• New Tournament: 17th Annual Unatego Wrestling Tournament
• Opening: Holland Patent is hosting a Junior Varsity Wrestling Tournament on Tuesday, Dec 30. The first 20 teams will be accepted, and there are only 8 openings left. If interested, contact Coach John Richard at jrichard@hpschools.org.
• News: FREE LIVE WRESTLING WEBCAST! Tonight at 6:30pm, LiveSportsVideo.com will be presenting a free webcast of Team USA vs Japan and Team USA vs Russia live from West Orange, NJ.

• Opening: Guilderland (Sec II) is looking for teams to fill out the field in their 1st Annual Guilderland Dutchmaen JV Duals. Five Duals for each team.Contact Coach Korey Rogotzke at rogotzkek@guilderlandschools.org.
• New Tourament: 7th Annual Ragin Raisins Spring Qualifier
• ALERT: The Tully Wrestling Program is Back. Head Coach Chuck Donovan is looking is looking for Dual Meet Tournaments compete in. If you have an opening in your Dual Meet Tournament, contact Coach Donovan at kimbera@mindspring.com.
• Results: Oswego State 33 RIT 13

• New Tournament: Unadilla Valley PeeWee Wrestling Tournament
• Video: Here's one way to get out of a tough jam - A couple of readers pointed out that this is a perfect example of what is illegal in high school wrestling this year. So, if you were wondering what they meant by outlawing that backflip this year, watch the video.

• Opening: Ilion is looking for 1 or 2 more teams to fill out the field for the annual tournament on January 10, 2009. If interested email Bob Bush @ rbush@ilioncsd.org
• Fill out the National Scouting Report FREE ASSESSMENT today
• Opening: Red Jacket (Section V) has an opening for their varsity tournament on Jan 24th. If interested, contact Chris Anderson @ (585) 797-4385 or zla103@yahoo.com.
• News: Brand new article up in Ray Kramers It's Wrestling section - The Fat or the Mat!

• BREAKING NEWS: Wrestling Retuns to Television in Central New York! The Friends of Section III Wrestling takes great pleasure in announcing the first television broadcast of high school wrestling in 25 years. On Thursday, December 18th, Time Warner Sports will broadcast the Frontier League Showdown between South Jefferson and Sandy Creek at 7pm, live from Adams.

• Update: Events Calendar updated with 2008-09 dual meet and tournament schedule
• New Tournament: 1st Annual Blue Devil Early Bird Youth Wrestling Tournament

2008-09 Season Notes

• Section III Duals Jan 31st
  • @ Rome Free Academy
• Class Tournaments Feb 14th
• Class A Tournament @ Chittenango
• Class AA Tournament @ CNS
• Class B Tournament @ South Jefferson
• Class C Tournament @ Ilion
• Class D Tournament @ Sandy Creek
• Sectional Tournaments @ Utica Memorial Auditorium
  • Division II Championships Feb 21
  • Division I Championships Feb 22
• Assessments
  • Regional Assessment Schedule
• Rules
  • 2008-09 Rule Changes
  • 2008-09 Points of Emphasis
• New for 2008-09
  • Multiple Entries to the Class Tournament
• Class Changes
  • Hannibal - Class C to Class B
  • Mohawk - Class D to Class C
  • Frankfort-Schuyler - Class D to Class C
  • Bishop Ludden - Class C to Class D
  • Cooperstown - Class C to Class D
  • South Lewis - Class C to Class D
• Teams
  • Richfield Springs will be wrestling with Mohawk this year

• Breaking News: Wreslting Returns to JD/CBA
• Opening: Canastota is looking for two more dual meets to complete their 2008-09 schedule. If you are interested, please contact Coach John Tyler at (315) 416-9488.

• Opening: Hannibal has an opening for their dual meet tournament on 1/17. Teams committed are Hannibal, APW, JE, Onondaga and Corcoran. If interested email Mike Kitts at Mkitts@Hannibalcsd.org
• Opening: Johnson City still has one opening for a team for the “Battle For the Tier” Dual meet Tournament on December 6th. If interested, contact Coach Peter Capone at ppcapone@hotmail.com.
• Opening: There are still openings available for the prestigious Richard New Memorial Tournament on Jan 16 & 17. If you are interested in filling out the field, please contact Coach Nick Zupan at (315) 264-6427.
• News: Brand new article up in Ray Kramers It's Wrestling section - Training for Action!