The Red Hawk Wrestling Club in Phillipsburg, New Jersey offers a very impressive Internet page with a calendar of tournaments (click here). When you get there, scroll down the page to find the calendar. If you see a tournament that interests you, click on it, and you'll get an entry form that you can print out and use.
Hmmmm... "Red Hawks"... reminds me of another great wrestling club! Thank you to the Red Hawks for providing this service, and to Jeff Shaffer for bringing it to our attention.
as reported by Kerry Page, Stacey Shaffer and others
Brian Weidenhammer 2nd Place Bantam 45 Cody Frick 1st Place Midget 75 Blaise Peters 2nd Place Midget 80 Carson Adams 3rd Place Midget 85 Zach Dietrich 1st Place Midget 90 John Esterly 1st Place Midget HWT Brandon Weidenhammer 2nd Place Junior 75 Harry Bair 3rd Place Junior 90 Jeremy Hix 2nd Place Junior 95 Jared Shaffer 2nd Place Junior High 75 Josh Heckman 1st Place Junior High 90 Anthony Page 3rd Place Junior High 95 Vreeland Wood 1st Place Junior High 110 Kerry Evans 2nd Place Junior High 110 Matt Weidenhammer 1st Place Junior High 155 Eric Fry 1st Place Junior High 165 Also paticipating in the tournament was: Curtis Adams & Billy King (Elementary Divisions). All Hamburg Junior High wrestlers placed in the Tournament!
Wes Barrall Jr. High 125 lb. 2nd place Jared Shaffer Jr. High 75 lb. 1st place
10 and under: ------------- 45 Brian Weidenhammer 2nd 60 Bradley Kummerer 1st 75 Cody Frick 1st 85 Carson Adams 2nd 12 and under: ------------- 65 Nick Stabile 1st 115 Vreeland Wood 1st 14 and under: ------------- 75 Jared Shaffer 2nd 85 Josh Heckman 2nd 155 Ken Adams 2nd also participating: ------------------- David Kuhns Anthony Page Wesley Barrall Kerry Evans
(160) Steve Shaffer 5th Place (Regional Qualifier!)
Hamburg Results 24 entered: 14 place winners - 9 in finals - 6 champions Division I: 50 Brett Sanko 4th 55 Greg Thomas 4th 60 Brad Kummerer 1st 65 Nick Sanko 1st 70 Nathan Reinhart 1st 75 Blaise Peters 3rd ----------------------------------- Division II: 65 Jeremy Henn 1st 70 Nick Stabile 1st 75 Brandon Weidenhammer 2nd 80 Cody Frick 2nd 85 Alex Strahn 3rd 85 Matt Strausser 4th 95 Jeremy Hix 1st 140 Nick Butt 2nd ----------------------------------- Also participating: Carson Adams, Harry Bair, Zach Dietrich, Tim Dinnich, David Kuhns, David Osenbach, Joel Shappell, Austin Simpson, Shane Specht, Mark Thomas, Stefan Wert
(160) Steve Shaffer 5th Place (189) Nick Rollman 2nd Place (275) John Dean 4th Place
TEAM RESULT: 9th out of 30 teams INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: Jared Shaffer 7th Josh Heckman 6th Zach Strahn 5th Kerry Evans 4th Vreeland Wood 4th Wesley Barrall 8th Kenny Adams 4th Eric Fry 8th Trevor Edwards 8th
Bantam: 45 Bryan Weidenhammer 2nd Midget: 60 Nick Sanko 3rd 65 Brad Kummerer 1st 70 Nathan Reinhart 3rd 75 Blaise Peters 2nd 80 Shane Specht 3rd Junior: 65 Jeremy Henn 1st 75 Brandon Weidenhammer 2nd 85 Alex Strahn 2nd Matt Strausser 3rd 90 Joel Shappell 3rd 95/100 Jeremy Hix 2nd Also participating were: Seth Brautigan, Ty Brautigan, Cody Frick, Brett Sanko, Mike Specht, Stefan Wert
All place finishers in alphabetical order: Carson Adams 3rd Curtis Adams 3rd Tim Dinich 2nd Cody Frick 1st Zach Hartman 4th Jeremy Henn 1st Jeremy Hix 1st Bill King 2nd David Kuhns 2nd Bradley Kummerer 1st Blaise Peters 1st Nathan Reinhart 1st John Robles 1st Brett Sanko 2nd Nick Sanko 2nd Joel Shappell 2nd Austin Simpson 2nd Nick Stabile 1st Alex Strahn 1st Matt Strausser 2nd Jared Uberti 4th Brandon Weidenhammer 2nd Bryan Weidenhammer 3rd Also participating: Harry Bair, Zach Dietrich, Alex Gerow, Luke Morrow, Mike Specht, Shane Specht, Mark Thomas, Stefan Wert
10 and under: 60 Bradley Kummerer 1st 70 Nathan Reinhart 2nd 75 Cody Frick 3rd 85 Carson Adams 3rd 12 and under: 65 Jeremy Henn 2nd 70 Nick Stabile 2nd 110 Vreeland Wood 1st Junior High Division: 75 Jared Shaffer 1st 85 Josh Heckman 3rd 85 Austin Dietrich 4th 95 Zach Strahn 2nd 108 Vreeland Wood 1st 115 Zach Barrall 4th 160 Eric Fry 4th HWT Mark LePera 3rd
160 Steve Shaffer Placed 3rd In Tournament (won 4 out of 5 matches, including 2 pins) 189 Nick Rollman Placed 3rd In Tournament (won 5 out of 6 matches, including 3 pins) Both Steve and Nick were defeated ONLY by the top seeds in their respective brackets. Both of these wrestlers also pulled out close, gutsy 1-point victories in their consolation matches. Our other varsity wrestlers also fought hard and made us proud!
