About
our Club:
The Villa-Lombard Cougars Wrestling Club is fortunate
to be part of the Glenbard North Wrestling family.
The Cougars formed 29 years ago - Jim Considine
as Head Coach since 1983 - and have conducted
practices in; a VFW hall on the Villa Park and
Lombard border, Church basements, Glenbard East
H.S. (1984 - 1987) and Glenbard West H.S. (1988
- 1989). The Cougars moved to Glenbard North H.S.
in 1990. The Cougars and Glenbard North Wrestling
program have grown and developed a strong bonding
relationship. As a result, Glenbard North has
supported our program since 1990 allowing us to
conduct our practices in their superb wrestling
rooms. Due to the strong history and name recognition
the club has chosen to keep the name Villa-Lombard
Cougars.
Our club is a member of the Illinois Kids Wrestling
Federation (IKWF) which consists of about 230
clubs throughout the state and about 11,000 members.
The IKWF is a member of USA Wrestling. USA Wrestling
is the national governing body for wrestling in
the United States. USA Wrestling sponsors 3 forms
of wrestling: Folkstyle, Freestyle, & Greco
Roman. Folkstyle is the style wrestled at high
school and collegiate levels. Our club also focuses
on the Folkstyle wrestling.
Cost to Wrestle:
Enrollment into Villa-Lombard is $160
Tournament entrance fees usually cost $15.
Equipment:
Villa-Lombard supplies singlets and head gear
for the wrestling season. Each wrestler will need
to obtain wrestling shoes. Locally you can find
shoes at Dick Ponds (St. Charles Road east of
Kuhn), Sports Authority or Dick's Sporting Goods.
We also have a shoe exchange program as returning
wrestlers donate their shoes from the previous
year to be passed on to younger teammates.
Season:
The season usually starts the second week of
November and winds down in early March. State
Tournaments, for wrestlers that qualify in the
Regional & Sectional events, are generally
held the second week of March.
Practice Schedule:
Practices are held at Glenbard North High School
on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday from 6:00 pm
till 8:00 pm.
Tournaments / Meets:
Each weekend starting in early December, our
club enrolls in different tournaments throughout
the area which are held generally on Sundays.
Tournaments are usually local, however some could
be a little further and may even require an overnight
stay (fun for the kids and parents alike). Tournaments
usually start with a weigh-in around 7:00 am and
closes around 8:00 am. Between weigh-in and the
start of the tournament the club hosting utilizes
this time to bracket the wrestlers by age, weight
and sometimes experience. Then the fun starts
usually around 9:00 am. and usually ends between
1:00 & 3:00 pm depending on the size of the
tournament and how well it is run. The Tot and
Bantam wrestlers will always wrestle at least
twice while the older wrestlers will wrestle three
to five times depending on the bracket size and
rule of the tournament for placing - round robin
or double elimination.
IKWF has 4 divisions to equalize wrestlers by
age:
Bantams - 8 and younger (Some
tournaments may have 6 & under division)
Midget - 8 - 10
Novice - 10 - 12
Senior - 12 - 14
Age is determined by calendar year born (Through
Dec. 31)
How to watch a match:
A brief explanation from Texas USA Wrestling
for those who are new to the sport.
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