We had low numbers last year so this is what we did. We had fund raisers and were able to cut the price of a wrestling card to $20.00 with the wrestling club picking up the rest. We have a swimming party and a Halloween party during the off season. We also have a float in the local parade. Probabally the most significant thing that we did was to sponsor a trip to Worlds of Fun. We are planning to make it an annual trip. The kids love it and the parents had a great time too. Some of us even made it our vacation. Worlds of Fun has great discount prices for large groups and you can go for a little more than what you spend every weekend on tournament fees.
In short we made wrestling the coolest thing in town and every kid wanted to get involved. Wouldn't it be great if we could get organized like the Girl Scouts do and have a Kansas Wrestler weekend at Worlds of Fun.
We know that some of the kids went out for wrestling just to make the trip but what they didn't know is that after their first tournament they were probabally hooked on the sport and will continue wrestling for years to come.
By the way we took our numbers from approximately 30 to over 60. Not bad for a small 2A school.
