2012 Summer Camps

• Pius X Wrestling Camp Brochure
• Pius X Intensive Wrestling Camp Brochure

Wrestling News

Congratulations to Jared Nickman, Zach Bell, and Ben Goodwin on making the Journal Star 2012 All City Wrestling Team!  Jared was also named Honorary Captain.

Congratulations to Ben Goodwin! Ben has been selected to wrestle in the East/West all-star Dual. 

The wrestlers are selected by the Nebraska Scholastics Wrestling Coaches Association.

2012 East/West Dual

 Date: Saturday, June 9th, 2012 Time: 1:00 pm Location: Grand Island, NE Venue: Grand Island Senior High School

Congratulations to the Pius X Wrestling Team

on getting 11th place in class A at the Nebraska State Wrestling Championships  in Omaha and medaling 3 Pius X wrestlers with many victories by all wrestlers.  Jarred Nickman and Ben Goodwin both made the finals and were in the Parade of Champions.  Jarred became the 6th wrestler in Pius X history to win  a State Championship and Ben just missed by one point in the finals, getting second.  Tyson Cisneros was the other placer for Pius X getting 5th place.

State Qualifiers and Results

• Alex Schriner, Freshman, 113 Weight Division 2-2
• Alex Theisen, Senior, 152 Weight Division 0-2
• Jared Nickman, Senior, 160 Weight Division 4-0,  100 wins for career, State Champion
• Zach Bell, Junior, 170 Weight Division 2-2
• Ben Goodwin, Senior, 182 Weight Division 3-1, over 100 wins for career, 2nd place
• Bryce Miller, Senior, 195 Weight Division 1-2
• Tyson Cisneros, Sophomore, 285 Weight Division 3-2, 5th place

Congratulations to the Pius X Wrestling Team on Getting 4th!

We qualified 7 wrestlers at Districts in Kearney for the State wrestling meet that is being held in Omaha at the Centurylink on Thursday afternoon.  We have 3 District Champions this year which is the most Pius X has had in many  years.

Qualifiers

• 3rd place Alex Schriner, Freshman, 113 Weight Division
• 4th place Alex Theisen, Senior, 152 Weight Division
• 1st  place Jared Nickman, Senior, 160 Weight Division
• 1st place Zach Bell, Junior, 170 Weight Division
• 1st place Ben Goodwin, Senior, 182 Weight Division
• 4th place Bryce Miller, Senior, 195 Weight Division
• 2nd place Tyson Cisneros, Sophomore, 285 Weight Division

2011-2012 Club Photos

Rick Baxter sent in some photos.  They 5 wrestlers, winning 13 of 14 matches and won 4 championships and 1 runner up finish.  Nice Job!

• Thunderbolt Wrestling Club meet in Crete on 1/21/2012

Cheryl Bell was kind enough to share her photos with us.  I screen grabbed them from her printer's photo website and put them into a few videos. 

• Wahoo Invite 2011
• Omaha South 2011
• Pius X Invite 2011

Thunderbolt Wrestling Club Membership Form

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Parent's Guide to Youth Wrestling (second edition)

those new to the sport.  Get answers to questions

like these:

• What makes this sport so different and unique?

• What effect might it have on my child?

• What about weight cutting and cauliflower ear?

• Is my child really cut out for this sport?

• What equipment is needed?

• How does competition work?

Click on picture to the right to download/view the 2005 Parent's Guide to Youth Wrestling.  File size is 2.5MB

What can we expect to see on this site?

I want to make the website the focal point for information about the club.  Wrestling forms, news, travel plans, maps, cancellations, and of course PHOTOS.  As I find time to get this project going, I want to get photos of each wrestler online.  I will also try and follow the Pius wrestlers as well.  How much information posted on this site about Pius wrestling will depend on the interest generated.

Why Wrestle?

Wrestling prepares a person to fight the game of life.  The wrestler is the one athlete that must meet their opponent and do battle completely on their own; no one can substitute; no time outs are possible.  You have no one to check, screen, block, or assist you in any way; there is no one to blame for your mistakes.  When you win, you must show quiet pride and modesty; when you lose, the responsibility is yours.  Wrestling is a special sport.  In other sports, when contact is made they blow a whistle to stop the action; in wrestling when contact is made, we're just getting started.  No sport requires more sacrifice then wrestling.  The individual, through self denial, offers more of his character than can ever be explained here.  It is something you carry with you throughout life, and through every trial, test, and tribulation.