| 11.03.2008 |
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Congratulations J.J.!
J.J. Walker in action at the state tournament. J.J. finished in 2nd place last year, only seconds away from being the 2008 10 & Under 95lb State Champion. |
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| 10.28.2008 |
| The new schedule has been posted for 2008-09 Winter Session. |
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| 08.29.2008 |
| A new Guest Clinitian, J. J. Zenetta, has been added to the staff. |
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| 08.29.2008 |
| The new schedule has been posted for 2008 Fall Session. |
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| 04.19.2008 |
| Added a NEW Coaches Corner web page. |
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| 03.18.2008 |
| There were many performances to be proud of this past week end at the Jr. Olympic qualifiers and the MAWA district qualifier. We had 4 individual J.O. area champions, in area IV Alec Hutchin took the gold in the 90lb division w/ an impressive win in the finals Josh Kuslock 65lbs and Jake Martin 95lbs brought home the bronze in are IV. In area VII Nino Barnoccorsi won the 65lb title w/ an extremely exciting last second victory. Jake Wentzel also showed how big his heart and determination is by coming from behind to win the championship match as well. JJ Walker rounded out the gold medals in area VII w/ a win in the 95lbs division.
We also had three boys surprise the field by placing 2nd in Marco Marinelli 85lbs, Jake Stewart 95lbs and Danny Palm 110lbs. Marco was able to knock off a #1 seed in the process. Sean Perri 70lbs, Brookes Wilding 85lbs and Ron Warren 95lbs all wrestled terrific in deep divisions and brought home bronze.
We should also make a very impressive side note for the South Hills in the J.O.
tournament. Out of six wrestlers entered into the tournament South Park brought all six through to the finals and consolation finals. No boy took less then 4th place! I believe that is a sign of things to come from many in our area.
At the MAWA's we had Mason Shafer 60lbs and Tyler Heasley 98lbs take 1st place.
Kellan Stout 91lbs and Connor Whealan 91lb and Nate Hall 75lbs all placed 2nd.
Paul Dunn 91lbs and Turner Gray 66lbs battled back for very respectable 3rd place finishes. All of the boys qualified for the next round of competition in Shippensburg.
Congratulations to all. |
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| 03.17.2008 |
| Check out the NEW Merchandise page for all your IHWA wear. |
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| 03.11.2008 |
Congratulations to Matt Wilps and Nick Barnoccorsi
Matt had an extremely impressive weekend placing 3rd in the 189lb division in Hershey. Matt twice defeated the returning State Champion from last year en route to his 3rd place finish. Matt will begin his collegiate career next year at Pitt. Nick had a great week end as well placing 8th in the 152lb division. Nick is only a freshman!!!! We look forward to seeing HUGE things from him in the future. Both boys worked extremely hard last Spring and Summer and the results speak for themselves. |
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| 03.08.2008 |
| Check out the NEW Photo Gallery for Tournament photos. |
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| 02.18.2008 |
Big Success at J.O.'s 8 & Under Division
I'd like to congratulate Hunter Kernan for becoming the area VII J.O. Champion at 60lbs. We also had Jack Austin and David Abbodanza wrestle back for true 2nd. Jack (60lbs) gave a huge effort overcoming an 18 man bracket. David Abbodanza (75 lbs), who lost his opening bout to the eventual champion came back through w/ 5 victories to place 2nd. Jake Walker (75 lbs) also came up big w/ a great day of wrestling and placing 3rd. Jake Walker (75 lbs) and Ryder Goob(55 lbs) also came up big w/ a great day of wrestling by placing 3rd. Bailey Rollage rounding out the group finishing 4th place in the (70 lbs) division. |
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| 02.11.2008 |
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Iron Horse
Wrestlers
Paul Dunn
and
Kellan Stout
square off in
12 and under/
90 pound
Finals at this
weeks McGuffey
Open Tournament
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| 02.04.2008 |
| Updated the Tournament Results. |
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| 01.28.2008 |
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Pictured left to right |
Luke Stout
age 5 |
Turner Gray
10 and under 60 lbs
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Josh Kuslock
10 and under 60 lbs |
Brian Perri
10 and under 55 lbs |
David Abbondanza
8 and under 75 lbs |
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Iron horse boys take a well deserved break between
matches at this weeks South Fayette Open Tournament.
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| 01.23.2008 |
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Congratulations! |
Iron Horse Wrestlers Place at West Allegheny Open Tournament |
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Pictured clockwise from back left |
Kellen Stout
12 and under 90 pounds
1st place |
Louie Rentler
12 and under 70 pounds
1st place |
Brian Perri
8 and under 55 pounds
1st place |
Sean Perri
10 and under 70 lbs.
