STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Beach Wrestling Tournament


July 21, 2012
(Same great place......Lakeside Beach Park, Port Huron, Michigan) 




More Fun in the Sun!

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Age (last school year) & Weight Categories 
            (honor system prevails – no proof will be required – and no weigh-ins)
            - Middle School         - High School             - Open

           (Tournament Director will group the wrestlers in weight divisions in each age category)
            - Lightweight             - Middleweight          - Heavyweight

Qualification & Dress
            - Open to male or female participants…wrestling experience helpful but not necessary
            - Men - Swim trunks (not very loose fitting), Women - One piece swimsuits
            - Tournament covered by Sports Event Insurance

Tournament System & Awards
            - Double elimination tournament (can lose once and still win tournament)
            - Random draw into tournament brackets (cross-bracketing will occur in consolations)
            - Medals for 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd place in each (age/weight) division


Tentative Schedule:              Saturday, July 21, 2011  (Rain or Shine)
            Tournament set up                  8:00am –  9:30am
            Registration                            9:30am – 11:00am
            Grouping of Wt. Divisions       11:00am – 11:15am (all participants need to be there)
            Rules Clinic                            11:15am – 11:45am
            Wrestling Begins                    12:00 noon (until finished - usually before 5:00pm)


Host: Port Huron Northern Wrestling
            (Beach park use - and support - by the Port Huron City Recreation Dept.)
            (No club membership card required - Tournament is covered by Sports Event Insurance)

 

 

 

Introduction of Beach Wrestling (FILA Preamble):
Since the beginning of times on all continents, traditional forms of wrestling are practiced on earth, sand, sawdust, etc. These forms of wrestling with simple rules today still captivate a large public. FILA, the international wrestling federation, has therefore decided to codify a form of wrestling that can be practiced everywhere, without any technical means, which takes elements from these traditional wrestling forms and which is called "Beach Wrestling".

This form of wrestling must serve to:
            - Popularize wrestling
            - Allow the practice of this sport in countries with few financial and material means
            - Put in place for the National Federations, a new activity that can stimulate wrestling in 
                    their country
            - Attract sponsors to wrestling through a new exciting and popular discipline.

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2011 RESULTS 
State Placers (the Beasts of the Beach):


Middle School - Lightweight
1st - Austin Thompson (Fort Gratiot)    2x Champion
2nd - Joe Dombrowski (New Baltimore)
3rd - Trevor Yank (Chesterfield)



Middle School - Heavyweight
1st - Logan Ritchie (Flat Rock)
2nd - Dominic Trevino (Kimball)
3rd - Seth Decent (Romeo)



High School - Lightweight
1st - Stephan Ireland (Richmond)
2nd - Evan Schoettle (Avoca)
3rd - Brandon Pojeky (Fort Gratiot)



High School - Middleweight
1st - Nolan Solomon (Troy)
2nd - Garrett Seghi (Lexington)
3rd - Garrison Schoettle (Avoca)



High School - Light Heavyweight
1st - Teddy Warren (Dundee)
2nd - John Yank (Chesterfield)
3rd -Garett Edward (Richmond)



High School - Heavyweight
1st - Alex Morang-Lyons (Richmond)
2nd - John Jackson (Fort Gratiot)
3rd - Richard Carl Cahoon (Port Sanilac)



Open - Lightweight
1st - Donnie Corby (Lexington)    4x Champion
2nd - Robbie Bidlingmaier (Chesterfield)
3rd - Jeff Blair (Lakeport)



Open - Heavyweight
1st - Nick Licari (Chesterfield)
2nd - Jake Dorulla (Rockford)
3rd - Jamie Forton (Port Huron)

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2010 RESULTS 

Middle School - Lightweight
1st - Austin Thompson (Fort Gratiot)
2nd - Nick Brandt (DeWitt)
3rd - Matt Taub (West Bloomfield)

Middle School - Middleweight
1st - Kyle Minor (Roseville)
2nd - Garrett Seghi (Lexington)
3rd - Evan Schoettle (Avoca)

Middle School - Heavyweight
1st - Will Barden (Marysville)  *Repeat Champion
2nd - Angus Arthur (Laingsburg)
3rd - Dillan Lemley (Port Huron)

High School - Lightweight
1st - Mouhamad Rahal (Dearborn Heights)
2nd - Kevin Nguyen (Port Huron)
3rd - John Yank (Chesterfield)

