Neenah Wrestling Summer Opportunities
Neenah Wrestling Summer Camps "SAVE THE DATES"
Neenah Park and Rec Camp: June 7th-10th
Grades 4-8 (8:30-10:00) , K-3 (10:15-11:15) and Girls 2-8 (11:30-12:30)
Jeff Jordan State Champ Camp: June 13th-17th
Grades 8-12
AWA Houdini (Bottom) Camp: August 17th and 18th
Grades 7-12 (9:30-11:30 and 12:15-2:15)
Future Wall of Champs Camp August 17th-18th
Grades K-3 (5:00-6:00) and 4-8 (6:15-7:45)
Neenah Wrestling Summer Competition "SAVE THE DATES"
Hartford Summer Duals Saturday June 12th
Grades 9-12
Fort Atkinson Summer Duals Wednesday June 23rd
Grades 9-12
Slinger Summer Duals Wednesday June 30th
Neenah Wrestling Summer Practices "SAVE THE DATES"
RWF Grades 3-8 and Advanced Youth: Monday's 5:00-6:00 June 21st-August 16th
RWF Grades 8-12: Wednesday's 6:00-8:00 June 9th-July 28th
High School Small Group Practices
Coach Bohm: Monday's 6:30-8:00
Coach Knudsen: Tuesday's 6:00-7:30
Coach Kleuskens: Tues/Thurs Mornings 10:00-11:30 AM
RWF Folkstyle Summer 2021 Grades 3-8
Register here for the RWF Summer Folkstyle Wrestling for wrestlers in Grades 3-8 for the 2021-2022 school year. Practices will be every Monday from 5:00-6:30 PM for 8 weeks starting Monday June 21st and going to Monday August 16th. There will be no practice on July 5th.
AWA Houdini Camp Registration @ Neenah August 17th and 18th
Use this link to sign-up for the AWA Houdini Camp @ Neenah High School Tuesday August 17th and Wednesday August 18th 2021. Camp will be open to wrestlers in Grades 7-12 for the 2021-2022 school year. The camp fee is $100 and must be paid in full online prior to attending. This camp will focus strictly on bottom techniques. Camp Schedule: Session #1: 9:30-11:30 Lunch 11:30-12:15 On Your Own Session #2: 12:15-2:15
Harry Houdini was a true escape artist. The AWA Wisconsin Houdini Camp will teach you the magic-like escapes and reversals that Ben and Max Askren used to leave opponents and audiences dumbfounded alike.
Drake Hayward Mankato State University Monday May 3rd 6:30 PM Room #128 @ NHS
Neenah Wrestling Awards Banquet Award Winners
Drake Hayward 2nd Place WIAA Individual State Tournament @ 145 Pounds
Bryce Fochs 3rd Place WIAA Individual State 285 Pounds
2021 WIAA Regional Champions
Hayward 2nd, Fochs 3rd @ WIAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament
The Neenah High School Wrestling Team had three qualifying wrestlers compete at the 2021 WIAA Individual State Tournament at Kaukauna High School. Drake Hayward completed a very successful High School Wrestling career at Neenah High School that wrapped up in the D1 145 pound State Championship Match at 145 pounds. Hayward won his first match in the state quarterfinals over CJ Grisar 12-5 advancing to the State Semifinals where he won an epic match 10-9 over Jacob Ward of Bay Port. Hayward was trailing the entire match and scored with 1 second left on the clock to get his hand raised to move to the state finals. In the State Championship Match Hayward was defeated by Connor Thorpe of Brookfield East who was a 4X State Placewinner in his impressive career. Congratulations to Drake Hayward on his very successful and memorable High School Wrestling Career at Neenah High School which included 4 appearances at the WIAA State Tournament. Bryce Fochs ended a very successful junior year with a 3rd place finish at 285 pounds after falling short of qualifying one year ago as a sophomore at 285. Bryce won his first match of the State Tournament in the Quarterfinals Kristian Schlicht 7-0 before losing in the State Semifinals to the eventual State Champion Ben Kawczynski by Fall. Bryce responded in the consolation semifinals with a 4-0 decision over Ethan Hansen of Appleton North and ended his season with a win in the state 3rd place match 7-3 over Girard Jones of Menominee. Bryce was the first heavyweight to place at the WIAA State Tournament since 1978. Great Season Bryce! Neenah's Caleb Letson, a 2X State Qualifier, did not place at the 2021 WIAA Individual State Tournament. Letson ran into the 2X State Champion and 4X Placewinner Brooks Empey of Stoughton in the first round. One the backside Caleb had another force to recon with in 2X 4th place finisher Orien Boe of DC Everest. The good thing for Caleb is that all of the other opponents in his state bracket this year graduate and he will be a contender moving forward into next season. Congratulations to Caleb on another great season.
