Elise won the Junior Women's World Indoor Rowing Championship in Boston this morning with a time of 6:52. She finished ahead of the next closest competitor from the international field by 6 seconds.

1 Elise Wilson St. Ignatius College Prep 06:52.0
2 Kaisa Pajusalu Team Estonia 06:58.1
3 Claudia Schiwy Team Germany 07:04.1

Great job CHAMPION! We're all proud of you!
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World IRC Women's Junior race

Dear Wrestling Coaches,

Hello, my name is Danny Crotts and I hope that this post finds you all doing well and having a wonderful wrestling season. I am the head wrestling coach at North Davidson Senior High in Lexington, North Carolina. We will be hosting two tournaments in December and I am posting this to invite you to attend either/both tournaments. I am sure few are working on their schedule for 2007 already, but I just wanted to give a heads up for the following dates: Saturday December 1st, Friday December 21st and Saturday December 22nd. I am inviting teams from the following states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Maryland, Ohio, Oklahoma, Kentucky, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, Kansas, Minnesota, Massachussetts, California, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Washington, Louisiana, Deleware, Mississippi and Pennsylvania.

The first tournament will be the Black Knight Duals, to be held on Saturday, December 1st, 2007. I am looking for 10 – 12 teams. This was how we did King of the Mat this past year and it went rather smoothly in my opinion. I will have 4 mats going in the main gym; we will split it up into pools and then cross pool to determine place. Morehead won this tournament in 2006. I can guarantee 5 matches per team for the day.

Teams Confirmed as of this post:
1. North Davidson
2. East Davidson
3. Fay. 71st
4. Magna Vista, VA
5. Douglas Byrd
6. St. Clair County, AL

The next tournament will be King Of The Mat to be held on Friday December 21st and Saturday December 22nd of 2007. I would like to get 24 teams, though I will take up to 32 teams. I have 2 gyms to use and will have 5 mats in the main gym and 3 in the auxiliary gym. I have not yet decided if I will use our Cafeteria to host matches or not, I’d like to try to keep us all as close as can be.

Seeding will be based on a 10 match minimum with State placement from the previous year and total matches to help determine winning % ties.

This will not be a double elimination tournament. I would like to place as far back as the number of teams that we have in attendance. I would like to make sure we get all get as much mat time as we can get. No one will go 0-1 or 0-2, or even 0-3. In looking at the brackets to place all the way back, I believe everyone will get at least 5 matches.

The following teams have committed (said that they would attend next year already) as of this email:

1. West Davidson
2. East Davidson
3. Ledford
4. Bandys
5. La Plata, MD
6. Bassett, VA
7. Central Davidson
8. Morehead
9. JM Robinson
10. McMichael
11. Waddell
12. Kannapolis (A.L. Brown)
13. Durham School of the Arts
14. Douglas Byrd
15. Hoke County
16. Southern Lee
17. Fay. 71st
18. Carroll County, VA
19. Asheboro
20. Henrico, VA
21. Benedictine, VA
22. Ragsdale
23. East Islip, NY
24. East Henderson
25. North Davidson
26. Atlantic, FL - Double Checking with Boosters
27. Northview, GA

I will try to find out all of the information I can on hotel arrangements by this summer to give a proper idea of what the rates for the overnight if you plan to spend the night on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday or all nights. If you wanted to come into town on Thursday, December 20th, our practice room mats are not used for matches and if necessary, you can either practice with us or you can have use of the room that night after our practice if you gave up practice time to travel. In the room are showers and a bathroom.

If you are interested in attending either tournament or would like more information on either tournament, please do not hesitate to contact me:

Danny Crotts
7227 Old US Hwy 52
Lexington, NC 27299

336-731-8431 (School Number)
336-225-0788 (My Cell Phone)
336-752-2637 (Home Number)
336-731-2642 (School Fax)

dcrotts@davidson.k12.nc.us
dannycrotts@hotmail.com

Entry fees for each tournament:

Black Knight Duals – If paid before December 1st, $105.00, and day of the tournament or after $125.00.

King of the Mat – If paid before December 21st, $115.00, and day of the tournament or after $135.00.

If you wanted to attend both tournaments:

1. If Paid before December 1st - $200.00
2. If Paid on December 1st or before December 21st - $225.00
3. If Paid on December 21st - $250.00

For both tournaments, I will take teams based on a first come first serve basis.

In closing, I’d like to wish you all the best of luck for the rest of your seasons. I hope to hear back from you all very soon. Here are the dates and number of teams for each tournament just as a reminder:

Black Knight Duals, Saturday December 1st 2007, 10-12 Teams

King of the Mat, Friday December 21st and Saturday December 22nd, 24-32 Teams

Again, Good Luck with the rest of your seasons and thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Danny Crotts
Business Teacher
Head Wrestling Coach
Head Boys Track Coach
North Davidson Senior High
7227 Old US Highway 52
Lexington, NC 27295
(336)731-8431 (Phone)
(336)731-2642 (Fax)

WCAL Playoffs:

Bellarmine 7
Riordan 0...

St. Ignatius 3
Valley Christian 0...

Serra 2
Mitty 1...

St. Francis 4
Sacred Heart Cathedral 0...

Scorers are listed at the Mercury link
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SJ Mercury Scoreboard

about VC's chanae jones in the merc today...

