2012 Lincoln Thunderbolt Wrestling Club Tournament

Date for the tournament has been set for Sunday March 18, 2012 and will be at Pius X High School gym (6000 "A" St, Lincoln NE).  Download the tournament signup form.

Thunderbolt Wrestling Club Tournament Online Registration is open!

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 practices for all wrestlers (include new wrestlers)

Practices will be on January 2nd and January 5th from 6:30PM - 8:00PM in the Pius X Wrestling Room.

These Monday / Thursday practices will be at this time and place until February.

Club Wrestling goes until the end of March.

Questions?  If so, please email coach Jerry Clinch

Thunderbolt Wrestling Club Membership Form

• Download Membership Form

Click image to the left to enlarge.   Click here to print.

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.