Neenah Wrestling Program Mission
The Neenah Wrestling Program is focused on building successful personal characteristics in our student athletes which eventually leads to our longterm program goal building Championship People. Neenah Wrestling aims to instill characteristics developed from wrestling that our student athletes can bring into the real world and have the ability to take confident risks to achieve their individual goals and missions in adulthood.
Our #1 Program Goal is to develop Championship People followed with Goal #2 of Championship Results. Our Culture of Neenah Wrestling is more important than the wins and losses.
We strive to develop the "WHOLE PERSON" student and athlete.
We offer the following wrestling programs.
"Intro to Youth Wrestling" 4K-3rd Fall (Sep/Oct) 5 Weeks
"Intro to Youth Wrestling" 4K-3rd Spring (Feb/Mar) 5 Weeks
Neenah Girls Wrestling 2nd-8th Winter (Jan/Feb) 5 Weeks
Neenah Youth Wrestling 3rd-5th Winter (Jan/Mar) 11 Weeks
Neenah Middle School Wrestling 6-8 Winter (Dec/Mar) 15 Weeks
Neenah High School Wrestling 9-12 Winter (Nov/Mar) 16 Weeks
Rocket Wrestling Factory Freestyle/Greco Spring (Apr/May)
Rocket Wrestling Factory Folkstyle Summer (June/July)
Twin City Wrestling Club Summer (June/July)
Neenah Wrestling Updated News
We are excited to release another Summer Wrestling Opportunity to members of the Neenah Youth and Middle School Wrestling Programs. This summer Coach Kleuskens (High School), Mueller (Middle School), and Rassmussen (Youth Head) along with our assistants on staff will be running Rocket Wrestling Factory (RWF) training on Monday nights (8 Total Practices).
Training will take place in the Neenah High School Wrestling room from 5:00-6:30 PM starting Monday June 21st and going through Monday August 16th. There will be no practice on Monday July 5th.
Here are the 8 practice dates.
June 21st and 28th
July 12th, 19th, 26th
August 2nd, 9th, 16th
There is NO FEE to attend however we are requesting our families complete the RWF 3-8 Summer Folkstyle Registration at the link below.
https://neenahwrestling.sportngin.com/regi.../form/918581608
Dear Neenah Wrestling Community,
A ton of information to digest here...
In an effort to help families better plan for the summer of 2021 I want to send all of you dates we are planning to offer wrestling training through the Neenah Wrestling program. Currently our team website www.neenahwrestling.com has an up to date calendar for all summer training opportunities offered through our program this summer. We will be finalizing our small group training schedules in the next few weeks (Kleuskens, Bohm, Knudsen).
I would appreciate your family taking a few minutes of your time to complete the survey below so I have an estimate on interest in the opportunities we will be providing.
https://forms.gle/FFrYiCQtMUikNbfJA
I know that many of our athletes are now in their Spring or Alternate Fall Sports season and that is and should be their main focus right now however I wanted to get this schedule out for planning purposes as I am sure you are all trying to make plans for summer. All Neenah wrestling summer sign-ups will be released by early May as I am working through many moving pieces to make this work for as many coaches and wrestlers as possible.
