Plan for the Week, Dec 15-20:
 

Monday, Dec 15:
JV to Freedom (SR) (25450 Riding Center Dr, Chantilly, VA 20152ddress) for JV Jam
Showtime: 3:30 outside the Aux Gym
Bus: 4:00
Weigh In: 5:00
Wrestling: 6-9:00 
Tickets: https://gofan.co/event/5426662?schoolId=VA50303 
 

Varsity Practice: 6-8:15
 

Tuesday, Dec 16: Practice, 6:00-8:15
 

Wednesday, Dec 17: Practice, 6:00-8:15
 

Thursday, Dec 18: Dual at Osbourn Park (14715 Bristow Rd., Manassas, Virginia 20112)
Showtime: 4:00
Bus: 4:30
Weigh In: 5:00
JV Wrestling: 6:00 
Wrestling: 7:00- until complete
 

Friday, Dec 19: Practice, 6:00-8:15
 

Saturday, Dec 20:
Coach Fisher and Angelo Chierico to the Beast of the East at University of Delaware (https://beastwrestling.com/)
 

Varsity to James Wood HS Individual tournament (161 Apple Pie Ridge Road, Winchester, VA
22603):  
Showtime: 5:30
Bus departs: 6:00
Weigh In: 7:30
Wrestling: 9:00
Tickets: https://gofan.co/event/5367750?schoolId=VA24917

Plan for the Week, Dec 8-13:

Recap on NOVA Classic- thanks to everyone for their patience as we managed thru the weather call and were able to get to Fairfax for a good 2 days of competition.  Hats off to Fairfax HS for pulling it off. 

Great weekend of wrestling. In addition to our 14 starters, we were able to get 8 more of our up and comers in to get some experience against high level competition to include the defending Class 6 champs, Grassfield. We were able to get a bunch of wrestlers on to day 2 and the following placers: 

Angelo Chierico, 4^th

Cohen Rhee, 6^th

Finn Owens, 6^th

Davin Chhe, 7^th

Chris Umana, 7^th

JP Cortez, 8^th

Ian Song, 8^th    

Now, for this week, we begin with a first for the Pioneer Wrestling program: 

Monday, Dec 8:

1^st Annual Womens’ Wrestling Jamboree at Patriot HS. 14 teams, 3 mats, 3 hours of wrestling.

Showtime: 4:00 outside the Aux Gym

Setup: 4:30

Weigh In: 5:00

Wrestling: 6-9:00

Tuesday, Dec 9: Practice, 6:00-8:15

Team pictures will go from 3:00 until complete. 

Showtime: 2:30

Start time: 3:00

Meet in Commons 2

Varsity first in red, Nike singlets

JV second in grey singlets

Wednesday, Dec 10: 

Varsity Dual at Brentsville

Showtime: 

Bus Departs: 

Weigh In: 11:30 

Wrestling 12:30 until complete (men and womens’ wrestling) 

JV Jam at Patriot High School

Showtime: 4:00

Set Up: 4:30

Weigh In: 5:00

Wrestling: 6-9:00

Thursday, Dec 11: Practice, 6:00-8:15

Friday, Dec 12: Practice, 6:00-8:15

Saturday, Dec 13:

Fear the Spear Dual tournament at Stafford HS (63 Stafford Indians Lane

Fredericksburg, VA 22405) 

Showtime: 5:30

Bus departs: 6:00

Weigh In: 8:00

Wrestling: 9:00

Tickets: https://gofan.co/app/school/VA24952

Plan for the Week, Dec 1-6: 

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  It is GO time with a pretty busy week to kick-off the regular season. 

1. Practice this week, Monday-Wednesday, 6-8:15PM

2.  JV will kick-off the season at Brentsville District High School (12109 Aden Rd., Nokesville, VA 20181) on Thursday. 

Showtime at Patriot: 4:00

Bus departs: 4:30

Weigh In: 5:00

Wrestling: 6-9:00PM 

3.  Varsity and extras participating in NOVA Classic will practice on Thursday, 6-8:15PM

4.   Seed meeting for NOVA Classic starts at 6:30 on Thursday, extra wrestlers should know before they go home if they made it into the bracket. 

5.   Friday, NOVA Classic at Fairfax HS (3501 Lion Run Fairfax, VA 22030). No JV Practice. 

Showtime at Patriot: 6:30

Load cars/depart: 6:45

Weigh In: 8:00

Wrestling: 10:00 until complete

6.  Saturday, NOVA Classic at Fairfax HS (3501 Lion Run Fairfax, VA 22030).

Showtime at Patriot: 6:30

Bus departs: 7:00

Weigh In: 8:30

Wrestling: 9:30 until complete

Plan for the Week of Nov 24-28: 

Some really good wrestling over at Brentsville and many thanks to the host and to all the parents who came out to watch. 

