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Check out some of the history of Hamilton Wrestling
www.hamiltonhawkeyewrestling.com
Email any pictures past or present to hamiltonhawkeyewrestling@gmail.com

Practice Schedule Over Christmas Break

Monday Dec. 21 - Meet at the Pool by 9:15 am till 10:30 am
Tuesday - Friday off Merry Christmas
Monday Dec 28 - Friday Jan 1
Practice each morning 9-11 am *Yes even on New Years Day.
Monday December 28th the wrestlers are invited to Coach Stoel's house for breakfast after practice. I live one road west of the high school on Lohman Drive. Kids can get picked up there around noon.

Northview Invitational Saturday, December 19

Varsity at Northview (map) *No JV matches this weekend, JV may attend but are not required go.
Bus leaves the high school at 6:30 am
Wrestling begins at 8:15 am

Hamilton vs Zeeland West @ Zeeland

Wednesday December 16, 2009
Wrestlers will be allowed to go home after school or stay at school. The bus will leave for Zeeland at 5:15 pm. Wrestling will begin with JV at 6:15 pm followed by the Varsity match at 7 pm. Wrestlers are asked to ride the bus home after the meet.

Saturday Matches Whitehall and Lakewood 12-12-09

Varsity at Whitehall (Map)
Wrestling begins at 9:00 am
Breakfast (at the Hawks Nest) 6 am
Bus will leave at 7:00 am
JV at Lakewood (same as last week) - Map
Wrestling begins at 9:00 am
Breakfast (at the Hawks Nest) 6 am
Bus will leave at 7:00 am

Pictures retakes are scheduled for Monday, December 14. Wrestling pictures will be after practice. Wrestlers NEED to remember to take their singlets with them for the pictures.

No Practice Today - Thursday, December 10th

Practices and events for today at Hamilton High School are cancelled. Watch your weight and we will see you all at school on Friday.

Meet Cancelled

We will practice from 11:30 am to 1 pm for those that can make arrangements quickly. Those that can drive the road now are fine. Pictures will be rescheduled at a later time.

Quad @ Comstock Park

Bus Leaves at 3:15 pm. Wrestling Starts at 5 pm.
*WRESTLERS you may want to pack some extra food for the ride to CP.
Round 1 Hamilton vs Cedar Springs
Round 2 Hamilton vs Comstock Park
Map to Comstock Park.

Team Pictures

Team and Individual pictures will be taken after school on Wednesday, December 9 (before we leave for Comstock Park). Order forms will be coming home soon.

Zeeland Inv. and JV Lakewood Inv

December 5
Varsity will be wrestling at Zeeland West High School at 9 am
Bus for Zeeland will leave at 7:30 am
JV will be wrestling at Lakewood High School in Lake Odessa at 9 am
Bus for Lakewood will be leaving at 7:00 am
Map to Lakewood High School
*Each wrestler must have their own transportation home from the meet on Saturday. A form is being sent home and must be filled out if your son needs to ride home with another family. Please return to Coach Stoel on Friday.

Season Begins

Quad at Hamilton on Wednesday, December 2
Wrestlers need to be at school to set up at 4:15 pm
Wrestling begins at 5:30 pm
JV will be on a separate mat, Varsity will open against Plainwell
Wrestlers will be asked to stay to roll up mats following the meet. (30 Minutes)

Drivers Needed

Scrimmage at Allegan on Saturday,November 28th
We will need to leave at 8:15 am from the high school and return after the scrimmage at 11:00 am. Please respond by how many wrestlers you can transport.

Parent Night 11-19-09 *Time Çhange

Parent Night is scheduled for Thursday evening, November 19th at 6 pm in the High School Library. The time change has been made to accommodate the Nation Honor Society induction ceremonies on that night at 7 pm. All wrestlers need to attend as well as a Parent. Nutritional information will be presented. The meeting will last about 1 hour.

Welcher 5th at Boarder Wars Nationals

Congrats to Brandt Welcher for placing 5th at the boarder wars nationals at 119 pounds this past weekend. Check out Michigan Grappler for more details.

