Warhawks Wrestling Club is a non-profit USA Wrestling sanctioned club that fields three recreational “rec” level teams are for Beginners (1st and 2nd year) and Intermediate level wrestlers. Warhawks are the current Howard County Wrestling Cup Champions, winning the Cup a total of five times in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013. Recreational teams compete in the Howard County Wrestling League organized by Howard County Wrestling (HCW) through Howard County Parks and Recreation. Weight classes for the recreational season are an age-weight matrix, allowing younger wrestlers in a given weight class to be heavier than older ones. Coaches spend a great deal of time preparing for dual meets making competitive bouts for the wrestlers so that wrestlers are competing at the same ability level within the weight class. At the recreation level t makes no sense to have an experienced wrestler in a bout with a less experienced one. If the bout lasts 15 seconds, no one has gained any experience. Practice begins the 2nd week of November with the entire rec program practicing together at the Gary J. Arthur (Glenwood) Community Center for evaluations and to ensure that all participants learn to wrestle the “Warhawks Way”. After Thanksgiving practices are held at Glenelg and Marriotts Ridge High Schools according to weight in order to ensure that everyone has a practice partner that is a similar weight and new wrestlers can benefit from wrestling more experienced. Additional practices are available for intermediate level wrestlers at “the Barn”.