As the head coach of this program I appreciate the opportunity to work with our student athletes in the off-season summer months. Without a doubt the time invested in the summer months pays off in winter and we have seen tremendous growth from wrestlers who have taken advantage of these and other opportunities in wrestling and athletics. This is a very important time for our team to train together to reach our goals as a team and for our individuals to pursue their individual goals.
Note: All Grades listed on this email for specific opportunities are next years grades...for example if your student is currently a 7th grader all opportunities for 8th graders would be for their age group (next years grade).
Here are the offerings we are planning for the summer of 2021 to place on your calendars. Due to COVID-19 opportunities coach change but as of now this is the BEST and MOST accurate version I can send at this time. We are still planning on adding one more summer dual opportunity to go along with the Hartford Summer Duals on June 12th.
CAMP OPTIONS
Neenah Park and Rec Camp Grades K-8: 3 Sessions; 4-8, K-3, Girls 2-8
Note: We are waiting on official word from NJSD if we can host this camp through the Park and Rec like most. years...if not we will host through the Neenah Wrestling Club instead.
- When: Monday June 7th-Thursday June 10th
- Who: Neenah Wrestlers Only
- Location: Neenah High School Wrestling Room
- Session #1: Grades 4-8; 8:30-10:00
- Session #2: Grades K-3: 10:15-11:15
- Session #3: Girls Grades 2-8: 11:30-12:30
- Cost: $40 includes camp t-shirt
- Registration: Through Neenah Rec Department or www.neenahwrestling.com
- Coaching Staff: Coach Kleuskens and High School Wrestlers with guest appearances from members of our Youth and Middle School Staff
High School Team Camp @ Jeff Jordan State Champ Camp: Grades 8-12
- When Sunday June 13th-Thursday June 17th
- Who: Neenah Wrestlers Only
- Location: Jeff Jordan State Champ Camp St. Paris Ohio
- Cost: $385 for training, food at camp, shelter at camp
- Discounts Available: Through assisting with Spring "Intro to Youth Wrestling Program" and/or Neenah Rec Camp June 7th-10th
- Coaching Staff: Jeff Jordan, Micah Jordan, Travis McIntosh
AWA Houdini (Bottom Camp) @ Neenah: Grades 7-12
- When Tuesday August 17th and Wednesday August 18th
- Who: Neenah Wrestlers and Wrestlers from other schools (limited to first 50 wrestlers)
- Location: Neenah High School Wrestling Room
- Session #1: 9:30-11:30
- Lunch: 11:30-12:15
- Session #2: 12:15-2:15
- Cost $100
- Registration: Will be online through www.neenahwrestling.com (to be released this summer)
- Coaching Staff: Josh Wagner AWA Packerland Head Coach
Neenah Future Wall of Champs Camp: Grades K-8; 4-8 and K-3 Group
Note: We are waiting on official word from NJSD if we can host this camp through the Park and Rec...if not we will host through the Neenah Wrestling Club instead.
- When Tuesday August 17th and Wednesday August 18th
- Who: Neenah Wrestlers Only
- Location: Neenah High School Wrestling Room
- Session #1: Grades K-3; 5:00-6:00 PM
- Session #2: Grades 4-8; 6:15-7:45 PM
- Cost: $35 includes camp t-shirt
- Registration: Through Neenah Rec Department or www.neenahwrestling.com
- Coaching Staff: Past Neenah WIAA State Placewinners McCarthy Era Night and Kleuskens Era Night
TEAM PRACTICES
RWF Summer Training Grades 3-8 and Advanced 1st/2nd Grade: 8 Practices
- When: Monday Nights June 21st, 28th; July 12th, 19th, 26th, August 2nd, 9th, 16th
- Who: Neenah Wrestlers Only
- Time: 5:00-6:30
- Location: Neenah High School Wrestling Room
- Starts: Monday June 21st
- Ends: Monday August 16th
- Cost: FREE
- Coaching Staff: Led by Coach Kleuskens and Member of MS and Youth Coaching Staff
RWF Summer Training Large Group Grades 8-12: 8 Practices
- When: Wednesday Nights:
- Who: Neenah Wrestlers Only
- Time: 6:00-8:00
- Location: Neenah High School Wrestling Room
- Starts: Wednesday June 9th
- Ends: Wednesday July 28th
- Cost: Free
- Coaching Staff: Led by Coach Kleuskens and Members of HS Coaching Staff
Small Group Practices
RWF Summer Training Small Group Work Grades 9-12:
Note: Wrestlers will be placed in small groups and have the opportunity to meet for training 1-2 times per week....I will be meeting with Coach Bohm and Knudsen to finalize a schedule and have it released by early May.
