Welcome to the 2023-2024 Season!
It’s that time of the year again to begin the CIF wrestling season. Our Association’s first training meeting will be on 10/1 followed by 10/8, 10/15 & 10/22 at Ayala High School, 14255 Peyton Dr, Chino Hills, CA 91709 at 2 PM in the wrestling room (same location on campus as last year).
The Association has had a shuffle in responsibilities with the Board with Phil Scott, Vice-President, doubling with duties as the Instructional Chair and Hector Garcia both as Member-at-Large and Assigner. We will be having elections for two Member-at-Large positions on the Board for Hector’s and Harry Adler’s seats. If you are interested, please make your intentions known to the Board for elections on 10/22 effective the following season.
Some things to keep in mind…
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- The season is scheduled to start with assignments on 11/18. The Assigner (Hector Garcia) will be assigning officials to wrestling events as they become available. Everyone will need to block dates for unavailability ASAP to prevent turn-backs. Officials who have been inactive will be deleted from our Arbiter roster. Officials wishing to remain on our roster will need to pay the $10.00 reservation to offset Arbiter slot costs by 10/22.
- Dues levels will be addressed in a Board meeting on 9/19 for the upcoming season and conveyed to the membership at our 10/1 association meeting at Ayala High School. Early payment of dues is appreciated!
- Check your uniforms condition for wear, size, and related equipment (flip disk, ankle straps, whistle).
- We have a new Association website at FHWOA.com. I encourage everyone to look at this portal to the wrestling community. It continues to be a work in progress with many links to external entities that are informational and useful. Your contact information and picture are listed on this site! On the home page, is the announcement for the Wrestling Rules Interpretation Meeting (Duan Morgan) for 10/2 at 6 PM. You must preregister for this Zoom presentation through the hyperlink area (Pre-Register Here). Attendance is required for any official wishing to be considered for selection to State or Master’s events but is recommended for everyone.
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Although now retired, Neal Campbell, and Mike Lengyel – current SCWOA President, have be inducted in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Sillwater, Oklahoma. Should you see these individuals, please extend congratulations for this honor.
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The need for wrestling officials, like all other sports nationwide, continues to be an issue. We hope to add as many officials to our Association as possible. We are all recruiters and mentors!