40th Season of Hamilton Wrestling

First Practice will be November 16

• Physical form must be on file (if you were in a fall sport you are OK)
• Pay $20 insurance fee to the office
• Bring workout clothes (no cut off sleeves), wrestling shoes, and running shoes
• Practice will be from 3 - 5:30 pm, pick up at 5:45 pm to allow time to shower and change

Open mats

We will be having open mats at Andy Cook's barn next week. Andy Lives at 3840 34th St in Hamilton (map). We will have two times: 100 lbs and less 6 -7 pm and 100 + pounds 7 - 8 pm. The dates art 7/28, 7/30, 8/3, 8/6, 8/10, 8/13, 8,17, 8/20, 8/24, 8/27. We will be drilling what we learned at Jordan and have time for live wrestling.

Jordan Camp

Wrestlers will be leaving from the high school at 10:30 am on Sunday, July 12. Any questions do not hesitate to call coach Stoel. Reminder that I will need $20 for gas on Sunday when we leave.

Pick up Pizza orders Today!

Pizza orders will arrive at Hamilton High School at 1 pm this afternoon, June 24. Please pick up your order between 1:30 and 2 pm this afternoon.

Pizza Orders are Due

Coach Stoel needs to have the Pizza orders called in by noon on Friday, June 19th. Please bring them to the high school on Thursday for early Friday morning. Thank you.

Camp Jordan

Fund raising kits were handed out today. The Wrestlers will be selling Little Ceasers Pizza kits. Information will be distributed next week. My hope is each will be able to raise at least $100 for camp by selling about 20 items. Our goal is to raise a $1,000 toward our camp costs!

Orders must be turned in by June 19th to the main office at the high schoolin the morning, you may bring in your order any time before that date. Delivery is at 1pm on Wednesday, June 24th at the high school. I will take time of sort and process the orders so pick up will be between 2 and 4 pm.

Hamilton Wrestlers Academic All State

Congratulations to the 2008-2009 Hawkeye Wrestling team for earning Academic Team All State. Hamilton's cumulative GPA of 3.46 was the 9th hightest GPA in the state. Also special recognition goes to Corey Schrotenboer for being selected to the Individual Academic All-State Team.
Link to Michigan Wrestling Association web site.

Congrats Dylan

Congratulations to Dylan Raymond for placing 7th in the High School Division of the MYWAY state wrestling championships last weekend at Michigan State University!

Camp Jordan

Camp Jordan has a slot for us: July 12-16. This Date was our only option and was good for most, but not all, of our participants. We will be meeting soon to give more details. Keep watching the blog for info.
Parents if you have some fund raising ideas let me know soon.

Little Hawks Tournament Tonight

Tonight at 6 pm we will begin the tournament. Wrestlers helping out are asked to be at the high school by 5:15 pm to help set up.
Coach Stoel

Thanks to all the wrestlers that have helped with Little Hawks wrestling the last few weeks. Your help is much appreciated.
Thank you - Coach Stoel

Awards Banquet

The Following awards were presented:
OK Green All Conference
Michael Schoeppe, Brandt Welcher, Courtney Johnson, and Corey Schrotenboer
Career wins: 164 (3rd best in Hamilton High School Wrestling History)
Corey Schrotenboer
All State
Brandt Welcher and Corey Schrotenboer
Most Improved Wrestler
Courtney Johnson
Most Outstanding Wrestler
Corey Schrotenboer
Picker King
Coach Veldhoff

Camp Jordan
Registration and $50 Deposit should be turned in to Coach Stoel by Wednesday, March 25
Wrestlers Registered: Aric Spotts, Cameron Stoel, Brad Dykstra, Brandt Welcher, Austin Essenberg, Joe Cullen, Robert Field, Harley Compagner, Micheal Schoeppe, Chance Smith, Whose next?

I received an email from Jeff Jordan today (Monday 3/30) and we should know this week what week we will be attending this summer.

Two Place at State for the Hawkeyes

Senior Corey Schrotenboer finishes the year placing 6th at 130 pounds.
Sophomore Brandt Welcher finishes the year placing 8th at 112 pounds.
Any pictures from this weekend would be appreciated.
Awards Night is Wednesday, March 18 at 6 pm at the High School.

Practice Schedule

Monday, March 9 @ Hamilton
Tuesday, March 10 @ Hamilton
Little Hawks Practice 5:45 pm to 8 pm
Wednesday, March 11 @ Hamilton
*We will leave at 4:15 pm
Direction to Palace

Awards Night will be Wednesday, March 18 at 6 pm in the Cafeteria of the High School
Details will follow by mail.