High School - Light Middleweight
1st - Kyle Witgen (Romeo)
2nd - Greg Day (Macomb)
3rd - Angus Arthur (Laingsburg)

High School - Heavy Middleweight
1st - Ruben Guevara (Dearborn)
2nd - Matt Willming (Chesterfield)
3rd -John Jackson (Fort Gratiot)

High School - Heavyweight
1st - Alex Gaglio (Fort Gratiot)
2nd - Austin Pickering (Fort Gratiot)
3rd - DeShaun Lee (Kimball)

Open - Lightweight
1st - Robbie Bidlingmaier (Chesterfield)
2nd - Colby Brooks (Fort Gratiot)
3rd - Mikey Marlin (Harper Woods)

Open - Middleweight
1st - Donnie Corby (Lexington)  *Repeat Champion - 3x Champion
2nd - Nick Reed (Carmel, Indiana)
3rd - Ruben Baraiac (Troy)

Open - Heavyweight
1st - Tommy Pellegrini (Royal Oak)
2nd - Carnell Porter-Giles (Lenox)
3rd - Jordan Baker (Pinckney) 

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2009 RESULTS:

Middle School - Lightweight
1st - Devon Cannon   (Northwood, OH)
2nd - Ryan Karam   (Macomb)
3rd - Steffan Cleaver   (Port Huron)

Middle School - Middleweight
1st - Kevin Nguyen   (Port Huron)
2nd - Chris Campbell   (Jeddo)
3rd - Parker Willard   (Fort Gratiot)

Middle School - Heavyweight
1st - Will Barden   (Smiths Creek)
2nd - Malik Edwards   (Port Huron)
3rd - Jacob Downing   (Fort Gratiot)

High School - Lightweight
1st - Jeff Blair   (Lakeport)
2nd - Jared Wilks   (Macomb)
3rd - Tyler Mack   (Northwood, OH)

High School - Middleweight
1st - Garrett Willard   (Fort Gratiot)
2nd - Spencer Olson   (Fort Gratiot)
3rd - Colby Brooks   (Fort Gratiot)

High School - Heavyweight
1st - Austin Pickering   (Fort Gratiot)
2nd - Josh Torrez   (Croswell)
3rd - Nate Bricker   (Fort Gratiot)

Open - Lightweight
1st - Donnie Corby   (Lexington  - repeat champion)
2nd - Steve Simok   (Toledo, OH)
3rd - Jacob Pattenaude   (Walled Lake)

Open - Heavyweight
1st - Ed Schiattone   (Bay City)
2nd - Blake Mesyn   (Clinton Twp.)
3rd - Dan Stevenson   (Chesterfield)

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2008 RESULTS:

MIDDLE SCHOOL - LIGHTWEIGHT
1st - Andrew Napieraj   (Oak Park)
2nd - RJ Smith   (Emmett)
3rd - Gage Gillam   (Eastpointe)

MIDDLE SCHOOL - HEAVYWEIGHT
1st - Andrew Salazar   (Kimball)
2nd - Mitch Shrader   (Fort Gratiot)
3rd - John Joackson   (Fort Gratiot)

HIGH SCHOOL - LIGHTWEIGHT
1st - Christian Cullinan   (Wyandotte)
2nd - Kent Griffin   (Fort Gratiot)
3rd - Kruiz Lorenc   (Northwood, OH)

HIGH SCHOOL - MIDDLEWEIGHT
1st - Donnie Corby   (Lexington)
2nd - Nick Licari   (Chesterfield)
3rd - Josh Torrez   (Croswell)

HIGH SCHOOL - HEAVYWEIGHT
1st - Carnell Porter-Giles   (Lenox)
2nd - Tarek Alarurl   (Ann Arbor)
3rd - Billy Fowler   (Port Huron)

OPEN - LIGHTWEIGHT
1st - Steve Simok   (Toledo, OH)
2nd - Rocky Palazzolo   (Chesterfield)
3rd - Jacob Grigsan   (Northwood, OH)

OPEN - HEAVYWEIGHT
1st - Michael VanHoven   (Flushing)
2nd - Jacob Pattenaude   (Port Huron)
3rd - Ben Knowlton   (Northstreet) 

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"Beast-of-the-Beach"
Beach Wrestling State Tournament
Fun in the Sun - every July