Expect 10-15 workouts in this format.
There will be NO COST to this training.
We would prefer wrestlers stay in these groups but are allowed to move if their group night/day does not work for their schedule. Coaches will be planning training based on weight classes or specific skill-sets of wrestlers within our groups.
Coach Bohm's Small Group: 9 Wrestlers (Shooting for Monday Nights 7:00-8:30)
- Fochs, Letson, Munoz, Schaufelberger, Gast, Seelow, Cleveland, Mexil, Fish
Coach Knudsens Small Group: 8 Wrestlers (Shooting for Tuesday or Thursday Nights)
- Schmitzer, Carey, Dringoli, Gillig, Hansen, Heller, Kramp, Novak
Coach Kleuskens Small Group: 14 Wrestlers (Shooting for Day Times Monday's Tuesday's and/or Thursday's in the morning @ TBD time hoping for 10:00-11:30)
- Herm, Rhode, Sano-Gilles, Armatti, Blenker, Leeser, Skelton, Tessier, Hella, Lambert, Sheppard, Alft, Lewis, Rambert
Note: Additional High School Staff will be helping with these training sessions.
COMPETITIONS
Hartford Summer Duals @ Hartford Union High School: Grades 9-12
- When Saturday June 12th
- Location: Hartford Union High School
- Cost: $20
- Additional Cost if we decide to go to the Brewer Game after the duals on this day...pending cost of tickets/wrestler sign-up etc.
Note: We will be looking to add 1-2 additional summer competitions
Thanks for reading and for placing any dates you are interested in on your family calendar.
Sincerely,
Coach Kleuskens
The 2020-2021 USA Wrestling Membership is NOW OPEN.
To purchase your USA Wrestling Competitor or Coaches Card please visit www.usawmembership.com
Once on the site you will login or create a login if you are a new customer.
The USA Wrestling Card is MANDATORY for all USA Wrestling affiliated events such as all Wisconsin Wrestling Federation events (WWF Youth Regionals, WWF Youth State, WWF Freestyle State, WWF Greco State, Northern Plains, Fargo etc). It is also required by many local wrestling clubs and camps that are USA Wrestling affiliated.
Note the Neenah Wrestling Club once again this year purchased the High School Team membership for $400 which means all of our High School Wrestlers cards are paid for. All 20-21 Seniors need to complete their safe sport training online before their cards are added and available.
Neenah Wrestling Core Values
Neenah Wrestling focused on the character development of young men and women. We are proud to educate and instill important lifelong experiences that will be beneficial in the many years to come. Our "TEAM CORE" Values are guiding principals to help us reach our program academic, social, and athletic goals.