Hamilton Qualifies Four to Individual State Finals

Congratulations to Michael Schoeppe, Brandt Welcher, Courtney Johnson, and Corey Schrotenboer for qualifying for the state meet. Great job to Brad Dykstra, Kevin VanTatenhove, Josh Campbell, and Kirk Boerman. You guy gave it all you had and we are all very proud of you.
Link to State Meet Info.
Holland Sentinel Article.

End of Season Information

Monday, March 2 Bowling and Pizza!
Meet at Zeeland Lanes by 3:15 pm Monday for bowling. We will go to Pizza Hut in Zeeland after bowling. Coach Stoel will collect $11 from each of you at Zeeland Lanes.
Directions to Zeeland Lanes

Individual Regionals At Hamilton
Eight wrestlers will continue to pursue their quest to qualify for the Individual State championships. We will be wrestling at Hamilton Saturday starting at 9:30 am. Come support these young men. Wrestlers have been asked to help out on Saturday, a schedule has been provided.

Turn in Uniforms
Wrestlers need to return their warm ups, singlet, and headgear to Coach Stoel. Simply put your stuff in a paper bag, write your name on it, and bring it to Coach Stoel's room.

Little Hawks Wrestling
Beginning March 10th the Little Hawks wrestling practices begin. Wrestlers are asked to help at least one night. Practice are on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6 to 8 pm. We conclude with a tournament on Monday, March 30. Wrestler who help can earn $25 each time toward a registration fee to a summer wrestling camp we will be organizing this summer.

Wrestlers headed to Camp Jordan this Summer
Any wrestler interested in going to a team camp this summer should see Mr. Stoel to sign up. We will need to get at least 10 wrestlers to be involved in the team camp. More information will follow. Jordan Link.

Awards Night
An Awards Night will be organized after the State meet in two weeks. I am looking for some volunteers to help pick a night and to help organize this event.

Regional Information

Wednesday, February 25 at Comstock Park
Bus will leave School at 3:15 pm, Weigh in is at 4:30 pm, Wrestling will begin at 6:00 pm
Round 1
Hamilton vs. Comstock Park Allendale vs. Lakewood
Map to Comstock Park
Hawkeyes fall to Comstock Park in Regionals
Hamilton 22 Comstock Park 30
Holland Sentinel Article
Brad Dyksta Article

Help needed Friday to set up for Individual Regionals. Hamilton is hosting a girls basketball game on Friday night and we need to set up for Saturday after the game. The varstiy game will end about 8:30 pm and we should be able to set up in about an hour.

Saturday, February 28 Individual Regional at Hamilton
Weigh in will begin at 8:00 am and wrestling at 9:30 am. Parents will make breakfast for the wrestler after weigh in.
JV wrestlers you will receive a work schedule this week.

Districts begin this week

Wednesday, February 18 at Zeeland West High School
Bus leaves the high school at 4:00 pm
Weigh in is at 5:00 pm, Wrestling begins at 6:00pm vs Unity Christian. The second match will be against the winners between Hopkins and Zeeland West. District Team Assignments.
Hawkeyes are District Champions 8th year in a row 2002-2009
Hamilton 55 Unity Christian 12
Hamilton 58 Zeeland West 18
*Hamilton advances to the Regional at Comstock Park Wednesday, February 25th
Division III Results

Saturday, February 21 at Allendale High School
Bus leaves at 6:45 am, Weigh in is at 8:00 am. Wrestlers, parents are planning making breakfast for you right after weigh in. Wrestling will begin at 9:30 am.
Individual District Assignments
Map to Allendale
Hamilton qualifies 8 for Individual Regionals at Hamilton
103 Michael Schoeppe, 112 Brandt Welcher, 119 Brad Dykstra, 125 Courtney Dykstra, 130 Corey Schrotenboer, 152 Kevin VanTatenhove, 160 Josh Campbell, 189 Kirk Boerman

Hamilton to Host Individual Regional February 28th

Originally Hamilton was scheduled to host the Individual District on February 21, but due to a schedule conflict, the district will be at Allendale High School. Hamilton will host the Individual Regional on February 28th.