For this week- 

Practice 

Monday, 6-8:15, with final hydration tests for (5:30 outside weight room): 

Eli Lind

Catherine Blankenship

Greyson Eckmann

Yousef Elhaj

Abdul Faqeerzai

Terrance Holley

Gabriella McKeever

Musawer Sadeq

Axl Saylors 

Isaac Tirrito (re-test, need skin fold test)

Chris Umana 

Tuesday, 6-8:15

Wednesday, 4:30-6:00 (pending Athletic Director approval)

Thursday, NO PRACTICE, enjoy your families and be thankful for all of your blessings

Friday, 4:30-6:00 (pending Athletic Director approval)

I should know Monday on whether our request to modify Weds/Fri is approved

Coming out of this week, it is GAME ON, JV will wrestle that next (Dec 4) Thursday back at Brentsville and Varsity to NOVA Classic at Fairfax HS.  I will push out the list for NOVA Classic with the driver forms for Friday (no bus) in a separate note

Thanks to all that could make it tonight.  Have included the info sheet for those that could not. 

Hit the link below to select your favorites for warm up music during our competitions this year: 

https://voyager.neptunenow.com/student-selection/uWrtyszAuvVSLHh3JE2ZiekHHCC8y2QB

Attached and included under Files.  We will go over these tonight before our first practice. 

Notes before season kick-off: 

1. Arbiter registrations. The following individuals are registered, but pending approval of their physicals, recommend checking in with our athletic trainer, Mr. McCullough, to see if what you submitted needs correcting:

Trevor Arnold

Jake Slingwine

Salih Aljebouri 

Nathan Newcomer

2. Spartan Combat store. If you are purchasing a tournament singlet for this season, get your order in ASAP, store will close on Nov 8. 

3. Athletes Mark store. Our annual fundraiser, see Mrs. Swanson’s post for the link to get any/all of the other high-demand items for your wrestler or family fans to represent the program. 

4. Weight Control Program enrollment. Will go concurrently with the first week of practice.  For those unfamiliar, see the handout for parents in files and the one for athletes on how to prepare. 

5. Save the Date. Parent Meeting will be held Nov 20 at 7PM in Commons 2.  We will go over VHSL guidance and policies and more specifics on the regular season. 

6. Should have eligibility forms back from Mr. Qualls this week.  Will send a list out of those wrestlers who are already cleared for day 1, Nov 10. 

Link: https://stores.athletesmark.com/patriot_wrestling/shop/home?fbclid=IwY2xjawN10EVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFwSUNDR2kyYVNIc3hnaGVzAR5iS_-eiBm7vuKZt9-CNij28fyYT85moFXVj3bm6y5pdd4PD_H-AULBf-fs1g_aem_U9yTmDuEtKcpmf-AmJPccg

See the attached file and handout for parents in previous post. 

1. Off-season workouts, last 2 this Monday and Wednesday of this week. Following week is a VHSL Dead Period for Winter sports.
    
2. Arbiter registrations, no changes from the last list. Get a hold of the trainer ASAP to find out what you need to correct on your physical to be approved.
    
3. Weight Control Program/Hydration testing. A guide from VHSL on the program and some tips on how to prepare (in separate post). We will do this the first 2 weeks of practice and again later for Fall sport athletes when they join the team. The intent of the program is to ensure that your student/athlete weighs in at an appropriate weight class during the season and doesn't lose a ridiculous amount of weight that could impact their growth and development.
    
4. Spartan Combat store for the tournament singlet still live through Nov 8. Expect to see a link for the Athletes Mark spirit wear store soon with all of the other high-demand items that our program receives a portion of as a fundraiser.

We were first in line at Spartan Combat, so they were able to open up our store earlier and it will close on Nov 8.  Focus was on the tournament singlet (we will issue a school purchased singlet to varsity and JV for competitions if you do not want to purchase one).  You can purchase and wear the other items in the store inventory, but they will also be available in our Athlete's Mark store, which is our annual fundraiser.  

Link: 

https://spartancombat.com/collections/patriot-wrestling-team-store

REMINDER- No workout on Oct 1

Our next scheduled workouts ar Oct 6 and 8, 6:30- 8:00, back to regular time

Two reminders for next week:

Dead Period b/w Mon-Weds so not off-season workouts

Interest Meeting at 7PM on Thursday, Sept 25 in the PE Classroom in Commons 1. Park in the visitor/teacher lot and come in through Door 1.
 

I will be taking eligibility forms (white/yellow) that I will submit to the AD to confirm your academic and administrative eligibily. Will have plenty on hand if your wrestler wants to fill them out on the spot.

The following are approved for off-season and regular season workouts: 

Abujarda, Wesam

Arnold, Noah

Cortez, John Paul

Edgar, William

Lawson, Eric

Lupariello, Zachary

Muvavarirwa, Tinotenda

Owens, Finn

Shirzad, Abdul Musaver

Suarez, Lazaro

Suarez, Sebastian

Tirrito, Isaac

Walker, Braylon

Latest list of approved wrestlers on Arbiter for Monday's off-season workout: 

Welcome back to school, here is the schedule for our ramp up  to the regular season: 

We will start up our off-season program after Labor Day. We will go Monday and Wednesday nights, minus dead periods and teacher workdays. Start time will be 6:30 in the weight room for a quick lift, transition to Aux gym for mat time from 7:00-8:00: