Casco Bay Elite fall practice

Great turnout for Casco Bay Elite fall practice so far. We had 15 people in the room Monday. If you want to get ready for fall competitions or the winter season, you can register at any practice Mondays and Thursdays 6:30 - 8:00.

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Heading to Jamaica to promote, teach and coach Wrestling

Some may know, many do not but I was invited to participate in an inaugural Wrestling Camp held in the Island nation of Jamaica, starting Sunday.

Wrestling is a new sport on the Island of Jamaica that has been accepted as a qualifying nation for the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee. 

 

We (4 other US coaches and 5 Canadian coaches) will be traveling through several Parishes around the Nation to promote, build and coach the Sport of Wrestling in Jamaica.

This said, if you have any old wrestling shoes, t-shirts, shorts, headgear, anything wrestling related that is just sitting around and you will never use and you would like to donate to the students of Jamaica, please let me know and I can organize a pick-up and bring it with me. 

Jamaica is an extremely poor nation and the kids participating in Camp are barefoot, wear jeans, etc; they need some Wrestling gear!

Please let me know asap and I apologize I haven't touched base sooner; I will be leaving this Sunday.

Thanks all,

Coach Pistone

Head Wrestling Coach

University of Southern Maine

President NEWA 2010-14'

NEW ENGLAND FIGHTS AWARDS WRESTLING CAMP SCHOLARSHIP TO LOCAL ATHLETE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lewiston, Maine (July 18, 2014) – New England Fights Mixed Martial Arts (NEF MMA), the Northeast’s premier mixed martial arts promotion, today announced that the company had awarded a scholarship to a local athlete to attend the 2014 “Brawlin’ Lobsta Wrestling Camp” hosted by the University of Southern Maine (USM).  This year’s camp is scheduled to be held at USM’s Gorham campus from July 22nd through July 25th.  Earlier this summer, NEF MMA announced that the promotion would choose one Maine athlete to sponsor through the camp.  After reviewing dozens of entries, Jett Gould, a 13 year-old Mount Ararat Middle School student in Topsham, Maine, was chosen as the recipient of the sponsorship, and NEF MMA will pay his tuition to the camp this summer.

“This is an example of our promotion’s dedication to the Maine community,” stated NEF MMA co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson.  “The Maine wrestling scene has produced so many great MMA fighters.  Who knows what the future holds?  The next ‘Mike Brown’ could very well be in the system right now.  We’ll never know until we find him or her.”

Mike Thomas Brown, or “MTB,” (26-9) won a state wrestling championship in 1992 for Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, Maine.  He went on to win the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) featherweight championship and currently competes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).  Brown can often be found cage-side as a guest of honor at NEF MMA events.  NEF MMA regulars like Jesse Peterson (7-4) and John Raio (2-5) have also won state wrestling championships in Maine.  Countless others on the fight promotion’s roster have competed in the state’s wrestling program.

This past year, Jett Gould rose from a junior varsity wrestler to co-captain of the varsity team.  He received the “Most Improved Wrestler” award.  Like many wrestlers whose hard work and dedication translate into other areas, Jett is a scholastic standout as well, finishing the school year as a member of the honor roll.  In addition, Jett trains in MMA at John’s Raio’s First Class Fitness and MMA gym located in Brunswick, Maine.

“I am dedicated to the sport, and I train any opportunity that I get at First Class MMA with coaches John Raio and John Gardner,” said Jett when reached for comment.

According to Jett’s coach, John Raio, “Jett represents everything we want our gym to be at a very young age.  Many of the younger children at our school look up to him and aspire to be more like him.  I have not seen a more dedicated young man who is willing and motivated to learn and we are thankful to have him.  I see Jett progress in every component of MMA on a weekly basis.  He balances school, family and MMA classes. In addition to his love for the mixed martial arts, he also enjoys hunting with his father Chris.  He treats his parents and younger brother with respect and appreciation. In the event that he steps into the NEF cage in the future, I know that he will train harder than anyone else and compete with sportsmanship.”

