January
18, 2002
The
2001?2002 Wrestling Season is well under way this as of this writing. The
Varsity has done well placing high at both the Beast of the East and at
the Powerade Tournament. The Junior High teams have also performed well
and are comingon strong as the season
progresses..Let's all try to be
at the remaining tounaments and matches to support our NA Wrestlers.
Congratulations
to the Junior High Gold team for a 51?37 victory over Seneca Valley on
Wednesday.The team appears to be
peaking for the year?end finale at our own Junior High Tournament, "NA
2002: The Odyssey Continues". The Shaler match, always an important event,
will be at Shaler on Wednesday the 23rd at 3:30pm.Let's
get as many fans there as possible to support them in this long?standing
rivalry.
Our
Junior High Tournament is scheduled for Friday, February 15 and Saturday,
February 16, 2002 at Marshall Middle School. Mark you calendars now.As
you know, this tournament is run as a fundraiser for our wrestling program
and depends on your support in volunteering time and energy to make it
a success.If you have not yet signed
up, please give me a call (412?394?7809 or 724?935?7519) or drop me an
e?mail (tjkess@hwwlaw.com) with your preferred assignment and
session.The
Friday evening session goes from 4:00 pm until ending (@10:00 pm).The
Saturday morning session runs from 8:00 am until 12:30 pm and the Saturday
afternoon session runs from 12:30 pm until finish (@5:30 pm).We
need help in the following areas:
*Chart
Room (We need a parent or two of a younger wrestler to volunteer here to
be trained to run the chart room next year as our current people will be
graduating at the end of this year.
*Staging
? This is a critical function for the tournament to run smoothly
*50/50
raffle ? If you are outgoing, this is the job for you
*Timers
? these can be parents or varsity wrestlers
*Scorers
? These can be parents or varsity wrestlers
*Security
? These can be parents or varsity wrestlers
*Weigh?ins
(Friday from 4?5 and Saturday from 8?9 am) ? shortest job to do, so usually
move to Security for the rest of the shift.
*Kitchen
Help ? Mary Polley is a delight to work with
*Admissions
and Program Sales ? Wear a sweater, it's cold by the front door.
best
wrestlers in Western Pennsylvania.
Congratulations
to the Varsity wrestlers for a 78?0 sweep of Ellwood City.The
coming week will very important for the Varsity as their unbeaten Section
record and the Section title will be at stake. They will also be competing
for county?wide honors at the new Allegheny County Tournament this weekend
at Fox Chapel High School.On Wednesday
January 23, we need to travel to support them at Seneca Valley and then
we need to raise the roof on Saturday the 26th at home versus Shaler.The
26th is Senior night as well. Kelly Herbert and Loretta Glomb are planning
a spectacular evening.
As
you may have heard, Brett Morrison's injuries have flared up again and
he experiencing some significant pain and loss of sensation in his leg.Let's
all send him our best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.
Go
Tigers !!!!
Tom
Kessinger
NAWA