2009-2010 Oregon Wrestling Association News
OWA Annual Business meeting will take place on September 11. The meeting will be at 10 AM, in the cafeteria at Hood River Valley High School in Hood River, OR.
2009-2010 Proves To Be A Record Year For OWA Chartered Club Excellence!
Congratulations and thanks go out to the leaders and members of the following OWA clubs for attaining gold or silver membership status. These clubs have exhibited a dedication to membership growth, organization and involvement in the 2009-2010 OWA/USAW membership year. The past season marks the greatest number of awards OWA clubs in history with 12 Gold Level Clubs and 46 Silver Level Clubs! Thank you for doing things right!!
2010
OWA GOLD LEVEL CLUBS
2010 OWA SILVER LEVEL CLUBS
Albany, Aloha, Beaverton, Big Dawg, Cascade, Churchill, Clackamas, Cleveland, Cowboy, Culver, Dallas, Eagle Point, Forest Grove, Glendale, Glide, Gold Beach, Hermiston, Lakeview, LaPine, Metro, McMinnville, Minutemen, Molalla, Mook, Nestucca, NM PRYDE, Orange Crush, Oregon City, Phoenix, Reedsport, Roseburg, Santiam, Saxon, Scappoose, Sherwood, Sheldon, Siletz, Smith Rock, St. Helens, Sweet Home, Team Bucs, The Dalles, Triple Crown, Tsumani, Wilsonville, USA School of Wrestling.
Ginger Lile, a leader
among pairing officials and longtime wrestling volunteer, has been named Woman
of the Year by USA Wrestling, the national governing body for wrestling in
the United States. This award recognizes an outstanding woman for her
contributions to the sport of wrestling.
Lile serves as National Pairings Director for the U.S. Wrestling Officials
Association, entering her third year in this role, where she helps manage
activities of the nation’s pairing officials. She is directly involved in the
assignments of pairing officials for national and regional events.
Lile is a member of the USWOA Board. She has been on the Pairings Advisory Board
since 1999, when she received the rank of P-1E, the highest national ranking.
She is also a FILA Pairings official.
Lile has been a pairing official since the early 1980s, and was licenced and
worked her first major USA Wrestling event in 1984 in Antioch, Calif. She has
worked hundreds of local, state, regional and national events over the last
three decades. She got involved because two of her sons wrestled, and, as Ginger
puts it, she forgot to quit.
She has been head pairer of dozens of major events, including serving as Western
Kids Regional head pairer eight times. She is the only person to ever serve as
Head Pairing Official for USA Wrestling in Oregon.
Lile enjoys working local events, having run dozens of events in Oregon already
this season. She especially enjoys working the Kids level events.
Lile remains active because so many of her friends are involved in USA
Wrestling. She also takes pride in seeing a tournament come together and run
well. She has been running well-run wrestling tournaments for USA Wrestling for
decades. Her efforts have impacted the lives of thousands and thousands of
youth.
USA Wrestling hosted a social in Fargo, N.D. at the ASICS/Vaughan Junior and
Cadet Nationals, where Ginger’s achievement was recognized and celebrated.
2010 USAW All-Americans
Junior Freestyle
Izaak Tobin, 7th, 98 lbs.
Cadet Freestyle
Ronnie Bresser, NATIONAL CHAMPION, 91 LBS.
Junior Women
Renee Samano, 8th, 139 lbs.
Juliana Gelman, 5th, 146 lbs.
Junior Greco
Izaak Tobin, 8th, 98 lbs.
Drew VanAnrooy, 7th, 130 lbs.
Seth Thomas, 6th, 160 lbs.
Dylan Fors, 8th, 171 lbs.
Devon Fors, 8th, 189 lbs.
Cadet Greco
Ronnie Bresser, 3rd, 91 lbs.
Colton Schilling, 8th, 112 lbs.
Reed VanAnrooy, 3rd, 130 lbs.
Complete results available at www.trackwrestling.com
2010 TEAM OREGON CADET NATIONAL TEAM
| 91 | Bresser, Ronnie | |
| 105 | Bledsoe, Travis | |
| 105 | ||
| 98 | Scott, Tyler | |
| 112 | Haney, Ryan | |
| 112 | Schilling, Colton | |
| 112 | ||
| 119 | Orndoff, Jess | |
| 119 | Harnsberger, Alex | |
| 125 | Leonard, Daniel | |
| 125 | F | DeCleave, Colby |
| 125 | Cowger, Tyler | |
| 130 | F | Funk, Alex |
| 130 | G | Thomas, Ian |
| 125 | B | VanAnrooy, Reed |
| 130 | Passentino, Wyatt | |
| 130 | White, Tyler | |
| 135 | Loustalet,Zorg | |
| 140 | O'Connor, Luke | |
| 140 | Olsen, Trevor | |
| 145 | Samples, Forrest | |
| 160 | Ajay Urban | |
| 145 | Bateman,Kyle | |
| 171 | Hernandez, Nick | |
| 171 | Shipley,Reid | |
| 171 | ||
| 215 | Flores, Anthony | |
| 215 | F,G | Young, Turner |
| 215 | Moses, Shon | |
| 215 | Walsh, Mathew | |
| 285 | Spears, Chet | |
| 285 | Noonan, Eli |
2010 TEAM OREGON JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM
98 Izaak Tobin
105- Ian Hockett
112- Jordan Todaro
125- Tyler Nixon, Connor Clarke, Gabe Goodrich, Brad Lander
130-Drew Van Anrooy, Peter Russo, Joey Delgado
135- Chayse Jackson, Braden Krellwitz
140-Tanner Tyler, Yuri Piebenge, Kyle McClain, Lamont Hook
145- Cody Randall, Toney Chay, Sam Mecham, Zac Brunson, Tim Pippert
152- Garrett Urrutia, Bryce McMahon
160- Ty Rosevear, Seth Thomas, Stevin Urban, William Arst, Michael Tyner
171- Dylan Fors, Jose Cruz, Trevor Davis, Forrest Rasmussen,
189- Devan Fors, Curtis Berger, Justyn Headley
215- Mick Dougherity, Trever Gwin
285- Neil Ochs, Chase Norlin
2010 TEAM OREGON WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER
Kylie Atturbury-Sutherlin
Renee Samano-Elmira
Cayla Bollinger-Sheldon
Juiana Gelman-Elmira
Sam Urban-McNary
Proposed Changes to the OWA General Bylaws
for the 2010 OWA Annual Business Meeting
Current OWA general bylaw regarding voting:
2.6 Voting within Divisions ... Each Division shall define its voting membership and shall conduct its business according to the By Laws adapted by that division.
