Angry Fish Wrestling Club

Two Late-August Camps

Ray — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:29:23 +0000

Angry Fish Jake Herbert and Non-Angry-Fish-But-Pretty-Good-Guy Keith Gavin are doing a camp at Pitt on August 22nd and 23rd. The cost is $115. You can find more information here.

Also, Angry Fish coach Ray Brinzer will be doing a three-day camp at Canon McMillan High School. State and Junior National champions Dylan and Andrew Alton are going to be there, as well, and possibly Mark McKnight or another clinician. The camp runs from Tuesday the 19th to Thursday the 21st, from 11am to 3pm, and the cost is $150. The contact guy for this camp is Brian Krenzelak.

2008 Angry Fish Picnic

Ray Brinzer — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:48:48 +0000

Update: Setting a time would be good, wouldn’t it? 4PM. Also, the link to Google Maps may have been too subtle. To find out how to get to the picnic, click here.

The 2008 Angry Fish picnic will be held next Wednesday, June 18th, at Coach Brinzer’s house in Freedom, PA. All current and former Fish and Fish coaches are invited.

RSVP to petruchio@perlmonk.org would be helpful, but not required; we’d rather see you, even if you didn’t tell us. You’re also welcome, but not required, to bring food. If you do plan to bring food, let us know what you’re bringing (at the same email address); we’ll post it here, so that nobody else brings the same thing.

See you there!

Car-Pool Options

Ray — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:52:39 +0000

The move to Seneca Valley has made life easier for some, more difficult for others. Coaches Rich Catalano and Ben Rings live in the North Allegheny area, and have offered to give rides to any interested athletes from the south.

Coach Catalano will pick up athletes from T-Bones, near Wexford exit of route 79. If athletes arrange to get a ride with him, he will be there 5:50pm. Coach Catalano’s phone number is 412-400-9467; be sure to contact him before you show up expecting a ride.

Coach Rings will be leaving from a top-secret location, at an undisclosed time. His phone number is 724-612-2793; if you call, he may share his plans with you. It’s also possible we’ll update this post in the near future, and make those details public.

Practice Update

Ray — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:21:52 +0000

No practice tonight (Tuesday). On Thursday, we will resume our normal schedule.

New Venue

Ray — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:31:40 +0000

Practice will be resuming at Seneca Valley Senior High School. If you don’t know the place, Google Maps will show the way. The field house, which contains the wrestling room, is all the way in the back by the football field.

While there are still a few details to be worked out, it looks as if practice Tuesday is a certainty, and Monday is a high probability. Assume that practice is on for Monday unless this page says otherwise.

Thank you for your patience.

Update: Thursday is a certainty, and Tuesday is a sketchy possibility. No practice Monday (today).

Our apologies for the continued chaos. We can’t wait to get back on the mat either.

Important Announcement: Change of Venue

Ray — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:22:16 +0000

Practice for today (Tuesday April 15th, 2008) is canceled. We will be changing our practices to a new location. Please watch this site for updates, which should be forthcoming forthwith.

2008 Spring Tournament Schedule

Ray — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:05:42 +0000

The following may be considered a master tournament schedule for the spring; it contains every tournament which we would that be likely to attend as a group. It is unlikely that we would (or could) attend all of these as a group.

Month	Days	Event	Location	State
April	4-6	Northeast Junior Regional	Brockport	New York
April	5	Qualifier	Washington & Jefferson College	Pennsylvania
April	10-13	FILA Cadet World Team Trials	Akron	Ohio
April	19	Qualifier	Copley	Ohio
April	19	Qualifier	Clarion High School	Pennsylvania
April	20	Qualifier	Central Cambria	Pennsylvania
May	2	Qualifier	Elyria	Ohio
May	3	Qualifier	Connellsville	Pennsylvania
May	10	Qualifier	Sharon	Pennsylvania
May	23-25	Central Regional	Columbus	Ohio
May	25	Qualifier	Mercersburg	Pennsylvania
May	30-01	Northeast Kids & Cadet Regional	Binghamton	New York
June	13-15	State Championships	Blue Mountain	Pennsylvania
July	19-26	Cadet & Junior National	Fargo	North Dakota

Practice Schedule Gets Simpler

Ray — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:18:25 +0000

Until further notice, practices for all ages will be from 6:15 to 8:15 PM, at North Allegheny Senior High, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Coleman Scott, Phil Davis Win NCAA Championships; Mark McKnight Takes Fourth

Ray — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:45:40 +0000

Last Saturday, Angry Fish Coleman Scott and Phil Davis each won NCAA titles in commanding style.

In the finals, Coleman, a senior at Oklahoma State, pinned Iowa’s Joey Slaton in 49 seconds. Phil, a senior at Penn State, cruised to a 7-2 win over Wynn Michalak of Central Michigan. Senior Mark McKnight of Penn State wrestled eight matches to rise from an unseeded start to fourth place.

Six other Fish were in the tournament: Steven Bell (Maryland), Adam Frey (Cornell), Ryan Lang (Northwestern), Jarrod King (Edinboro), Josh Weitzel (Oklahoma), and Kurt Brenner (West Virginia).

Update: When this post went up, it failed to mention Mark McKnight. This was a gross oversight, probably resulting from the fact that it was written at quarter to three in the morning.

Youth Session Update

Ray — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:20:25 +0000

Obtaining the gym permits for the youth session has been difficult; we apologize for the great delay. This week’s practices will be at North Allegheny Intermediate School, in the small gym.

You can find a map to the Intermediate School here (Google Maps).

Due to the lateness of this announcement, it is quite possible that few athletes will be in attendance the first week. For those that attend, we will at least get registration done. We expect that things will be normal by next week.

It is highly likely that NAI will be home to our youth session for the rest of the season. There are a few last details which remain to be worked out however; a change of venue at some point is unlikely, but not impossible.

Thanks for your patience (assuming you’ve been patient).