Now that school is over we are only about two weeks away from the start of our summer wrestling clinic (starts Monday June 28th).  I'm very excited about the quality of coaching we have this year headlined by Marcus LaVasseur.  Marcus graduated from Bloomington Kennedy in 2000 as a four time state champion and six time state place winner.  He was the number one recruit in the nation out of high school signing with the University of Minnesota and eventually winning four national championships finishing his college career undefeated at Augsburg.  Marcus is currently known as Marcus "the prospect" LaVasseur, as a headliner for local MMA fights.

Some of the other clinicians that have committed to help out at some point throughout the clinic include:

Rob Rychner- 2 time all state, state runner up Staples High School. Rob was a Division II All American at St Cloud State.  Will come and help on more than one day.

Ryan King - Minnesota State Champion and three time Division II All-American.  Ryan is currently the Junior High Coach for Maple Grove.  Will come and help on more than one day.

Dave and Darren Droegemueller – Both were Minnesota High School Champions and wrestled at Nebraska. Two of the area’s top wrestling coaches.

Mike Farrell – 3-Time All American at Oklahoma state. Will come in for one night.

Jerry Hoy – Division II runner up. Wrested in the Division I National tournament. All American from UMD.  One of only two wrestlers to be inducted into the University of Minnesota-Duluth Hall of Fame.  Will come and help on more than one day.

Tom Mooney- Wrested at St Thomas. 2009 and 2010 National Veteran Freestyle and Greco Champion at 127lbs. wrestling in the world championships next week. 

The Maple Grove high school staff will also be there as well as alum Luke Greder, Jackson Mboma, and Luke Vollmer along with other current or recent college wrestlers including Chris Muller (State place winner and Eau Claire standout), Adam Kolo (Eau Claire All-American), and Todd Klemz (Currently wrestling at Southwest state).

The hope is all of our returning wrestlers would be able to take advantage of all this wrestling knowledge as much as possible - as their schedule allows.  It only costs $15 for the entire four week clinic so even if you can't make it to every practice it's still a great deal.  Here are the specifics of the camp:

MAPLE GROVE WRESTLING CLINIC

Summer wrestling and conditioning program for athletes entering

Grades K – 12.

Where: Maple Grove Senior High, North Gym

When: Mondays & Thursdays, June 28 – July 29, 2010

(Exclude July 1 & 5)

Time: 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Entering grades K – 6 (Code 39839)

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Entering grades 7 – 12 (Code 39840)

Fee: $10.00 – grades K – 6

$15.00 – grades 7 - 12

Limit: 10 minimum per session

Register: http://www.ci.maple-grove.mn.us/filestorage/323/327/MGRecBrochure.pdf  Follow registration procedures on page 4.