West York Wrestling

2008-09 West York Wrestling
Junior High Outlook
by Head Junior High Coach Brad Brosius


West York Junior Head Wrestling Coach Brad Brosius (right)
with PAWF Coach Gino Frank and Billy Randt.

Junior High coaches Brad Brosius, Chad Gardner and Bob Crebs are anxious to start
the season and to step it a notch or two this year as we move up to Division I of the
 YAIAA.  The coach’s goal is to have the kids work hard, learn a lot, and have fun
 while competing against the best wrestlers in the area.  The Junior High coaches will
be challenging each wrestler to give their best effort in practice as we prepare for a
 great season schedule with so many tough competitors. "By the end of the season
we expect to have some tough young men!" said Coach Brosius.

Returning from last year’s junior high team are 9^th graders Alex Moyer, Bryce Love
and Tim Althoff.  Returning 8^th graders include Devin Sweitzer, Tony Strathmeyer,
 Kyle Welker, Adrian Campbell, Connor Daugherty, Denton Raab and Jacob Oliver who
came out late and didn’t get to wrestle.  Some of the 7^th graders moving up from
elementary this year include Kyle Narber and Adam Raab.

The season starts out with a bang as we travel to the Conestoga Valley Duals in
Lancaster County on December 13^th.  This is a ten team dual meet tournament
where we will wrestle five dual meets in one day.  The tentative list of teams entered
include: Conestoga Valley, ELCO, Exeter, Halifax, Lower Dauphin, Manheim Township,
Palmyra, Pottsgrove, Warwick and West York.   Both Varsity and JV wrestlers will get
 plenty of mat time as they will have a separate mat set up for JV wrestlers and with
 five dual meets, some of the JV’s could also get some varsity experience.
The following week we open our league season with Spring Grove at home on
December 16^th.  Spring Grove always has a good team; hopefully our five match
 opening day will have us well prepared for them.  Over the Christmas break, we wrestle
in the tough Dallastown Junior High Tournament on December 29^th.  This is a sixteen team
individual tournament that will allow our Varsity wrestlers to compete for individual honors
as well as team honors.  We have a big test in the middle of January.  In a one week period
we wrestle Dallastown, Red Lion, Dover and in the Cedar Cliff Duals.  We wrestle Dallastown
on Saturday, January 10^th, Red Lion on Wednesday, January 14^th, Dover on Thursday,
January 15^th and the Cedar Cliff Duals on Saturday, January 17^th.  We have no information
   yet on the Cedar Cliff Duals but with Cedar Cliff being in the tough Mid Penn Conference, it’s
 almost a certainty that it will be a challenging tournament with a format similar to the Conestoga
 Valley Duals.  We close out our league season with South Western at home on January 22^nd.
We then prepare for the season ending, two day, Wilson Tournament, near Reading, which may
be the toughest junior high tournament in the State.  It is essentially equivalent to senior high’s
District Tournament with the toughest teams in District III!  The 38 team field includes all the top
teams from the YAIAA, Central Dauphin, Cumberland Valley, Lower Dauphin, Middletown,
Wilson, Governor Mifflin and Boyertown to name just a few.  "Hopefully, our beefed up schedule
this year will prepare us to bring home some medals from the prestigious 2009 Wilson
Junior High tournament." said Coach Brosius.

"It should be a fun and exciting year and the Junior High coaching staff is looking
forward to working with all of our dedicated young athletes that compete in the
most challenging sport in the world." said Coach Brad Brosius.

▪ The first JH practice is November 17^th at 3 pm in the WY Middle School Cafeteria.

▪ West York Wrestling 2008-09 SH-JH Schedule/Roster - CLICK HERE!
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