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Download the 2012 Registration Form Today Download the Form Additional Registration Information: There will be a Parent Meeting for all parents on Sunday, November 13th at 4 PM. The purpose of the meeting will be to explain how practice will be split and describe some additions to the schedule this year. Please bring all registration information and payment with you to this meeting. Optional Registration Methods: The parent meeting is extremely important to attend, but if you miss it there are other ways to register your wrestler. You can drop it off anytime in the front office at Skyline in an enveloped addressed to Matt Keel.  You can also bring late registration with you when you come to practice.

The Front Royal Raptors are now a member of the 20 team Mason-Dixon league. This league is open to ages 6-14. Registration opens soon. Click Registration for more information. The Raptors will compete every weekend through January and February.  The championship tournament will be in early March. Click Schedule for more information. Be a volunteer coach!  Click Coaches for more information. Wrestlers are divided into age divisions and weight classes as follows: Bantams: ages 6, 7 with weight classes running from 36 to 72 in 4-lb increments Midgets: ages 8, 9 with weight classes running from 50 to 105 in 5-lb increments Juniors: ages 10, 11 with weight classes running from 58 to 130 in scaled increments Intermediates: ages 12 and greater with weight classes running from 70 to 160 in 7-lb increments. Each age division also has an unlimited weight class. There are some important practice guidelines listed here: Practice Rules

Big News for the Upcoming Raptors Season Some very exciting things are happening with the Front Royal Raptors this season.  Dual meets are being added to the schedule. Also, we are splitting practice into two groups to better serve each wrestler’s individual needs. VAWA announced that they will be sponsoring a dual meet state championship along with the individual tournament this year. Elementary and Middle school division will be supported. The Front Royal Raptors plan to send an all-star team to the elementary division as well as support the WCMS team as the compete in this event. To be prepared we are adding dual meets to our schedule this season. Some will take place prior to our regular Mason-Dixon weekend events.  But there will be 2 or 3 dual meets that take place on the same mats on the same night of our Varsity home district dual meets. Very exciting! Another great change for the Front Royal Raptors program is the plan to split practice into two groups.  The main motivation for this change is due to the increase in expected number of kids participating on the team this year. Additionally, the experience level of our wrestlers have really broadened. Splitting practice will allow novice wrestlers to learn and improve at an appropriate pace while also giving more experienced wrestlers a heavier pace that help them to continue to advance their skill level as well. More detailed information about the dual meets and the split practice will be discussed at the Parent Meeting on November 13th at 4 PM. To view the practice and competition schedule click Schedule.

How parent behavior effects youth wrestlers. Great advice from Mike Rogers, Head Coach of American University, who also coaches his son at youth wrestling tournaments.

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Year Round Dedication. Great advice from Miron Kharchilava, Russian National Champ and top US youth coach, who Miron talks about the USA vs Russian system and the year round dedication to wrestling that it requires to be a champion. Watch more video of 2011 OAC Junior High State (GOhioCasts) on flowrestling.org     .

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