Bantam 45 Brett Sanko 2nd Bantam 55B Greg Thomas 2nd Bantam 55A Austin Simpson 3rd Midget 80 Shane Specht 4th Also participating were: Tim Dinnich and Michael Specht
(80) Jared Shaffer 4th out of 8 in Jr Hi division
Pee Wee (45) Brett Sanko 2nd place + Quickest Pin! Pee Wee (45) Bryan Weidenhammer 3rd place Midget (60) Nick Sanko 3rd place Midget (65) Brad Kummerer 1st place Junior (65) Jeremy Henn 1st place Junior (70) David Kuhns 2nd place Junior (75) Brandon Weidenhammer 3rd place Junior (85) Matt Strausser also participated
Team Hamburg Finished in 2nd Place Overall! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Participating Hamburg wrestlers: (45) Bryan Weidenhammer (55) Austin Simpson (60) Brad Kummerer (65) Jeremy Henn (70) Nick Stabile (75) David Kuhns (80) Brandon Weidenhammer (85) Luke Morrow Carson Adams (90) Joel Shappel (95) Matt Strausser (100) Jeremy Hix (105) Stefan Wert (UNL) Nick Butt
(119) Adam Beltz 3rd Place (189) Nick Rollman 2nd Place (275) John Dean 3rd Place
(75) Jared Shaffer 2nd Place (95) Anthony Page also participated Both of these wrestlers competed in the Jr #4 Division.
Bantam (56) Greg Thomas 4th Place Midget (60) Nick Sanko 2nd place Midget (65) Bradley Kummerer 1st place Midget (70) Nathan Reinhart 3rd place Midget (75) Mark Thomas 3rd place Midget (95) Stefan Wert 3rd place Junior (65) Jeremy Henn 3rd place Junior (70) Nick Stabile 2nd place Junior (75) Brandon Weidenhammer 2nd place Junior (85) Luke Morrow 4th place Junior (85) Alex Strahn 2nd place Junior (90) Jeremy Hix 1st place Also participating in the tournament were: Curtis Adams, Carson Adams, Shane Specht, Cody Frick, Blaise Peters, David Kuhns, Matt Strausser, and Joel Shappell
119 lbs. Adam Beltz 4th place 125 lbs. Mike Kieffer 5th place 135 lbs. Ehrin Strahn 4th place 140 lbs. Jared Kulp 6th place 145 lbs. Josh Kieffer 5th place 152 lbs. John Stricker 6th place 160 lbs. Steve Schaffer 3rd place 171 lbs. Jay Felty 8th place 189 lbs. Nick Rollman 2nd place Heavyweight John Dean 3rd place Hamburg High School finished 6th in team points. Other teams that participated: Annville/Cleona Cedarcrest Dover Kutztown Mahanoy Area Palmyra
Hamburg Junior High School -- Team Champions!
75 Jared Shaffer 1st place 80 Brian Gross 3rd place 85 Josh Heckman 1st place 90 Travis Fritz 2nd place 95 Zach Strahn 1st place 100 Dustin Thomas 4th place 105 Kerry Evans 1st place 110 Vreeland Wood 2nd place 122 Wes Barrall 2nd place 155 Ken Adams 2nd place 165 Rory Rhoades 3rd place 185 Trevor Edwards 2nd place Hamburg Hawks Jr. High Wrestlers won the Team Championship by 2 points over Brandywine. Trophy was presented to the Middle School on 12/08/98 to be placed in showcase.
Midget (60) Bradley Kummerer 1st place Junior (70) David Kuhns 2nd place
Pee-wee (45) Bryan Weidenhammer 2nd place Midget (60) Bradley Kummerer 3rd place Junior (70) Brandon Weidenhammer 3rd place Junior (80) Joel Shappell 4th place Junior (85) Alex Strahn 2nd place Junior (90) Jeremy Hix 2nd place Also participating in the tournament were: Ty Brautigan, Seth Brautigan, Cody Frick, and Shane Specht
Jr.High 75/85lbs. Jared Shaffer 1st