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SCHEDULE PAGE UPDATED March 12, 2012 at 2:45pm

2012 PYWL Regional Championship Tournament Information is now listed on the News page. 

PYWL Mission Statement

The PYWL’s MISSION is to introduce the sport of scholastic wrestling to elementary and middle school age kids of the Peninsula and Bay River Districts schools and the communities of Mathews and Lancaster, Virginia.  The primary purpose of the league is to show that wrestling is a fun sport to be a part of and to provide a feeder system for the area high schools teams.  The PYWL’s focus is on PARTICIPATION and EDUCATION in the world’s oldest sport.

MISSION GOALS

·         Introduction to the sport of high school style wrestling to the league’s communities.

·         Focus on participation, not match/tournament outcome. 

·         Provide even playing fields to the greatest extent possible with respect to age, weight, experience, and capabilities for the largest number of kids’ possible.

·         To promote the community interest in support of their community teams. 

·         To teach fundamental wrestling skills.

·         To provide guidelines for continued wrestling development.

·         To cater to the beginning and advancing (but not Elite) wrestlers.

·         Promote and develop good sportsmanship.

·         To have area youth coaches eliminate/stop the promotion of weight cutting among youth wrestlers.

·         To create more fans, adult volunteers and participants for the local middle school and high school programs.

·         To encourage high school wrestlers to become kid referees and to provide them opportunities to develop/practice their refereeing skills.

·         To provide a safe and healthy environment at all practice, scrimmages and member tournaments.  To enact/modify rules that enhances safety of participants.  (I.E. By minimizing/ eliminating the effect of  moves that promote choking, head/neck and shoulder injuries, etc)

For More information email Commissioner@pywl.org or the team located closest to you -

Bulldogs@pywl.org practice at Kecoughtan High School in Hampton

Cavaliers@pywl.org practice at Lakeland High School in Suffolk

Cobras@pywl.org practice at Denbigh High School in Newport News

Gloucester@pywl.org practice at Gloucester High School

Grafton@pywl.org practice at Grafton High School in Yorktown.

Jaguars are currently inactive.

Lancaster@pywl.org practice at Lancaster Middle School

Mathews@pywl.org practice at Mathews High School.

Middlesex@pywl.org practice at Middlesex High School.

NewKent@pywl.org practice at New Kent Primary School.

Pin2Win@pywl.org practice at Bethel High School in Hampton.

Poquoson@pywl.org practice at Poquoson High School.

RaiderNation@pywl.org practice at MAMMA and (Middle Schoolers) at Grafton High School.

Smithfield@pywl.org practice at Smithfield High School.

Tabb@pywl.org practice at Tabb High School in Yorktown.

WesternBranch@pywl.org practice at Western Branch High School in Chesapeake.

Williamsburg@pywl.org practice at Lafayette High School.

York@pywl.org practice at York High School in Yorktown.