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The SMWC All-Stars select youth team has been previously called Kettering, Bowie, UYC, and most recently Queen Anne. The name used reflects sponsorship during a particular season. Potential sponsors for this non-profit youth club, the kids competitive branch of Southern Maryland Wrestling Club, are encouraged to contact us.
All-Stars win at Berkeley Springs
All-Stars place 4th at West Norristown and 3rd at Oxford
All-Stars place 2nd at CAWL (Missing Rudy and Mike) and 4th in states
Note: When schools are closed in PG County due to conditions, practices are also cancelled
This page provides information to potential members about the 1998 CAWL Dual Meet and Tournament Tournament Runner-up youth select wrestling team, the SMWC All-Stars. The accelerated youth program sponsored by Southern Maryland Wrestling Club is structured primarily for experienced 15 years and under wrestlers, or those wrestlers who are high school age but have little experience.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Fielding highly successful
programs over the years, the current SMWC youth team competes in the
Capital Area Wrestling League and regional
tournaments until late February, when the league championship
qualifies regional wrestlers for
the beltway state championships.
The CAWL is widely considered the most competitive in the Mid-Atlantic region, definitely a notch above other junior wrestling programs in this area. Our team is the only advanced competition team for young wrestlers in PG County, and also the closest to Calvert County for Southern Maryland wrestlers.
Luke Palumbo --
Mike Rowe 
While the focus of the team is for young advanced wrestlers, older wrestlers may practice with us provided they are SMWC members and also have current USAW cards. We welcome coaches from other area programs, as well as open wrestlers who want to have fun while helping some great young talent. Among our outstanding youth wrestlers who competed for the 1997 Team (many of whom are now ranked HS starters) were Rudy Rueda, Kevin Gabrielson, Jonas Bray, Joey and Steve Sargent, Mike Rock, David and Tony Mahan, Ryan Forman, Mike Rowe, and Luke Palumbo.
1996/97 Lions. Last Season Results. 1997 SMWC CAWL Champions.
1998 SMWC All-Stars
COACHING INFORMATION
Our coaching staff features some of the most respected coaching
talent in the region. Former
National Champion and SMWC Head Coach
Bruce Gabrielson
shares coaching responsibilities
with former Iowa State Cyclone wrestler and
Virginia HS coach
Rick Jones and former Quantico freestyle coach Bill Mahan.
Other regular SMWC members including Olympian
Buddy Lee, World Cup Runner-up
Jim Howard, NCAA Record Holder
Wade Hughes,
NCAA Runner-up
Troy Sunderland, and Espoir National Champion and 1996 Olympic
Freestyle
Contender Jason Gabrielson will again
be among those presenting special sessions or helping as time permits.
Coach
Mahan is also one of the owners of
The
Ultamate Athlete, the wrestling equipment supplier where we
purchases all our uniforms and supplies.
A wide selection of equipment is available at most
practices.
DIRECTIONS
Our practice site is
Gwynn Park HS in Brandywine. Take Rt 5
south from 495 to Old Brandywine Rd and turn left or take Rt 301 south and
turn right just before you reach Rt 5.
SCHEDULE
Our practices were held most (but not all) Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights between 6:30 and 8:30 pm.
Tournaments or matches were scheduled every weekend until March.
For more information call Coach Gabrielson at (301) 855-4565 or
Coach Jones at (703) 440-0433.
We are moving ahead quickly, so the longer you delay, the more you
will miss out. Our team is tough as we have non-starters who win
tournaments.
Please feel free to come by any night to practice or check
us out. We don't need to recruit as our record and membership speaks
for itself.
Anyone can join the team by simply showing up to practice.
Sign-ups are taken at practice.
For costs, there is a $65 league participation fee required,
plus all wrestlers must purchase a USAW
insurance card ($20). Since we compete over an extended season,
all members buy their own team singlets and warm-ups.
High school wrestlers who are under 16 and
do not wrestle varsity or JV may participate in
our league matches as well as experienced
wrestlers at least 6 years old and 50 lbs.
Beginners and novice wrestlers should be ready for
serious work if they wish to practice with this team as we
spend at least one hour each night learning advance technique moves.
HOW TO JOIN
Kevin Gabrielson - 1997 SMWC All-Star
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