WIAA Team State Poster 2019-2020
WIAA Team State Wrestling
Mark Cowling
Assistant Varsity Wrestling Coach
Phone: 920-850-2912
Chris Rundquist
Head JV Wrestling Coach
Phone: 920-422-4026
Chris Abel
Head Intro to Youth Wrestling Coach
Neenah Wrestling Coaching Staff
| High School (9-12) | Middle School (6-8) | Youth (3-5) | Intro (4K-3rd) |
| Kyle Kleuskens Head Varsity | Josh Mueller-Head Coach | Eric Rasmussen Head Coach | Chris Abel Head Intro Coach |
| Mark Cowling Varsity Assistant | Nate Novak Assistant Coach | Chris Abel Assistant | Corey Knudsen Assistant Intro |
| Chris Rundquist Head JV | Curt Sheppard Assistant Coach | Cody Peabody Assistant | Dan Thomson Assistant Intro |
| Mason Bohm Volunteer | Scott Eckstein Assistant Coach | Dan Thomson Assistant | Rocco Marchionda Assistant Intro |
| Corey Knudsen Volunteer Assistant Coach | Kelly Herm Assistant Coach | Jason Kurszewski Assistant | Jeff Birschback Assistant Intro Coach |
| Cory Zuberber Volunteer | Nathan Ennis Assistant | Larry Marsh Assistant Intro | |
| Brian Piechocki Volunteer | Adam Kittilson Assistant | Kyle Kleuskens Assistant Intro | |
| Jason Kurszewski Volunteer Assistant Coach | Jason Barber Assistant | Eric Rasmussen Assistant Intro | |
| Josh Mueller Assistant Intro | |||
| Ben McDonald Assistant Intro | |||
| Jason Kurszewski Assistant Intro | |||
| Scott Farrell Assistant Intro |
Marshall Kools 1st Place 2020 WIAA Individual State Tournament @ 195
Drake Hayward 5th Place 2020 WIAA Individual State Tournament @ 145
WIAA Team State Qualifiers
Neenah Wins WIAA Team Sectional Championship Dual vs West Bend East
The Neenah High School Wrestling Team won the WIAA Team Sectional Dual Tuesday February 18th 2020 at Hartford Union High School vs West Bend East 36-25. Neenah was down early in the dual 9-0 but Davin Munoz @ 182 turned the tides with a critical 5-3 decision in the closing seconds at 182 pounds. The rockets quickly added 24 team points with three consecutive pins by Marshall Kools (195), Bryce Fochs (220), and Caleb Letson (285). William Rambert picked-up a forfiet at 106 pounds to make it 27-9 Neenah. The WBE Suns closed the gap to make it 27-13 when freshman Jayden Sheppard stepped on the mat. Sheppard stepped up in the 3rd period down 2-0 to pick up two three point nearfall turns to win 6-2 and extend the Neenah lead to 30-13. Charlie Alft at 126 sealed the Team State Clinching dual with a 7-5 win to make it 33-13. Drake Hayward at 145 pounds capped off the night with a 5-4 decision to make the final score 36-25. The top four place winners from the WIAA Regional Championship day all moved on to the WIAA Individual Sectional Tournament on Saturday February 22nd at Oshkosh North High School. The top two of eight wrestlers in the brackets will advance to the WIAA Individual State Tournament in Madison Thursday February 27th-Saturday February 29th. Please come out to cheer on Tyler Beauchamp (106), Evan Piechocki (113), Jayden Sheppard (120), Ramon Manka-Wigfall (132), Drake Hayward (145), Austin Lewis (152), Bryce Crook (170), Davin Munoz (182), Marshall Kools (195), Caleb Letson (220), and Bryce Fochs (285).
Neenah Wrestling 2020 WIAA Regional Champions
Neenah Wins WIAA Regional Championship for the first time in 16 years.
The Neenah High School Wrestling Team won the WIAA Regional on Saturday February 15th 2020 in dramatic fashion at Slinger High School. The Rockets knocked off #9 Ranked and 3X Returning Team State Qualifiers in Slinger in the final round of wrestling. The Rockets crowned 5 regional champions in Drake Hayward (145), Bryce Crook (170), Marshall Kools (195), Caleb Letson (220), and Bryce Fochs (285). Hayward was the 3rd seed, Crook the 6th seed, and Letson the 4th seed to begin the tournament. Jayden Sheppard lost in the finals to the #1 ranked wrestler at 120 in Wisconsin to place 2nd. Tyler Beauchamp (106), Evan Piechocki (113), Austin Lewis (152), and Davin Munoz placed 3rd and Ramon Manka-Wigfall was 4th at 132. The team competes on Tuesday February 18th at Hartford Union vs regional champion West Bend East for a birth to the WIAA Team State Tournament on the line. The WIAA Team State Tournament is held at the UW Madison Fieldhouse March 6th and 7th. The top four place winners all moved on to the WIAA Individual Sectional Tournament on Saturday February 22nd at Oshkosh North High School. The top two of eight wrestlers in the brackets will advance to the WIAA Individual State Tournament in Madison Thursday February 27th-Saturday February 29th.