Current OWA general bylaw regarding bylaw amendments:
Proposed changes to the By Laws shall be presented to the Board of Directors in writing and signed by two active members no later than 21 days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the general membership. Written or printed notice setting forth the proposed changes or a summary of the changes shall be given to each voting member no later than 10 days prior to the meeting. An amendment is adopted only if 75% of the voting membership in attendance at the meeting approves the amendment and a quorum is present.
Proposed change to OWA general bylaw regarding voting:
2.6 Voting within Divisions ... The voting membership for Each Division, with the exception of the Kids Division shall be defined consistently by the OWA General Bylaws and shall conduct its business according to the By Laws adapted by that division.
Therefore all individuals defined as members of the OWA in the OWA General Bylaws shall have voting rights in the Cadet, Junior, Cultural Exchange, Womens, Coaches, Officials, Senior and Beach Divisions. Upon approval of this amendment to the OWA General Bylaws, the appropriate sections of each set of divisional bylaws shall be amended to reflect this change.
Proposed change to the OWA general bylaw regarding bylaw amendments:
Proposed changes to the By Laws of each division of the OWA with the exception of the Kids Division shall be presented to the Board of Directors in writing and signed by two active members no later than 21 days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the general membership. Written or printed notice setting forth the proposed changes or a summary of the changes shall be given to each voting member no later than 10 days prior to the meeting. An amendment is adopted only if 75% of the voting membership in attendance at the meeting approves the amendment and a quorum is present.
For reference purposes only:
2.1 Membership ... Every resident of the State of Oregon or anyone who coaches a team based in Oregon and who does not belong to another state's wrestling organization and who holds any type of membership in the United States Wrestling Association, shall, for the term of each membership, also be a member of the OWA. No individual shall be denied membership in the association, nor shall they be refused recognition, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, or ethic or national origin. Wrestlers, coaches and officials must be in good standing with all state associations, in order to represent Oregon.
2.3 Voting members defined ... Anyone who qualifies as a member (2.1) and who holds an USAW Coaches, Officials or General Membership card.
Rationale:
These two changes to the OWA Bylaws will provide for greater consistency across the divisions of the OWA for its members. All members will be allowed to vote on changes to each of the divisions.
The Kids Division was not considered for change due to the complexities of its structure. There are several reasons that voting within the Kids Division is limited to the casting of ballots by club rather than individual. Additionally the bylaw amendment process for the Kids Division closely reflects that of the OWA General Bylaws.
Sumitted by Bobo Umemoto and Tony Jones 6/16/2001.
Les
Gutches named Director of Program Development for
Les
Gutches of
Gutches,
who has a strong business background and a lifetime in wrestling as an athlete
and coach, will be responsible for developing new or expanded programs, events
and activities for U
He
will also oversee the State Services staff of the organization, and work with
a talented team which includes Manager of State Services Tony Black,
Membership Services Assistant
“Les
Gutches has an incredible reputation for integrity and performance,” said
Gutches
will begin at his new job at the U
“I
have been involved with U
Gutches
comes to U
He
received a Masters of Business Administration from the
He
served eight years as an assistant wrestling coach at
He
was also a club coach with the Orange Crush Wrestling Club, working with
athletes from the university as well as the
“Membership
is the lifeblood of U
As
an athlete, Gutches grew up within the U
Gutches
had a remarkable career at Oregon State Univ., winning NCAA titles in 1995 and
1996, and placing fifth in the 1994 NCAA Championships. He received the Dan
Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler in 1996.
He
became one of the best
After
his senior year in college, Gutches won both the U.S. Nationals and Olympic
Team Trials to make the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team. He placed seventh in the 1996
Olympics in
Gutches
won all of the major events on the international circuit, including 1999 World
Cup, the 1999 Pan American Games and the 1998 Goodwill Games. He also captured
five straight U.S. Nationals titles.
Gutches
was inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
in 2009, and was a James E. Sullivan Award finalist in 1997. He was the 1997
Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year, as well as Freestyle Wrestler of the
Year for U
He
and his wife Jennifer have two young children, Lexi (5) and Logan (2).
“I
have been involved in wrestling clubs as a competitor and coach on the local,
state and national levels,” said Gutches. “I have seen firsthand what
makes a great club. It all comes down to one thing – investment. For
coaches, the most important resources they have to invest are their time and
expertise. They invest in each of their wrestlers, to help them become the
best athletes and individuals that they can. U
OWA Annual Business meeting took place on September 12, 2009.

Minutes of OWA Executive Board meeting 8/27/09.