Message from the Dallastown Wrestling Booster Club
The 2001-2002 school year will
soon be upon us and it is now time to start thinking about this year’s
wrestling season. We have a large group of returning seniors that have
been with the Dallastown Wrestling Program since their elementary years.
We also have returning underclassmen who will be an asset to our program,
as well as some new faces from the junior high program.
Once again we will be opening
our wrestling season at the Wilson Tournament facing good competition including
the defending State AA team champion, Wilson High School. After competing
in two tough dual meets, we will be heading for the Manheim Township Wrestling
Tournament. This tournament is a first for Manheim Township and will include
both JV and Varsity teams at one tournament. After two more challenging
meets, the Annual Holiday Tournament featuring Lower Dauphin, State College,
and Cedar Cliff will be held at the brand new Dallastown Senior High School
gymnasium. This will be our first opportunity to show off our new facility.
Hurray!!! At the end of December, we will be facing the State AAA Team
Champion, Easton High School, as well as other very competitive wrestling
schools at the Manheim Holiday Tournament. In Mid-January, we will be hosting
the first Dallastown Duals, a Varsity and JV Tournament. In addition, we
will be having Elementary Day in which we will recognize the elementary
school wrestlers and their coaches. We hope this will become an annual
event.
The junior high program will
have another very competitive year with a large number of returning wrestlers.
We will welcome back returning coaches, Joe Klindinst and Neil Barnes.
The cheerleading squad will be ready for the season
to support, cheer for, and entertain the wrestling family and friends with
their usual enthusiastic choreographed routines. We are proud to have them
as a part of our wrestling family. We welcome their returning coach, Angie
Gable.
The Booster Club has many fundraising activities planned
for this year. Since we will not be returning to Reno, we will not
have the big expense associated with sending a team to this tournament.
However, we would like to continue our fundraising activities so that we
can look at other avenues to utilize Booster Club monies, such as revamping
the scholarships given to seniors. Activities such as Basket Bingo,
candy sale, stromboli sale, and clothing sales will be scheduled much like
they were last year. We are fortunate to have in our new gymnasium facility
a concession stand that will allow us to sell food and clothing.
At Meet the Team Night, November
28, 2001, we will be selling Basket Bingo tickets, which will be held on
December 10th. We will be asking for your help with our fund raising activities,
which will benefit all the wrestlers in our Dallastown Wrestling Program
from elementary up to high school. Please get involved with this worthwhile
endeavor. You will enjoy being a part of our wrestling family.
Bill Eshenour, Dallastown Wrestling Booster Club President