Marshall Kools 1st Place WIAA Individual State Tournament @ 195
Marshall Kools wins WIAA D1 Individual State Champion with a 45-0 record.
Neenah High School Senior Marshall Kools made his 3rd trip to the Kohl Center one for the ages. Kools brought home the WIAA Individual State Championship at 195 pounds in Division #1. Kools was 4-0 in the tournament winning three of his four matches by fall. Kools started off with a 9-3 decision over Stoughton's #4 Rudy Detweiler. Kools then took out #2 ranked Drake Schrams of Holmen in the state quarterfinals winning by fall in the first period. On Friday Night Marshall won via fall in the 3rd period in a hard fought 6-6 match at the time vs Mukwanago standout Ryan Krimpelbine. Kools then took care of business in the WIAA State Finals vs Zach Wallace of Burlington winning by fall in the 2nd period. Kools a 3X WIAA State Qualifier is Neenah's 9th Individual State Champion All Time with an undefeated record of 45-0. Kools also moved into 2nd place all time on the Neenah High School career wins list with 147 wins only behind Tim McCarthy at 158 career wins.
Drake Hayward 5th Place WIAA Individual State Tournament @ 145
Hayward places 5th @ WIAA Individual State and gets Career Win #100
Neenah High School Junior Drake Hayward wrestled in his 3rd WIAA Individual State Tournament February 27th-29th at the Kohl Center. Hayward finished 5th overall in a loaded #145 pound bracket. Hayward got off to a fast start on Thursday night knocking off #2 Ranked Noah Leisgang of Ashwaubenon 3-0 and followed up that win with a dominant 10-4 win over Leo Draveling of Hudson. The 2-0 start Thursday night placed Drake in the WIAA Semi-Finals on Friday where he faced Max Ehlen of Burlington. Hayward led most of the match vs Ehlen but gave up a critical reversal with 15 seconds remaining to lose 4-3. Ehlen went on to win the WIAA Individual State Tournament. On Saturday Hayward lost 1-0 to Gavin Model of Stoughton to put him in the rubber match for 5th place vs Isaac Ortegon of Fond du Lac. Drake prevailed in the third meeting in just three weeks winning by fall to place 5th and get his 100th career win.
2020 WIAA Individual State Qualifiers
Neenah Qualifies 5 for the WIAA Individual State Tournament
The Neenah High School Wrestling Team qualified five wrestlers to the WIAA Individual State Tournament held at the Kohl Center in Madison WI Thursday February 27th-Saturday February 29th. The Rockets were led by WIAA Sectional Champions Bryce Crook @ 170 and Marshall Kools @ 195. Neenah also qualified sectional runner-ups in Jayden Sheppard @ 120, Drake Hayward @ 145, and Caleb Letson @ 220. Bryce Fochs was 3rd @ 285 while Tyler Beauchamp and Davin Munoz came in 4th @ 106 and 182 respectfully. The Qualifiers will take the mat at the Kohl Center on Thursday February 27th at 3:00 PM. Here are the first round match-ups for Neenah. Jayden Sheppard vs Jacob Wisinski of Mukwanago (31-8) Drake Hayward vs Noah Leisgang of Ashwaubenon (36-4) Bryce Crook vs Luke Stromberg of Mukwanago (40-8) Marshall Kools vs Rudy Detweiler of Stoughton (26-4) Caleb Letson vs Frederick Kyles Brookfield Central (35-7)
Our HS Wrestling Facility
Here are some photos of the Neenah High School Wrestling Room. Established in the summer/fall of 2016 the Neenah High School and Youth Wrestling programs call this facility home along with our offseason RWF training and the Twin City Wrestling Club. The facility includes two mats that are a total of 80 feet long by 44 feet wide.
Live Like Legends