Hamilton Hosts OK Green Conference meet this Weekend

Friday, February 13 JV Conference Meet
Wrestlers report my 2:30 pm for set up
Wrestling will begin at 4:30 pm
JV Conference Champions: 103 Cameron Perkins, 112 Brandon Kruithof, 140 Aric Spotts, 171 Jon Norris and 189 Nic Piccard.
Saturday, February 14 Varsity Meet
Breakfast at the Trestle 7:00 am
Wrestlers need to be at the high school by 8:00 am, Others by 8:30 am
Wrestling will start at 9:00 am Finals should begin between 1 and 2 pm.
OK Green Individual Conference Champions: 103 Michael Schoeppe, 112 Brandt Welcher, 125 Courtney Johnson, 135 Corey Schrotenber (152 Career wins). Team finishes second overall.
Link to Complete Results for JV and Varsity.

2/11/09 @ Plainwell Quad

Bus for Plainwell will leave the school at 4:00 pm. Wrestling will begin at 5:30 pm for JV on two mats. Varsity will begin at 6:00 pm vs Battle Creek Pennfield. A second dual will be wrestled against either Plainwell or Otsego.
Directions to Plainwell.
Results:
Hamilton 64 Battle Creek Pennfield 6
Hamilton 38 Plainwell 27

Help Needed

Varsity and JV parents: We need table workers for the Conference tournament on Friday Night and Saturday. It would work well if some Varsity parents could work Friday night and JV parents on Saturday.
Upcoming Schedule:
Tuesday weigh in will be used for the JV Conference meet on Friday!
Wednesday, February 11 At Plainwell Quad: Wrestling beings at 5:30 pm for JV
Friday, February 13 at Hamilton: JV Conference Meet beginning at 4:30 pm
*JV wrestlers need to be at school by 2:30 pm to set up.
*Varsity practice (for those wrestling on Saturday) 1-3 pm (no school that day), weigh in for conference 3 pm
Saturday, February 14 at Hamilton: OK Green Conference meet 9:00 am
Monday, February 16 Practice 9-11 am (no school)
Wednesday, February 18 Team District at Zeeland West: Hamilton vs Unity Christian at 6 pm

2/4/09 Rogers at Home - Parent Night

Wrestlers be at school by 5:00 pm to set up the Gym. Wrestling will begin at 6:00 pm for JV. Introduction of Wrestlers and parents will be between the JV and Varsity match. All parents should be at the school by no later than 6:30 pm.
Result:
Hamilton 52 Wyoming Rogers 15
Hamilton Finished 5-1 in the OK Green

1/31/09 Byron Center Invitational

Varsity Tournament / Team Format (4 matches total)
Bus will leave Hamilton at 7:30 am. Be at the Trestle for Breakfast by 6:30 am. Wrestling will begin at 9:00 am.
Participating teams are: Byron Center, Jenison, Kent City, Kellogsville, Ottawa Hills, Belding, West Ottawa "B" and Hamilton. We will wrestle in a pool of 4 with a crossover match.
Map to Byron Center
Results: Hamilton Places 3rd at Byron Center Invitational
Hamilton 58 Kelloggsville 18
Hamilton 66 Ottawa Hills 13
Jenison 38 Hamilton 27
Hamilton 54 Belding 13
Undefeated wrestlers: Michael Schoeppe, Brandt Welcher, Corey Schrotenboer, and Kirk Boerman

1/28/09 Wyoming Park at Home

Wrestlers be at school by 5:00 pm to set up the Gym. Wrestling will begin at 6:15 pm for JV and Varsity will follow at about 7:00 pm.
Result:
Hamilton 63 Wyoming Park 12

Schedule Change

Hamilton to Host OK Green JV Conference Meet
Friday, February 13th, 2009
Wrestling will begin at 4:30 pm in the High School gym. Wrestlers will be blocked in 8 man brackets. This tournament is for JV wrestlers ONLY that are not participating in the conference meet on Saturday.
Teams participating are: Zeeland East, Zeeland West, Unity Christian, Byron Center, Wyoming Rogers, Wyoming Park, Holland, and West Ottawa.

Parent Night is Scheduled for Wednesday, February 4th vs Wyoming Rogers

Parents Please email any photos you might have of our recent meets and I will upload them to this site.