2nd place |
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| 01.16.2008 |
| Added a new area for Tournament Results. |
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| 01.16.2008 |
| Added a new area for Guest Clinitians. |
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| 01.16.2008 |
| New schedule posted for Winter Session II. |
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| 01.15.2008 |
| 2007-08 Iron Horse Club Members Tournament Results [PDF-14KB] |
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| 01.03.2008 |
The Few... The Proud... Adopt a Marine! |
Iron Horse and the Mt. Lebanon rec. participated in a program called "Adopt a Marine." We were given a helicopter crew stationed somewhere in the Middle East. The crew asked mostly for some clothes. |
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"I received your package and handed the items out to many of my Marines. It is extraordinary to see that
people care about us this much. The items that were
sent will keep us warm throughout the winter months,
and also keep us cool. We all want to thankyou for your support. Attached are pictures of us wearing the t-shirts and sweatshirts. Again, thank you, and go team go!" |
CLICK TO VIEW LARGER IMAGE
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~ John Norriss |
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| 01.03.2008 |
2 Iron Horse First Place Finishers at Mercer! |
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Paul Dunn 1st place
90 lbs 11 and 12
(17 kids in bracket!) |
Garrett Walnoha 1st place
80 lbs 11 and 12
(7 kids in bracket!) |
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| 12.19.2007 |
Congratulations to the following wrestlers for their hard work this weekend. We would also like to give Garrett Walnoha a special Iron Horse "tough guy" award for placing 1st in Shaler and 2nd in Southside Beaver in back to back days. |
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Shaler |
Southside Beaver |
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95 - 10 & under
Jake Stewart - 2nd
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100 - 10 & under
Austin Himler - 2nd |
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80 - 12 & under
Garrett Walnoha - 1st |
95 - 12 & under
Zach Walker - 2nd |
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80 - 10 & under
Jake Wentzel - 2nd |
95 - 10 & under
J J Walker - 1st |
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75 - 8 & under
David Abbondanza - 1st |
80 - 12 & under
Garrett Walnoha - 2nd |
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65 - 10 & under
Nino Bonaccorsi - 1st |
80 - 10 & under
Brett Beltz - 1st |
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55 - 8 & under
Ryder Goob -1st
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80 - 8 & under
Jake Walker - 1st |
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75 - 10 & under
Kyle Scott - 2nd
Nate Hall - 3rd |
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| 12.11.2007 |
| Due to the great turnout to this years first Winter session we have reached our limit on wrestlers we are able to train at this time. We look forward to accommodating new athletes during our second Winter session. Please try to get registrations in as early as possible. |
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| 11.26.2007 |
| Due to the school being closed we will postpone the first practice until Wednesday November 28th.
Please help pass the word to anyone who you
know may be considering coming. |
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| 10.30.2007 |
| The October 2007 IHWA Newsletter [PDF-140KB] has been posted. |
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| 10.29.2007 |
| Posted new Winter Session Schedule. |
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| 10.15.2007 |
| The Iron Horse Wrestling Academy is NOW ACCEPTING early registrations for its Winter 2007-08 Session
starting Monday, November 26th! Call Bryan or Jennifer @ 412/341-3089
or to reserve a place complete the Registration Form electronically and e-mail it to fourtimer@comcast.net. Winter session classes will now be on Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays
instead of Tuesdays and Thursdays. |
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| 09.24.2007 |
| Click here for information on upcoming tournaments and events. |
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| 09.17.2007 |
| If you have not seen this article [PDF-300KB] before it is an interesting read. I think it helps to remind us to keep things and perspective. We can learn so much from this great sport, but we have to be careful not to abuse it. |
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| 08.22.2007 |
The IHWA is NOW ACCEPTING early registrations for its Fall 2007 Session!
For Advanced Registration,
call Bryan or Jennifer @ 412/341-3089
or to reserve a place complete the Registration Form electronically
and e-mail it to fourtimer@comcast.net |
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| 08.20.2007 |
The Tie-in Between the Two Sports
I know many of you are multi-sport athletes, so here are some articles that specifically discuss some benefits for football player who wrestled. In the one presentation, there are also some comments by football coaches and how highly they think of wrestlers. I think you may be surprised by how many stand out players in the NFL have been successful wrestlers. |
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| 08.20.2007 |
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulattons to Matt Wilps who placed 7th in the Jr. national competition in Fargo. By placing Matt has earned All- American status. Matt worked extremely hard this Spring and Summer and has become the first ever Iron Horse member to become an All-American. |
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| 07.23.2007 |
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CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to Turner Gray, Nino Bonaccorsi and Garrett Walnoha for their showings at the very competitive Hempfield Summer Heat Open. Turner and Nino placed 2nd in the 8 and under division at 60lbs and 65lbs class respectively. Garrett placed 4th in the 85lb class (only weighing 77lbs) in the 11 &12 yr old division. |
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| 06.26.2007 |
| CONGRATULATIONS! |
| I would like to congratulate Greg Perri and Matt Wilps for taking 1st and 2nd place respectively in their weight classes at the Freestyle state tournament.
They have both now qualified for Jr. National competition in Fargo, South
Dakota. I want thank Greg and Matt for setting Iron Horse on our way to many
future champs and qualifiers. Lets continue to keep the level of expectation high at Iron Horse while we enjoy the accomplishments along the way. |
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| 06.06.2007 |
| The June 2007 IHWA Newsletter [PDF-115KB] has been posted. |
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| 05.21.2007 |
| Fall session will begin September 17th! |
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| 05.21.2007 |
| We will be holding an intense 4 day training camp the week of June 18th thru June 21st. Practice is intended to be an intense, faster paced experience. We are looking to give those individuals interested a look at a full hard week of upper level practices. Drilling techniques, mental preparation toward practices and matches and hard work will be our focus. Cost will be $50/per wrestler. |
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| 05.10.2007 |
| The May 2007 IHWA Newsletter [PDF-118KB] has been posted. |
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05.02.2007
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On Thursday 5/3/07, we will have coach Jason Peters run you guys through a workout. Coach Peters is a former Pa. state champ and has coached for 3 major division I universities. He is currently the head recruiter for University of Pitt and is responsible for putting together the teams technique training schedules. Since being at Pitt (4yrs) he has coached 2 individuals into the NCAA finals. Coach Peters also has a lot of experience training and competing w/ America's best Freestyle talents in Colorado Springs on the U.S. circuit. In addition he been a coach for the Cadet and Jr. National teams. Read Bio |
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04.03.2007
We like to give a special thanks to Keith Gavin (2007 NCAA runner-up) and Matt Kocher (2007 All- American) for stopping by Iron Horse Wrestling Academy. They are among the best collegiate wrestlers in the nation and they made time for our club. Both participants and their parents enjoyed their technique sessions. |
