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