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| River Falls Wrestling An Official USA Wrestling Sanctioned Club
Mission Statement We are a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering, promoting and encouraging the sport of wrestling among parents, youth, alumni and the River Falls area community; to supervise, sponsor and financially assist a disciplined and competitive wrestling program - it is our greatest intention to build character, physical health and well-being, sportsmanship, self-confidence, self-esteem, and positive attitudes about dedication, persistence, community service, and hard work among the younger generation – through wrestling. | 
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History It all started during the 1962-63 school year; Bill Wright was River Falls first high school coach. Ron Wunrow took the reins the following season, sending Dewayne Benedict as River Falls first state qualifier at 138 lb. Seven years later in 1971, Dave Amdahl became the head high school coach and continued to develop the program until 1985 sending 35 individuals to the state tournament during that time. The next major coaching sea change came when David Brandvold coached from 1990-2007. In that time, he qualified 56 individuals to compete at the state tournament. Since the inception of the River Falls wrestling booster club and program in 1974, we have been the springboard for hundreds of kids who eventually participated at the highest levels of high school and college wrestling achievements. These young men and women all went on to be fine contributing and productive neighbors of our society. Most will tell you that the lessons learned around the mat have transcended sports and applied very well to their own life experiences. Our legacy and reputation as an extremely good program is not accidental. Many individuals continually work selflessly to maintain and continually improve our program, make our communications more effective and adhere to our core mission and purposes. 
1967 High School Team Kneeling: Tom Morrow, Bob Krear, Terry Black, Bill James, Gene McKahon, Steve Larson, Standing: Doug Cudd, Ross Nelson, Dale Griffey, Doug Williams, John Staiger, Dwight Nelson. |
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Purpose
In addition to our mission, we have also quantified and truly considered our purpose as an organization. Volunteers go hand-in-hand with our mission and purpose both figuratively and literally.
| Make the wrestling experience enjoyable, educational, and enriching. | | Establish and conduct a wrestling club for young people regardless of their socio-economic status. | | Develop champions both on and off the mat, a champion is one who lives by high ideals, knows how to set realistic goals, and to dedicate them toward achieving them. | | Conduct tournaments, competitions and clinics for wrestlers and coaches. | | Allow wrestlers to attend wrestling camps, clinics, competitions and tournaments in other geographic areas. | | Assist wrestlers in obtaining USA Wrestling membership cards to allow them to participate in various wrestling events. | | Adhere to the compliance of USA Wrestling in order to maintain the sanctioning of USA Wrestling. | | Promote and assist with the WWF Division 8 regional youth tournament in order to finance the activities of the Club. | | Assist individual Club members in attending and in competing in regional, national and international wrestling events. | | Encourage parents and fans to volunteer their time to assist in the conduct of various wrestling events. | | Disseminate information about wrestling events and activities to wrestlers, coaches, parents and fans. | | Disseminate information to the public about the sport of wrestling. | | Enhance and support media coverage of wrestling events. | | Conduct ourselves (athletes, board, coaches, and staff), actively promote and represent our program in a professional and civil manner at all times. |
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