NEF MMA’s next event, “NEF XIV,” is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine with a bell time of 7:00 pm.  In the main event of the evening, Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia (31-9) returns to Maine to face fellow UFC veteran Christian Morecraft (8-3) for the Super-Heavyweight Title.  Featherweight Champion Ray “All Business” Wood (4-0) returns from injury after a year of recovery against Brazil’s Gabriel Baino (6-1).  Bantamweight Champion Paul Gorman (10-8) defends against Tim “The Terror” Goodwin (8-4).  Plus, Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (6-7) and Jesse “The Viking” Erickson (3-2) will meet for the Lightweight Title, Ryan Sanders (6-5) faces Ryan Quinn (10-4-1), and John “First Class” Raio (2-5) competes in his final fight.

Tickets for “NEF XIV” start at just $25 and are on sale now atwww.TheColisee.com or by calling The Colisee box office at 207.783.2009 x 525.  For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. In addition, you can watch NEF MMA videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on Twitter @nefights and join the official Facebook group “New England Fights.”

About New England Fights

New England Fights Mixed Martial Arts (“NEF MMA”) is a Mixed Martial Arts promotions company. NEF MMA’s mission is to create the highest quality events for Maine’s fighters and fans alike. NEF MMA’s executive team has extensive experience in combat sports management, events production, media relations, marketing, legal and advertising.

Dual meet against a HS NY Team during the USM Wrestling Camp

Hello coaches, I hope all is well and you are enjoying your well deserved time off from your seasons.

Middletown High School out of New York is looking to dual a Maine team while they are attending camp at USM from July 22-25th. Is there any team interested in compting in a dual against them? They have all High School weight classes covered and we would want to have the same. ONLY HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS!

Middletown is located right in the Hudson Valley, in the corner of PA, NJ and NY and have some really tough kids; a few years ago, I coordinated a Maine All Star team to compete against them in a dal and they pulled out the victory against many of Maine's best.

This is a great opportunity for some team bonding. Let me know if you are interested. Due to the time constraints with camp and facilities, we will only have (1) dual meet during camp. Please let me know immediately if you are interested.

Oh, and this dual meet would be free!  :)

