Center Line Wrestling Club

Open mats Sunday 6-8 pm

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Open mats Sunday 6-8 pm

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MAC League Wrestling Tournament 2010

2010-02-06T21:50:00.000-08:00

Center Line hosted the 2010 MAC League Tournament. Photos are now posted on our online photo gallery. Here are some of the photo highlights of the 6 wrestlers who made it into the tournament finals:

Center Line vs New Haven and Mt. Clemens Dual Wrestling Meet

2010-01-22T13:18:00.000-08:00

The Center Line vs Clawson and Madison Wrestling Dual Meet photos are now posted on our online photo gallery. Here are some of the photo highlights from the dual meet:

Center Line vs Clawson and Madison Dual Wrestling Meet

2010-01-07T23:35:00.000-08:00

The Center Line vs Clawson and Madison Wrestling Dual Meet photos are now posted on our online photo gallery. Here are some of the photo highlights from the 2009-2010 season parents night dual meet:

Warren City Wrestling Tournament 2009

2009-12-22T16:42:00.000-08:00

The 2009 Warren City Wrestling Tournament photos are now posted on our online photo gallery. Here are some of the photo highlights from the tournament:

Macomb County Wrestling Tournament Photo Highlights

2009-12-20T06:47:00.000-08:00

The 2009 Macomb County Wrestling Tournament photos are now posted on our online photo gallery. Here are some of the photo highlights from the tournament:

Adam Cross - 112lb, 2nd Place

Alvin Laskie - 125lb, 6th Place

Winter Practice Schedule

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Winter practice schedule
Dec. 20 / 11:00 to 1:00

Dec. 21 / 11:00 to 1:00

Dec. 22 / warren tournament buss 7:30am start time 9:00am

Dec. 23 / 11:00 to 1:00

Dec. 28 / 11:00 to 1:00

Dec. 29 / 11:00 to 1:00

Dec. 30 / 11:00 to 1:00

Jan. 3 / 11:00 to 1:00

***Wrestlers need to call Coach Anderson if you are unable to attend practice***

Bus schedule for county tournament 12/18 and 12/19

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Friday 12/18

103-140 are at Grosse Pointe North, bus leaves after school and wrestling starts at 5:00

145-HWT are at Lanse Cruese, bus leaves after school and wrestling starts at 5:00

Saturday 12/19

Wrestling at Grosse Pointe North, be at the school at 7:00 am to leave on the bus and wrestling starts at 9:00 am.

Warren Mott Tournament Photo Highlights

2009-12-05T22:42:00.000-08:00

The 2009 Warren Mott Tournament photos are now posted on our online photo gallery. Here are some of the photo highlights from the tournament:

Adam Cross - 112lb, 1st Place

Alvin Laskie - 125lb, 2nd Place

Jason Legree - 160lb, 5th Place

Warren Mott Tournament Buss Schedule

2009-12-03T12:16:00.001-08:00

Be at CL at 7:40am for the warren Mott tournament bus will leve at
8:00am
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Home Wrestling Practice Mats

2009-12-01T11:10:00.000-08:00

Home wrestling practice mats are a great gift idea for any wrestler looking to take it to the next level. Resilite.com is a great website to find some affordable and excellent quality wrestling mats for the home.

Warren Mott Tournament Sat 12/5/09

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The Center Line Varsity Wrestling Team is ready to begin the 2009-2010 season with the Warren Mott tournament on Sat 12/05/09.

Why Wrestle?

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The sport of wrestling is a very natural thing for kids to do at a young age. Kids are always wrestling around in the yard or on the carpet in the house. Organized wrestling can bring in an element of safety and has a lot of other benefits as well.
Wrestling is a great sport because anybody can do it. Because you wrestle people of your same weight, size is not an issue as it may be in a sport like football or basketball. There are now a lot of opportunities to get involved. All but maybe a couple of states have sanctioned high school state wrestling championships. California, Texas and Hawaii have both a boys and girls high school state wrestling championships. Over the past ten years, the number of girls involved in the sport of wrestling in this country has gone from 300 to 3,700 so it is a sport that is on the rise for young females.

One reason wrestling is beneficial to people at a young age is from a self defense point of view. Kids need to protect themselves from bullies or someone who may jump them on the street. You may be asking, “What are the odds?” Well, pick up a newspaper. You see kids getting kidnapped far too often. First and foremost kids need to be taught about who you can and cannot talk to and where they can be with who, but it’s also nice to have a little bit of a fight attitude from the point of view of protection. I have daughters and a lot of people ask me if my daughters wrestle. I tell them I teach them just enough for protection purposes.

The sport of wrestling also helps young people develop important qualities such as self esteem, sportsmanship, work ethic and leadership skills. It also helps by instilling a competitive edge. A competitive edge is a real key. You really learn how to compete in wrestling because it is a unique one on one sport. Team sports are great, don’t get me wrong, but there are some unique aspects of wrestling that make it stand out. For one, in wrestling you compete at all times. You are playing the game the whole time you are out there. Matches may last 6, 7, up to 9 minutes, but for that short amount of time you are competing. You do not have to wait for a ball to come to you. There are very few breaks and it takes focus and concentration every second you are out there.

There are feelings that take place when you compete. There can be the feeling of not being successful, which can teach you how to overcome adversity and there is the feeling of winning. It only takes winning once to know the feeling and you'll want to strive for it again and again. It doesn’t even have to be the feeling of winning an actual match. Sometimes you get a feeling of winning after completing a good hard practice because you pushed yourself and got through it.

-Dan Gable (www.dangable.com)

2009-2010 Wrestling Season Flyer

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Welcome back!

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The CL Wrestling Club website is back! We are now using some exciting new Web 2.0 platforms. Google Blogger is our new website host, SmugMug is hosting our photos and videos and we'll be using Twitter to broadcast events in real-time during meets this season!

Questions or info: we can be reached at club@clwrestling.com

Thanks for visiting!

-Ken Snyder
ken@clwrestling.com

About Us

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Center Line Wrestling

“Legends”

Coach Dennis Rutowski (Left)

Coach John Gretz (Right)

Coach Rutowski started the Center Line Wrestling team in the fall of 1965. Coach Gretz soon joined the wrestling program in 1970. The two worked together and led the Center Line Wrestling Winning Tradition for 30+ years to become the most successful athletic program in CL History

The tradition continues with class of 1996 alumni Dave Anderson who took over as CLHS Wrestling Head Coach in 2005. Dave faced a very tough challenge to rebuild the once great program and strong wrestling tradition. At the end of the 04/05 season, the team was on the brink of being canceled. Dave started the 2005 season with just 5 returning wrestlers. Former teammates and 1996 alumni, Tom McGough and Ken Snyder, volunteered and assisted Dave during his first few years rebuilding the program. Paul Kempesty (1996 alumni) joined the team as the new Assistant Coach in 2007. Zac Bollinger (2007 alumni) continues the alumni assistant coaching tradition by assisting with the high school and middle school wrestling programs.

The team has come a long way in a few short years by progressing from bottom of the league in 05/06 to finishing the 07/08 season as the league champions. The team made a strong run to repeat but after a hard fought close defeat they finished as league runner up in 08/09. Dave and the team are committed to continue the winning tradition in 09/10 season!

Contact Us

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Dave Anderson

Center Line High School Wrestling Head Coach

Email: dave@clwrestling.com

Paul Kempisty

Center Line Wrestling Club Assistant Coach

Email: paul@clwrestling.com

Ken Snyder

Center Line Wrestling Club Photographer / Web Site Administrator

Email:- ken@clwrestling.com