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Head
Coach
Rob Martin
romartin@crschools.us
Athletic
Director
Chris Deam
cdeam@crschools.us
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Kyle Briggs Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team
The 2020-21 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District At-Large Teams were released Thursday, July 8, with Wartburg's Kyle Briggs selected to the NCAA Division III District 8 team.
The Academic All-District At-Large Teams, selected by CoSIDA, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Briggs was one of three wrestlers on the District 8 First Team honors. |
Off-season Open Mat Sessions conclude with one of our own
Jefferson Alum, Teacher, Coach and Historian John Hegarty, was our final guest coach of our off-season open mats. Coach Hegs showed the boys the near and far cradle. Coach also gave the boys some words to live by, “adapt, overcome, and improvise“ I would like to thank ALL our guest coaches that came in this off season. The boys have improved so much from your willingness to give back to Jefferson Wrestling! Thank you J-Hawk wrestling family! Let’s Go Blue! - coach Martin
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Under hook technique series night by coach V!
State wrestling tournament scoring official, Coach Vaupel was in for open mats. Coach V showed his under-hook series. He showed his single, double and go by off the under-hook. Challenge of the day was rope hangs. Max Lathrop took down Frank Budederi for the championship! Thursday is the last open mat of the summer. Make sure you are present to figure out which legendary football and wrestling coach is coming in. |
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Iron Sharpens Iron Camp Week
9 J-Hawks attended the ISI Team Camp this past week in Cedar Falls. They got to wrestle in 8 duels, with some of them getting more than one match in each session. They learned technique from Penn State National Champion Roman Bravo-Young (RBY), Former Hawkeye wrestler Matt McDonough, UNI All-American Parker Keckeisen, and Assistant Coach at Wartburg Landon Williams. The wrestlers had a great time bonding with each other between sessions, swimming, going to a movie, and playing video games. The coaches enjoyed watching them compete, learn and having fun. Those of you that have access to Matboss can find the technique there. |
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The real Moncivais trip was in the room today!
Michael Moncivais who finished 6th at state in 2013 and was a NAIA National qualifier for Missouri Baptism College was the guest coach today. He showed his inside trip that took him from the 6th seed at district to a 6th place at the state meet. He also showed his double leg and lat drop he did off the trip.
Today’s challenge was jumping rope Frank Budederi was the winner. Zane Wilson made a runner up finish to show it isn’t just little guys that can jump rope. The boys are off to ISI camp next week. |
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Ducks, snaps and snatches!
Coe College head wrestling Coach John Oostendorp was guest coach today. He showed some basic takedowns and drills that he uses at the college level. He talked about the importance of using the most powerful tools you have in wrestling... Your head, legs and core!
Thanks Coach O, you made the J-Hawks better today!
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Sibommana returns to help out at Open Mat
2016 6th place medalist Joseph Sibommana stopped by open mat today. He showed the Sibo duck and low single. Today's challenge was wall-sits. The winner was Frank Budederi and runner up was Shukuru Budederi If any alum are interested in stopping in and showing some moves please Contact Coach Martin at romartin@crschools.us. We go Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30am to 10:30am. Bleed Blue! |
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Great turn out for the first open mat of the summer.
Some new kids showed up to become part of the wrestling team. We always have the door open for new kids to join the family. Open mats are Tuesday and Thursday’s from 9:30 to 10:30. The first challenge of the summer open mat was a pull-up contest. The first round was a tie between AJ Buzynski and Frank Budederi with 12 pull-ups. After a 2nd round tie breaker, Frank walked away with the championship with 12 pull-ups to AJ’s 11. Great work by all today. Westside is the best side! |
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Rashed and Culver return for Open Mat night
Matt Culver and Tavian Rashed came back this final week of open mat nights to be the guest coaches once again. They built onto the front headlock, showed the chicken wing and the Spencer Lee tilt. Tonight was the last night of of open room in the evening. Starting next week we will go Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30am. Thanks to all the guest coaches. The J-Hawks got better because of you! |
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Open Mat night with two former J-Hawks
Matt Culver and Tavian Rashed made it two guest coaches for open room. Tavian showed a slide by and Matt demonstrated the outside single. Hope the boys are listening to the messages the guest coaches are sending. Both Matt and Tavian talked about how important the weight room is in the development of being an athlete! |
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Josiah Szabo is your 2021 MVC JV Champion!
