Damaged Ear at Southridge - Formerly YSWC

The ORWAY season is just around the corner.

Hello Damaged Ear Family!

This weekend 27 wrestlers ended the WA Little Guy Season by traveling to Spokane to compete in the Jason Crawford Memorial Tournament at the Spokane Arena. With over 2000 wrestlers and a big stage, it is the largest youth only tournament in the PNW. 18 athletes wrestled in podium matches and 14 came home with hardware. We couldn't be prouder of everyone who participated for taking on the challenge and leaving it all on the mat!

The conclusion of Wa Little Guy means the end of practices at the Southridge facility for the 2024/2025 season BUT it does NOT mean we stop wrestling! The Benton City facility offers practices and limited tournaments year-round and we are excited to start freestyle practices on TUESDAY!

📢SAVE THE DATE📢
April 14th - No Practice - Rest Day
April 15th - Freestyle Practices Begin at Benton City
May 3rd - Freestyle State Tournament (The Podium, Spokane)
May 18th - Club BBQ and Kickball Game/WLG Awards (Open to ALL DE families - more info to come)
Oct. 1st - Southridge Facility re-opens for the 2025/2026 rec season

**Note...spring and summer tournament dates for freestyle and folkstyle are TBD

We want to thank every wrestler, family member, coach, volunteer, and cheerleader who has supported us as we started this new chapter in eastern Washington wrestling. We know there were some growing pains but know that merging the Southridge and Bent8n City clubs was the right decision. Watching the growth of our athletes and the new friendships and relationships being built is what it's all about and we are incredibly excited for the future.

We hope to see each of you continuing to sharpen your skills on the mat during the off season as we count down the days to the next regular wrestling season.

EARN IT, EVERY DAY!

Damaged Ear Family! An important email just went out with information for the Jason Crawford this weekend.

It is a LONG email but it is filled with all the ins and outs for the upcoming week. Please make sure you go read it an let us know if you have any questions.

Info for tomorrow is below. It's basically the same as the last few weeks. Please arrive at least 30 minutes before your session start time.

📣IMPORTANT SPRING BREAK INFO📣

Hello wrestling family! MOST of our kids are officially on spring break! Unfortunately that brings necessary changes to our schedule and facility availability. Please read on for how this will impact you:
Practice

📅PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
As you know, No School = No Southridge wrestling room. ALL practices will be held at the Benton City facility and open to ALL DE wrestlers at NO CHARGE regardless of membership level

Monday - Tuesday - Thursday
5:30-7:00pm

⚖️WEIGH-INS:
Weigh-Ins will take place in Benton City on MONDAY and TUESDAY at 7:00pm. All wrestlers planning to attend the tournament on Saturday will need to weigh in on one of these two days.

🤼TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE:
We know availability next weekend will vary family to family. Please help us plan for coach staffing on Saturday by letting us know your current plans by filling out the quick survey at https://forms.gle/gTfJHpw1qdECk3iL9

Thank you all for your patience and flexibility as we work out kinks this season and roll with the punches the best we can. As always, if you have any questions or concerns please reach out to a member of leadership.

Hey everyone. The school reached out to let us know that 5th grade choral festival is TOMORROW at SOUTHRIDGE. Because of the size of the event and number of people they need to cancel our Monday practice at Southridge.

Benton City WILL be open for full members and drop ins.

We are sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

❗️❕ATTENTION❕❗️

Hello Families:

We are sure you have heard that we came dangerously close to canceling our entry into this weekend's tournament due to a lack of volunteers. If not for a last minute rally by a few, we would have 25 wrestlers not able to compete this weekend.

It is a requirement that all families volunteer for a minimum of 1 table shift per wrestler during the season. Despite table shifts for every tournament being posted for several weeks, each week we struggle to fill shifts. Ultimately, a few parents have been shouldering the responsibility for the entire club (often giving up time to coach AND work multiple shifts). We all want our kids to have the opportunity to wrestle AND we want to protect the time and ability of all families to watch their children wrestle.