J. Pistone

USM Head Wrestling Coach

2014 Wrestling Camps

Appalachian State Wrestling Camps- July 6-9, Boone, NC Army Wrestling Camps- July 6-24, West Point, NY AWA Askren Wrestling Academy Camps- June 18-July 27, Hartland, WI Auggie Wrestling Camps- June 13-26, Minneapolis, MN Azevedo/Hitchcock Wrestling Camps- July 6-13, Olympic Valley, CA Badger Wrestling Camps- June 22-July 2, Madison, WI Brand Brothers' Wrestling Camps- July 9-12 (Raleigh, NC), July 27-29 (Orlando, FL) Brown Wrestling Camps (Brown University)- June 29-July 12, Providence, RI Bruce Baumgartner and Tim Flynn's World Class Camps- June 22-July 31, Edinboro, PA Bucknell Bison Style Wrestling Camps- July 6-9, Lewisburg, PA Bulldog Camps (The Citadel)- July 5-13, Charleston, SC Camp of Champs (John and Ben Peterson)- June 8-July 13, Westboro & Juneau, WI Cardinal Wrestling Camps (Stanford University)- June 16-July 2, Stanford, CA Ken Chertow Gold Medal Camps- Various dates/locations year round Clarion University Wrestling Camps- June 22-July 15, Clarion, PA Cobber Wrestling Camps (Concordia College)- June 8-12, Moorhead, MN Cornell Big Red Wrestling Camps (Bob Koll)- June 29-July 17, Ithaca, NY Cozart Wrestling Camps- June 9-August 15, Brandon, FL Roger W. Crebs Warrior Wrestling Camps- June 20-29, Williamsport, PA Kevin Dresser Wrestling Camps (VA Tech)- June 15-July 25, Blacksburg, VA, GA Elite Wrestling Camp- June 23-27, Bethlehem, PA Florida Pride Wrestling Camps- June 15-20, Clearwater, FL Fullerton Wrestling Camp- July 13-17, Temecula, CA Get Bonafide Wrestling Camps (Chris Bono)- June 17-26, Brusly, LA and Jacksonville, FL University of Illinois Wrestling Camps- June 15-24, Urbana, IL Iowa State Wrestling Camps (Kevin Jackson)- June 22-July 25, Ames, IA Journeyman Wrestling Camp with OSU's John Smith- June 29-July 1, Niskayuna, NY Keystone Camp (York College)- June 22-25, York, PA Lehigh Wrestling Camps- June 7-July 10, Lehigh Valley, PA Lock Haven University Camps July 13-29, Lock Haven, PA Luther College Wrestling Camp- June 16-July 23, Decorah, IA Malecek Wrestling Camp- June 23-26, Wisconsin Dells, WI Maryland Wrestling Camps (Kerry McCoy)- June 16-July 31, College Park, MD; Lewes, DE McCallie Wrestling Camps- June 3-27, Chattanooga, TN Michigan State University Camps- June 15-18, East Lansing, MI Naval Academy Wrestling Camps- June 22-July 13, Annapolis, MD University of Nebraska Camps- June 15-July 20, Lincoln, NE New Jersey Lions Wrestling Camp- June 30-July 3, Ewing, NJ North Idaho College Wrestling Camps- June 21-July 9, Coeur d'Alene, ID Northern Illinois University Camps- July 23-27, DeKalb, IL University of Northern Iowa Camps- July 15-20, Cedar Falls, IA Northwestern Wildcat Wrestling Camps- June 26-July 10, Evanston, IL Ohio State Buckeye Camps- June 22-July 17, Columbus, OH Penn State Wrestling Camps- June 25-July 13, State College, PA Pin2Win Camps (Gene Mills)- July 13-24, Estrella, PA Purler Brothers Takedown Machine Camps- June 4-July 6, Troy, MO Princeton Wrestling Camps- June 27-July 10, Princeton, NJ J. Robinson (University of MN) Camps- June 5-August 9, various locations Roehlig Wrestling Clinics and Camps- June 2-August 3, Canton, OH Cael Sanderson's Wrestling Camp (Berry College)- June 14-17, Mount Berry, GA Scarlet Knights Wrestling Camps (Rutgers University)- June 30-July 10, New Brunswick, NJ Randy Simpson's Attack System Camps- June 22-July 8, Pataskala, OH John Smith's Oklahoma State University Wrestling Camps- June 22-July 1, Stillwater, OK Springfield Wrestling School- July 27-30, Springfield, MA University of Tennessee-Chattanooga- June 15-29, Chattanooga, TN Tigerstyle Wrestling Camps (Univ. of Missouri)- June 8-July 16, Columbia, MO Utah Valley Wrestling Camps- June 9-13, St. George, UT West Coast Wrestler Camps- July 28-August 8, Carlsbad and Vallejo, CA Wildcat Summer Camp- July 21-24, Morgantown, WV University of Wisconsin- La Crosse Eagle Excellence Camp- July 9-12, Lacrosse, WI University of Wisconsin- Whitewater Wrestling Camps- June 17-July 12, Whitewater, WI World Wrestling Camps- June 22-25, Wisconsin Dells, WI University of Wyoming Wrestling Camps- June 8-15, Laramie, WY Jim Zalesky Wrestling Camps- July 6-30, OR and WA Avery Zerkle's Golden Cross Wrestling Camps- June 20-July 12, Springboro, OH

Casco Bay Elite Registration Open

Program and Registration Information:
www.portlandyouthwrestling.com/casco-bay-elite/

Registration is now open for the Casco Bay Elite Freestyle & Greco club team. The team is open to experienced wrestlers in grades 3-12. The season runs from the end of March until the end of June. Team members will have 2 practices per week and have the opportunity to wrestle in tournaments including the ME Freestyle State Championships and Northeast Regional Championships in PA.

Many great wrestlers and coaches have discussed the benefits of wrestling Olympic styles. If wrestlers are serious about improving for their competitive winter season, practicing and competing with Casco Bay Elite will give them a great head start.

You can get more information about the program and download registration forms at: www.portlandyouthwrestling.com/casco-bay-elite/

Announced tournaments and camps

• Eagles Wrestling Club 11th Annual Youth Wrestling Tournament

• 'USM' Brawlin Lobsta Wrestling Camp

• 2nd Annual Die-Hard Invitational In memory of Sapphyre Skye Perro