In his first year wrestling Szabo has made significant strides from December and it all paid off last Saturday at the MVC JV tournament in Liberty. As a team our J-Hawks finished in 4th place. We had seven wrestlers place in the top three. Placing second was, Elijah Phillips, Luke Moses and Carter Smith. Finishing in third place, Max Lathrop, Shukuru Bodederi and Cade Chism. We could not be more proud of how this whole team wrestled this year. They went out and gave it their all every time on the mat, and as a coach, you can not ask for more. |
J-Hawks fall to WaHawks
Thursday night our teams traveled up to Waterloo West for an MVC dual. The varsity lost 64-9 and out JV team fell 36-12. On the varsity level Zane Wilson and Frank Budederi both brought home wins. Wilson won by a 10-6 decision over Armin Hadziric and Frank Budederi won by fall in 3:23 over Edi Kuduzovic. On the JV side, Gibril Shaw and Cade Chism both won by forfeits |
| The J-Hawks hosted their Invitational on Saturday. Seven wrestlers finished in the top eight and the team finished in 12th place. Up and down the line-up these wrestlers are giving it their all for six minutes and as a coach you can not ask for anything more. Austin Clifton was the top J-Hawk finisher taking home fourth place at 132. At 220 Caleb Knight took home fifth place and also at 220 Carter Smith brought home sixth. Preston Bruck took seventh at 195. Finishing in eight place were; Shukuru Budederi at 126, Justin Burnett at 182 and Lexi Mikulas at 285. |
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J-Hawks get the win on senior night!
Thursday night our wrestlers hosted Waterloo East and gave coach Martin his first home dual win 51-30 on senior night. You might not see it in the stats or their record this season, but this 20-21 J-Hawk team comes out every match and scraps and gives it their all for 6 minutes. We did not have any head to head matches in the JV dual. On the varsity side Preston Bruck got a fall over Lawrence Taylor in 5:01. Caleb Knight followed him up with a pin of his own against Ahseem Muhammad in 1:12. At 132 Austin Clifton pinned John Sailor in 3:45. Frank Budederi had the match of the night with a fall over Adrian Doyle in 4:36. Frank is so fun to watch. Ryne Chamberlin was the final match of the night and helped secure the win with a 8-4 decision win over Brayden Peters. Justin Burnett, Zane Wilson, Max Lathrop and Elijah Phillips all won by forfeits. Our J-Hawks host their invitational on Saturday. |
Tonight's dual against Waterloo East will be streamed live on the Jefferson activities YouTube channel. JV will begin at 6:15, followed by the varsity meet around 7pm
click HERE to watch both the JV and Varsity matches |
| Monday night our Junior Varsity wrestlers traveled across town for the CRANDIC meet at Kennedy. Colin Woods was our top finisher taking home first with an 8-2 decision win against his Kennedy opponent and pinned his kid from Prairie in only :36 seconds! Also scoring points and going 1-1 were Max Lathrop, Shukuru Budederi, Elijah Phillips, Luke Moses, Gibril Shaw and Landen Rudnicki. |
Our J-Hawk varsity and JV teams competed in the very tough Bobcat Invitational over the weekend. We did not have any kids place in the varsity tournament, but they all went out and gave it their best efforts as they have all season so far.
Our wrestlers fared much better in the JV tournament with 13 wrestlers placing in the top four. Elijah Phillips and Lexi Mikulas both took home titles. Luke Moses, Josiah Szabo, Colin Woods, Carter Smith and Landen Rudnicki all took second place. We also had three wrestlers take third in Shukuru Budederi, Gibril Shaw and Cade Chism. |
Cougars tame the J-Hawks / Lexi Mikulas take third at Anamosa
Thursday night our J-Hawks traveled over to CR Kennedy for a dual but were unable to ring home the win. Our varsity team lost 70-6 and our JV team lost 72-6. At 220 Carter Smith was able to pick up the win pinning Austin Raue with :29 seconds left in the third period. On the varsity side Frank Budederi also won by fall in 1:33 over Jordan Twitty. Frank continues to impress the coaches in this his first season of wrestling. On Monday night Lexi Mikulus participated in the Anamosa girls tournament bringing home a third place finish. Congrats to all our J-Hawks on fighting hard! Both teams will be wrestling at the Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community on Saturday.