1/24/09 At Coloma Super Duals

Wrestling will begin at Coloma at 9:30 am. The bus will leave school at 7:30 am. Breakfast at the Trestle will be at 6:30 am.
This is a 6 team invitational with the following schools involved:
Coloma, Dowagiac, Parchment, Allegan, St. Joe.
Map to Coloma
Results: Hamilton Places 2nd at Coloma Super Duals
Hamilton 60 Dowagiac 9
Hamilton 44 St. Joe 22
Hamilton 32 Coloma 31
Hamilton 66 Parchment 6
Hamilton 16 Allegan 44

1/24/09 JV Wrestlers at Byron Center
JV Wrestlers will be at Byron Center High School and will begin at 9:00 am . The JV Bus will leave the high school at 7:30 am. JV wrestlers you should be at the Trestle by 6:30 am.
This is Team tournament and we will be wrestling 5 duals.
Map to Byron Center is below.
JV Team places 5th At Byron Center
Details later

1/21/09 Byron Center

Varsity and JV at Byron Center. Bus will leave the High School at 4:45 pm.
Hamilton's MYWAY Elementary school team will be wrestling a dual vs Byron Center at 5:00 pm at Byron Center. JV will wrestle after the MYWAY dual and Varsity will begin at approximately
7:00 pm.
Map to Byron Center
Result:
Hamilton 18 Byron Center 45

Hawkeyes Successful at Lowell Invitational

Great Job on Saturday! Thank you wrestlers and parents for your commitment to our wrestling program. Two very long Saturdays in a row. Outstanding job to all the wrestlers that competed at Lowell, while we always see the need for improvement, the effort and support of each other was at its very best. We are entering a critical part of our season this week. Let's commit to each other to work hard and hold each other accountable for our improvement in practice.
Results:
Hamilton 49 Sturgis 12
Hamilton 58 Lansing Sexton 15
Lowell 45 Hamilton 12 *Lowell's lowest point total of the day
Hamilton 39 Whitehall 15
Byron Center 31 Hamilton 26
6th place finish out of 16 schools
Undefeated Wrestlers for the day: Micheal Schoeppe 103 and Brandt Welcher 112

1/17/09 Lowell Invitational @ Lowell HS

Team format with wrestling beginning at 9:00 am. The bus will leave the High School at 7:00 am. Breakfast will be at the Trestle, be there by 6:00 am.
Hamilton will be wrestling Match #2 vs Sturgis, Match #10 vs Lansing Sexton, and Match #17 vs Lowell. We will wrestle one or two additional matches based on the results of the pools. Lowell will be using 5 mats.
Directions to Lowell HS.
Parents: Please remember to contribute to the food table if your son is competing at a Saturday event.

1/14/09 Zeeland East Dual @ Zeeland East

There are no JV matches, the dual will begin at 7:00 pm. Be back at the High School by 5:30 for the bus.
Result:
Hamilton 71 Zeeland East 10

Schedule Change

Wrestlers and Parents: Due to the cancellation of the Northview tournament we have an additional opening in our schedule. We have added to our schedule a Quad at Plainwell on Wednesday, February 11th. We will wrestle Battle Creek Pennfield and either Plainwell or Otsego in the second match. JV wrestling will begin at 5:30 pm and varsity at 6:00 pm.

1/10/09 Allendale Invitational

Varsity and JV both wrestle at Allendale. JV wrestling is scheduled to begin at 9:15 am and Varsity at 10:00 am. This is a 16 team tournament with Varsity and JV brackets. We normally wrestle until about 7:00 pm or later. Wrestlers are asked to stay until all team members have finished for the day.
Bus will leave Hamilton at 7:45 am. Do not be Late!
Breakfast at the Trestle at 6:45 am. Make sure you are there 1 hour before the bus leaves. Breakfast is optional.
Map to Allendale.
Hamilton finishes in 2nd place.
Micheal Schoeppe 2nd
Brandt Welcher 1st
Brad Dykstra 5th
Courtney Johnson 4th
Corey Schrotenboer 2nd
Kevin VanTatenhove 4th
Josh Campbell 2nd
Robert Field 5th
Kirk Boerman 5th
Great Job Varsity!
Congratulations Austin Essenberg on 1st place in the JV tournament!

1-07-09 Unity Christian Dual

Hamilton vs Unity Christian at Home
Wrestlers must be at school by 5:00 pm to put down the mat. JV Matches will begin about 6:15 pm. Varsity Match will follow.
Results:
Hamilton 63 Unity Christian 9