Dino Markette Memorial Tournament  - December 17

Our Vikings Wrestlers fought hard at Arroyo High School's Dino Markette Memorial Tournament in San Lorenzo (Dec. 17, 2011). Cody Adams won second place with three convincing wins and only one loss.

Wrestlers go hard and take medals at Falcons Invitational (Dec 10, 2011)

Eight Vikings wrestlers sharpened their skills at the Foothill Falcons JV Invitational Tournament on Saturday. Each wrestler competed in eight-man brackets where they attempted to make it to the finals.
Matthew Bell won four straight matches, including thee pins, to take the championship in his bracket. Cody Adams and Clayton Carter each went 3-1 on the day for third place. Well done Vikings wrestlers!

VALLEY CHRISTIAN WRESTLERS MAKE HISTORY

Our high-school wrestling team made history last Saturday by competing in the first wrestling tournament ever held at Valley Christian High School.
Over 100 wrestlers from top wrestling programs competed in the First Annual Vikings JV Wrestling Tournament. Volunteers, including wrestler's families and our junior-high wrestlers, pulled together to stage a very successful event.

Of the seven Valley Christian wrestlers that competed, four took silver medals. The whole team wrestled strong and continues to improve daily.

Congratulations to our Vikings wrestlers for a tremendous effort and fantastic results. Well done!

Viking Wrestlers are Ready For The War

16 STEPS

1. Never underestimate your opponent.
2. Work on your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
3. Remember that a great effort is usually the result of a great attitude.
4. Dedicate yourself to a mighty purpose.
5. Win with humility, lose with grace.
6. Ignore those who discourage you.
7. Work to improve your moral and spiritual strengths as well as your physical ones.
8. Remember that how you conduct yourself off the field is as important as how you conduct yourself on the field.
9. Talent is God-given…be humble. Fame is man-given…be thankful. Conceit is self-given…be careful.
10. Don't ask to be deprived of tension and discipline- these are the tools that shape success.
11. Do what has to be done, when it has to be done, and as well as it can be done.
12. Remember that when you're not working to improve, your competition is.
13. Always give your best.
14. Practice like a champion.
15. Play like a champion.
16. Live like a champion.
Author: Anonymous

Young Vikings Wrestlers Top Off a Strong Season

Valley Christian High School Wrestlers finished off a very strong season. Competing at a junior varsity tournament as a guest of the East Bay Athletic League, the team lived up to their three goals: Be precise in techniques, be aggressive in action, and be ambassadors for Christ.  Top Viking finish of the day went to Clayton Carter, who pinned two opponents on his way to taking second place.

This young team, made up of freshman and sophomores, improved greatly over the course of the season and is well positioned to develop into first Varsity wrestling team in Valley Christian's history.

Liberty HS JV Tournament

The young Viking Wrestling team fought hard on Saturday at the Liberty High School JV tournament. They were aggressive on the mat. Special congratulations to Clayton Carter who pinned two opponents and earned a second-place medal!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to our new Viking wrestlers Isaiah Harris, Frank Clausen, Clayton
Carter, and Jenner Vigil for a strong showing at the Foothill HS tournament on
Saturday, December 11th. Logan Slater took 4th place and Vince Volpatti won the gold. Viking wrestling is rising up!

VIKING WRESTLERS MAKE STRONG SHOWING AT FIRST TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON

Members of Valley Christian’s Wrestling Team were among 600 wrestlers from throughout northern California who gathered at Hayward High School last Saturday for the 11th  Annual Haystack Wrestling Tournament, and our wrestlers did exceptionally well.

Junior, Jenner Vigil; Sophomores, Logan Slater and Trevor Adams, and Freshman Jarrod Poston, all advanced  to wrestle in the medal round at their individual weight classes.  And Freshman Vince Volpatti, who brings his extensive wrestling experience to Valley Christian this year, earned the Gold Medal at the 160 pound class! 

And special thanks to chief score keeper Alyssa Arace for helping out the team during the tournament.   

Wrestling Sign-Ups Are Now Open!

Following on our successful first season, Viking Wrestling is taking sign-ups for this year's team.  We strive to be the smartest, toughest competitors in the Tri- Valley, while being the best ambassadors for Christ we can be.
 
It is our intention to host up to FOUR HOME MEETS this year -- let's show our home fans what we can do! Plus we will have meets and tournaments at local high schools.
 
The team includes any athlete, any size, 9th through 12th grade. There are no cuts - you will wrestle a lot and have the chance to improve to the best of your ability against wrestlers your size. You will grow as a Champion 4 Life while improving your athletic ability in your other sports. Practice starts November 8th. Fall-sport athletes can join when released from that sport.
  
Come help build the next wrestling power house in the East Bay. Any questions, contact Coach Burton at vcswrestling@yahoo.com
 
GO VIKING WRESTLING!

Mental discipline and physical intensity characterized the Viking Wrestling Team's performance at the Camillari Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Granada High School in Livermore on Saturday (1/16).  Dustin Jang, Derek Lokker, TJ Heal, Logan Slater, and Michael Wardhana applied their well-practiced techniques in order to control their opponents during much of the wrestling.  The team's development goal for Saturday was to improve their takedown skills, and they did.  Even against more experienced wrestlers, who often won the match, our guys were able to shut down the opponent's takedown shots and set up their own attack -- a key strategy in wrestling.
 
The two youngest members of the team, freshman Logan Slater and sophmore Dustin Jang, each pinned an opponent with some of the best technical wrestling of their season to date. Senior Derek Lokker also stuck and opponent to make three Viking pins for the day.

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