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Welcome to the Helena Wrestling Club website!  We hope you enjoy the new layout, and are able to find everything you need to help you register your child, find tournament information and results, and stay in touch with the rest of the club!

Lots of exciting new changes are happening with HWC this year, including a new practice facility to help us accommodate our growing club, new coaching staff to provide opportunities for our wrestlers to reach their maximum potential, and new fundraisers to help get them there!

Thank you for taking the time to visit our site and learn more about our Club. The sport of wrestling is one that requires dedication, hard work, and a lot of courage. We are so proud of each and every one of our athletes for displaying all of these attributes every time they step out on the mat.  They are inspiring to us all.

If you would like to learn more about the Helena Wrestling Club, or would like to join, please CONTACT US! Or, looking for information on the benefits of wrestling? Check out this USAW flyer: What will wrestling do for your child?

HELENA WRESTLING CLUB… Hard Work and Commitment… see you on the mat!

END OF THE YEAR PARTY ON THE BOOKS!! We are planning the party to again be at the York Community Center. It is scheduled for June 2nd. Stay tuned for further details and watch your email for updates from the News Blast.

 

TWO TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR!!! Great job Ridge Troupe and Seth Schroeck for earning the 2012 Montana Triple Crown!  Ridge won the award in the Intermediate 87 division, and Seth in  Schoolboy 91. Keep up the great work you two!

 

CONGRATULATIONS HWC ON TAKING HOME TWO STATE  TEAM TITLES AT THE MONTANA USAW STATE FREESTYLE & GRECO TOURNAMENTS!!! Not only did we take home the Medium Team State team titles for both styles, but we amassed SEVEN individual titles in Freestyle and SEVEN more in Greco! WOW!!!

 

SECOND ANNUAL KEN CLOUD CLASSIC A HUGE SUCCESS! Thank you to all the many wonderful people who volunteered their time, to our corporate sponsors for their generous donations, and to Justin Abdou for putting on an awesome clinic for our athletes and coaches. We are so proud of and thankful for our HWC family! In total, we had 11 champions, two OW awards, and we took home the large team trophy! Outstanding!

 

Congratulations JOE BOGART for winning the Early Bird drawing at our tournament! Joe is now the proud owner of a Henry Golden Boy .22 rifle. Joe’s name will go back into the final drawing, which will be held June 23rd at Wholesale Sports. Tickets are $10, and can be purchased from any Club member. You need not be present to win, so get your tickets today!

 

CONGRATULATIONS SETH SCHROECK FOR ACHIEVING ALL AMERICAN STATUS! Schroeck recently competed in the 2012 USAW Folkstyle National Championships in Iowa, and placed 7th to obtain  his All-American status. Way to go Seth!

 

2012 INTENSIVE TRAINING CAMPS to be held  in Helena over the Summer… June 6-10, and June 14-17 featuring Canadian Olympian Justin Abdou and HWC Coach and former Iowa State standout Dan Troupe, among others. Visit 
http://www.usamtwrestling.com for more information, and to download and print an application, or click here for the Camp flyer.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AMAZING TEAM ON THEIR PERFORMACE AT THE STATE FOLKSTYLE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT!!!! We had SIX State Champions this year… a first for us! Congratulations Tyler Coddington, Derek Nygaard, Ridge Troupe, Nick Kunz, Seth Schroeck, and CJ Snyder  for being crowned State Champs! Way to go boys!

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO HWC WRESTLERS FOR BRINGING HOME THE LARGE TEAM TROPHY AT THE 2012 BUTTE CYCLOPS TOURNEY—A FIRST FOR US!!!
Also, a huge congratulations to Walker DesRosier and Zach Schroeck for  winning Outstanding Wrestler awards! We had EIGHT champions at the tournament, and 28 of the 42 HWC wrestlers entered in the tournament placed in the top six! Awesome job everyone!

 

COACHES!!! We encourage and welcome anyone who is interested in helping. You do not have to have a wrestling background to get involved...  Please see coach Kevin VanDyke, the Club’s Coaching Director, for more information.

 

KEN CLOUD MEMORIAL DONATIONS… Friends and fans who wish to make a memorial donation to Helena Wrestling Club in honor of the great Ken Cloud, please send  your donation to HWC, 6001 Spokane Ranch Rd., East Helena, MT 59635. Thank you for supporting Helena wrestling in his honor.

 

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NEWS:

To learn more about USAW and MT-USAW, visit their websites:

http://montanausaw.org

http://www.themat.com

 

HELENA WRESTLING CLUB is getting plenty of ink in the press with its continued success at tournaments all over the state and region. Check out some of the latest highlights from the past year:

 

HELENA WRESTLING CLUB WINS TWO TEAM TITLES

 

TROUPE, KOVICK WIN AT SMITH/McCARTHY

 

SCHROECK AN EIGHT-TIME MAT ALL-AMERICAN

 

Helena Wrestling Club holds Ken Cloud Classic

 

HWC CROWNS SIX STATE CHAMPIONS

 

KALISPELL/MIDDLE SCHOOL TOURNAMENT RESULTS

 

HWC COMPETES AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONALS

 

Helena Wrestling Club Off to Strong Start

 

TWO HWC CHAMPS AT  2011 BIGFOOT BATTLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN THE PRESS:

Helena Wrestling Club

"Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy."

- Dan Gable

Also visit TrackWrestling for tournament details, up-to-the-minute bracketing  information, and individual rankings:

http://trackwrestling.com