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The 2012 All-American Wrestling Camp is coming up quick.  The Camp will be Sunday June 24th thru Wednesday June 27th.  Check out the Camp Documents Page to print out the Flyer!!!
                            

To 2011 All American staff, coaches, and wrestlers:

We have yet again finished another year, 10 years as a resident camp now, and I believe that this year’s camp was one of the most intense and instructional camps that we have ever had here at the All American Wrestling Camp.  From our technique sessions to our live sessions, you were constantly on the go moving back and forth from the college to the high school, and although finding the right side of the road to walk on was sometimes a challenge, you did a great job of moving as a team, safely and quickly from each session. 

This year’s list of clinicians was once again a stellar cast, lead by the new faces of: Mitchell Means, a 4^th place finisher at the 2011 NCAA DIV II Championships, Kendric Maple, a 2010 NCAA Div I National Qualifier, Keldrick Hall of Oklahoma University, Corey Clayton of Enid High School, Greg Buckbee, Head Coach Ark City High School, and Dan Jefferson, Head Coach Muskogee High School.  The old timers of the coaching staff like Coach Vest, Coach Taylor, and Coach Parks were all still around , but like the changing trend from young wrestler’s of the previous two years, to the majority of older high school wrestlers this year, the coaching staff added some new faces as well.  This year’s profile of clinicians boast a record of 33 high school state titles, 41 college All American honors, 7 college National Titles and 7 National Runner-up finishes, along with 5 high school Team State Championships.  The phrase “Success breeds success” was oh so true with this year’s combination of staff and wrestler’s. 

The camp also included high school teams from Blackwell, Enid, Muskogee, Pryor, and Wagner Oklahoma, along with many individuals throughout Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. I believe that these teams showed outstanding team commitment both for their own teams, and each others as well.  This year’s camp over flowed with outstanding individual leaders from each team who also set the tone for nine intense sessions that definitely pushed each wrestler to his or her limits.  

This year’s list of Camp Champions was led by local Central Burden wrestler Tyler McMichael, along with Cole Courtneg from Blackwell, Lucas Etchison and Jacoby Smith from Muskogee, and Jonathan Gerrior from Pryor.  We had about a list of five others like Connor Cline from Blackwell HS and Trey Dice from Ark City HS, both HS State Champions in their own divisions, who were also in the running for camp champions.  And unlike the previous two years which were dominated by the younger wrestlers, this year’s Champs were all from the high school division, although we still had some dominate youngsters in the schoolboy division in Ark City Takedown members Trigg Tennant and Gabe Buckbee, and Lucas Glover from the Hayesville Wrestling Club. 

 This year’s camp also provided a few obstacles other than the normal sessions that you campers had to face, from the blistering sun and heat, to the campus’s early morning stair runs, your dedication never lagged, and if it did, you didn’t show it.  It would have been very easy to let the heat get the best of you, or let the sprints after our live session sit you down, but neither was an option taken.  You made the extra sacrifices that were needed; the extra water intake, the numerous daily showers, the quick naps in between sessions, and maybe a little less at the dinner table, but they were done and the results were worth it.  To be able to perform in the conditions that we did throughout each workout would have been hard for any wrestler, regardless of age or weight; but you pushed through it and made it.  I am extremely proud of all of your hard work this week, and am honored to have assisted you in undertaking of this tradition with you.  You have made your various clubs, high school, and communities very proud this week both with your demeanor on and off the mat.  From me and the rest of coaching staff, we wish you all the best in your upcoming seasons, and hope that you enjoy the rest of your summer and train hard as well.  As with any family, it will only be a matter of time before we converge back here under the Phoenix, and will rise again for yet again another round, but until then, remember this:      

“The Strong Survive, A Champion Prevails”

                                                                                                                                Sincerely,

                                                                                                                            Jeremy Biddle, Camp Director

                                                                                                                                 All American Wresting Camp