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| Saturday Coach Garber took our Junior Varsity squad over to Colfax/Mingo for their JV tournament. Frank Budederi continues to impress as he finished in second place along with Luke Moses, Colton Woods and Preston Bruck. Finishing in third were Shukuru Budederi, Connor Luensman, Ryne Chamberlin, Parker Chyma, Joe Ellis and Landen Rudnicki. |
Check out this cool video on a former J-Hawk great Tim Ironside from the Pin Doctor. CLICK HERE |
Jefferson falls to Dubuque Hempstead
It was a rough night on Monday as our J-Hawks faced one of the best teams in the state in Dubuque Hempstead. Both our JV and varsity teams lost. We have a ways to go to get back to that level again, but we have the right people in place to make it happen and the kids in the room who are willing to give it 100% every time they step on the mat. We will now take our winter break and be back in action in 2021. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! |
| Saturday our J-Hawks traveled to Monticello for their duals tournament. The team went 1-3 on the day. The team has a ways to go but coach Martin is pleased with how the kids have responded on and off the mat, "They are going out and giving it 100% in the practice room and on the mat. As a coach you can not ask for more." Jeff lost to Monticello 65-14, with Zane Wilson winning by a 4-2 decision. Against Nashua-Plainfield we fell 66-16. Zane Wilson won for the second time on the day by a major decision 10-2. Nick Graham was a winner by fall in our 45-24 loss to East Buchanan. The lone dual win came in a 39-36 win against Waukon. Austin Clifton won by decision 7-2, A.J. Buzynski won by fall, and Elijah Phillips won by inj. default. |
JEFFERSON FALLS IN SEASON OPENER
J-Hawks were finally able to get onto the mat Thursday night as they hosted Dubuque Senior. Austin Clifton, A.J Buzynski and Frank Budederi were able to secure wins in the 60-15 loss. Clifton won by fall in 1:41. Buzynaski won by a decision 13-9 and Budederi won his first varsity level match with a pin in 1:38. “The scoreboard didn’t show it but we actually battled,” Martin said. “We fought. We’re doing the things we’re teaching in just 11 practices that we’ve had so far. |
GOOD NEWS!!!! Wrestling practice can and will start Saturday December 5th. We will have Practice A at 8:30am and Practice B at 10:15am. Monday December 7th Practice A will be at 3:30 and Practice B will be at 5:15. I hope to have the calendar all updated by the beginning of the week of December 7th. Coach Martin will get the calendar out as soon as I get a few scheduling issues figured out.
Practice A is Freshmen and Females
Practice B is Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors.
Please contact coach Rob Martin at: romartin@crschools.us if you have not signed up for wrestling yet.
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The current Jefferson coaching staff would like to congratulate coach Briggs on his induction into the
IWOCA Hall of Fame. |
Dick Briggs became Jefferson’s sixth wrestling coach in 1983. It was a natural fit for “Briggsie” to come home to Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School after previous coaching stints at Western State College in Colorado and Cedar Rapids Washington. Dick was born and raised in Cedar Rapids attending Cleveland and Roosevelt before becoming a J-Hawk in 1971.
To read the entire story CLICK HERE |
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| Winter Sports Athletes: There will be a meeting Oct. 29 at 6:30pm in the east gym. This meeting is for parents and athletes. Sports specific meetings will follow the general meeting. More information to come. |
If intersted in joining the Jefferson wrestling team
or being a manager, please fill out the questionaire.
Click HERE |
Wrestling season is upon us and our open mat sessions are right around the corner. We will be holding each session at Taft Middle school due to repairs being made at the high school. We have four days lined up. Tuesday October 20th, 27th and November 3rd and 10th. The sessions will go from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. each day. We look forward to seeing our returning wrestlers and a nice group of kids new to the team or sport coming to make themselves better and prepare for the upcoming season. You also MUST wear a mask in and out of the practice room.
If you have any questions, please contact coach Rob Martin. |
A Familiar Face returns home to take the Helm
Former long-time assistant coach Rob Martin has accepted the position as the new head wrestling coach for our J-Hawks. Personally i could not be more happy to hear this news. Coach Martin will bring back into the program the hard work and team work it takes to put us back on the state stage year after year.
WELCOME BACK HOME COACH MARTIN!
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Our very own Mark Ironside,
Two-Time State Champion
has been inducted to the
Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2010. Read the article and more information on the 2010 induction ceremony!
cick here to visit website |
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