Chanae Jones

At Kezar: Mitty scored at the 3:14 mark in the first half on a corner kick play and SHC tied it at the 13:23 mark when Mitty's goalie was out of position on the play. Mitty scored later at 16:28 after a pass that many thought was offside.

In the second half, Sacred Heart Cathedral scored on a direct penalty kick.

The Irish are on a 4-game unbeaten streak that includes a tie each with SI, Valley Christian and Mitty plus a win over Riordan. SHC is 2-6-3 and 2-9-6 overall. Mitty is 5-3-3 and 9-4-7 overall.

1/20/2007.


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SHC Fighting Irish

SHC 2
Riordan 1

Bells 2
Valley 2

SI 1
Serra 0

St. Francis 2
Mitty 1



WCAL Sports

I can hear the echo when I speak in this room. Are there really other sports besides Football, and Basketball...LOL!

Sacred Heart Cathedral tied Valley Christian 0-0 to extend their tie-streak to TWO. The game was played at a mystery location.... I called the sports information line and it said the game was at USF. Just some amateur thing was going on over there.

Why no babble about soccer??

Serra scored a huge moral victory today with a 1 - 1 tie against powerhouse Bellermine. Superb play by goalie John Carrara. Way to go Padres.

is scheduled for 12/15 at Bellarmine. How do the Bells look this season? As of this posting, CW remains undefeated with wins over Edison Huntington Beach and El Toro. Hope to see a great match!

Where is the best site to access information on rankings, scores, etc?

Richmond High School is looking for a Head Coach to lead in making a Volleyball PROGRAM. Please contact Asst. AD Zach Shrieve at 510-693-0672 and send resume to richmondhighathletics@yahoo.com if you are interested in the position. A teaching position may also be offered to credentialed applicants.

Richmond High School is looking for a Head Varsity Coach for the 2007 Spring Season. Please contact Zach Shrieve at 510-693-0672 and/or send resume to richmondhighathletics@yahoo.com if you are interested in the position. A teaching position may also be offered to credentialed applicants.

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It was 1-1 at Kezar as Mills scored a break-away goal with about 12:00 elapsed in the second half. Sacred Heart scored on a direct kick with about 24:00 elapsed.

Do any of you know if halves are supposed to be 35 minutes? I thought they were 40.

SHC is now 0-3-2. I think the JV's won but I'm not sure. Don't look now, but the Frosh are unbeaten.

What are the match-ups this week for homestead cup? Mitty is playing Palo Alto at home on Tuesday Nov. 28th.. Come out and watch!!!

Update all the games here so we all know what is going on in HOMESTEAD CUP!!

is it going to be mitty again? we are coming back with 6 returning players. 5 of them seniors and one junior.

... in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Congratulations to a fantastic young lady and a wonderful family! Great job, E-DUB!

http://www.usrowing.org/News_Media/PressReleases/detail.aspx?nws_lKey=227

Our MCHS boys varsity soccer needs 3 games. We have just taken over the progran and noticed that we are short in games. If anyone has any open spots on their schedule please let me know. We can play at our place or your place

I can be contacted at djmavsf@gmail.com

Thanks.

Sacred Heart Cathedral beat Mitty 173 to 206. Kristine Moy nailed a hole-in-one, 109-yard 4th.



SHC Fighting Irish

The Zac Jarzynka Memorial Ironman Tournament V will take place at Oviedo, Florida on 29-30 Dec 2006. This event is a 32-team individual tournament wrestled on 7 mats over 2 full days. Each wrestler gets a minimum of 3 matches, with most getting 6-8 amongst some of the best competition in the nation. Last year, this tournament was ranked as one of the top tournaments in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News and W.I.N. Magazine.

Last year’s tourney was represented by teams from CA, OH, PA, VA, TN, GA, and FL. Of the teams entered we hosted 2 State Champion teams, with 13 others that finished in the top 10 of their respective state’s Championship Finals. From the teams entered last year, there were 85 State Qualifiers, 58 State Placers, and 16 State Champions. This year’s edition already has 4 State Champion teams entered from 4 different states. There are only a few spots left, so act quickly to secure your slot in this national-level tourney.

Oviedo, Florida is a suburb of Orlando, with the Disney and Universal Studios amusement parks located about 30 minutes away, with Florida beaches just 45 minutes to the east. Oviedo is a quick, easy 30 mile highway drive from the Orlando International Airport. The holiday period of this tournament offers a great place to wrestle top competition with no school days missed, while at the same time providing teams the opportunity to extend their stay to take in the great winter weather of Florida, the amusement parks, and the beaches.

You are invited to attend this year’s Zac Jarzynka V. If interested in attending, please contact Tournament Director/Oviedo Asst Coach Tom Coffman via email or phone at:

jetscoop@msn.com
407-493-9229 cell
407-977-0394 home


Yours in wrestling,
JD Robbins, Head Coach
Wade Schalles, Assistant Coach

www.oviedowrestling.org
www.zacjarzynka.org

It looks like several top players will not be playing the high school season. The Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus will be playing in the NCAA Final 4 showcase in December, precluding them from eligibility per CIF/WCAL rules. Another player on the team is attending school in Florida.

This certainly changes this season.

Contact Head Coach Mike Budge 510-317-5135
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