestling program we believe it's important to introduce elements of fun, and teambuilding events. This year we took advantage of an off week, and the snow that mother nature dumped on us, and the club hosted a sledding event. We enjoyed each other, pizza, cocoa, and a lot of laughs.