In an effort to avoid last minute scrambles, tournament cancellations , and keep it fair to everyone the following policy has been put in place for the remainder of the season:

📆EFFECTIVE 3/23/2025
Wrestlers will not be allowed to weigh-in at Benton City or Southridge until they have scheduled their minimum table shifts.

Wrestlers weighing in at satellite locations such as Hermiston or The Dalles will not be submitted on a weekly roster until they have scheduled their minimum table shifts.

A list of potentially impacted wrestlers has been sent via email.

Thank you to those who have already worked or scheduled a shift. An even bigger thank you to those who have covered more than your required minimum. Those who have covered extra shifts have reduced the need for other families. This is reflected in the reduced minimums for multi-athlete families in the list above.

If you have not already scheduled your shift please do ASAP. I don't want to tell any wrestler they can't weigh in. Available shifts are available for scheduling at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BABAB2BA6F8C07-55175398-2025 #/.

Thank you for your support and commitment to keeping our kids wrestling. As always, if you have any questions or concerns please reach out to a member of leadership.

Families:

Due to a scheduling conflict and miscommunication tonight's pictures are canceled. We will reschedule and let you know the new date ASAP.

There WILL be practice and weigh ins AS USUAL at Southridge tonight.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

REMINDER!!!

No KSD School = No Southridge Practice. Benton City IS open tonight!

‼️Week 2 Tournament Information‼️

After last weekend you're all seasoned pros right? If you don't feel like you are, then you should! This weekend we head to Burbank Week 2 of the WLG season! This is a smaller tournament than last weekend but you will still want to read on for all the important information.

**LOCATION**
Columbia High School
787 Maple Street
Burbank, WA 99323

**AM SESSION (5-8 YRS)**
Warm Ups: 8:30am
Wrestling Starts: 9:00am

**PM SESSION (9-14 YRS)**
Warm Ups: 11:30am
Wrestling Starts: 12:00pm

**WEIGH INS**
Tuesday
Damaged Ear Benton City
7:00pm

Wednesday
Damaged Ear Southridge
7:00pm

**Note....this tournament has girls only brackets. If you want you girl to wrestle in the girls bracket please let us know at weigh in

**TABLE HELP**
All morning shifts are covered! We still need 3 volunteers for the afternoon. If we do not have those spots filled by Wednesday night, we will not wrestle on Saturday. As a reminder, all families are required to complete 1 table shift per wrestler this season. If you have not already, please sign up for your shift at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BABAB2BA6F8C07-55175398-2025

**BRACKETING AND SCORING**
Brackets this weekend are traditional, double elimination brackets but please check with a coach before you leave even if you think you are done.

The tournament will be ran through usabracketing.com again. If you have not already, please set up your account ASAP. USA bracketing does give you the option to purchase text messages (I think it's around $6 for 250 which is plenty for the season.) I can't recommend this option enough. If you have purchased text messages you will receive a text when your wrestler is in the hole (2 away) so you know you are almost up and to head to the mat. It is much easier than trying to refresh the website a million times. I had the entire team set up for texts last week and tried to post the texts in Team Snap but it was too much.

**UNIFORMS**
Per league rules, everyone is REQUIRED to be in a Damaged Ear team singlet. If you have not yet purchased your singlet, please reach out to Coach Kearney at 541-868-6911.

If you have any Damaged Ear swag (tshirts, bags, etc) please make sure to wear that too.

**Note...wrestling shoes and head gear are REQUIRED for participation in WA Little Guy.

**REMINDERS**
- Please let us know by 8:00am if you won't be able to make it so we can scratch you from the tournament.

- Do NOT wrestle without a coach. If you are up and do not have a coach let the table help know you are waiting for your coach.

- Just 1 gym this weekend!! YAY! If you are willing to go early and reserve a team seating area (when doors open at 7:30a) please let Nicole know. She will get you plastic table cloths to reserve rows. We are a wrestling FAMILY so we want to try to stay together and cheer eachother on.

- Be patient and flexible. If you are confused or need help, ask questions. There are lots of people willing to help!.

As always, if you have any questions please reach out to a member of leadership.