Event Venue
Eastmont Junior High School
1230 5th Street
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Event Director
Hydee Shrader
wenmatcats@gmail.com
Mat Cats 2025 Registration
Mat Cats is utilizing the USA Wrestling site to collect our annual club fees. All fees will be paid through the USA Wrestling site.
STEP 1
- Either login to your USA Wrestling account or create a new account, click here.
- Purchase the Limited Folk Style Athlete membership for your wrestler(s).
- Navigate to your Profiles page, all of your wrestlers should be listed.
- Click the Manage Profile button for one of your wrestlers.
- Click Get Memberships.
- Within the Athlete section click, Purchase/Renew.
- Within the 'Available Memberships' drop down select $20 Athlete - Limited Folkstyle Athlete Membership.
- If you have more than 1 wrestler repeat until each wrestler has a membership in your Cart.
- Continue with transaction until the payment is complete.
STEP 2
- Click the Register Now button
- K-7th Grade: $100
- $10 discount for additional siblings living in same household, pick your payment amount at checkout for each wrestler
- 8th Graders wrestling for EJHS: $45
- These wrestlers are not anticipated at the Mat Cats pracitces because they are practicing with the EJHS coaching staff.
- Mat Cats participation allows these wrestlers to attend the Saturday tournaments
- Why? Extra time with friends, extra mat time plus another chance at those JCMT medals!
- Be sure to register each of your wrestlers
STEP 3
- All registered wrestlers will receive a FREE team shirt but parents must place an order on the team store to select the correct size.
- If attending tournaments a team singlet is require. Used singlets can be found within our GroupMe chat or a new one can be purchased in the team store.
- No purchase necessary but an order must be completed to receive the team shirt. The discount code will remove the fee for the team shirt.
- Team Store URL is https://matcats.secure-decoration.com/
- Team store closes on 1/19/2025
Dates to Remember
- Monday, November 25th, 2024
- General Meeting, all parents enthusiastically encouraged to attend
- Eastmont High School Auditorium
- Monday, January 6th, 1/6/2025
- First day of practice
- Practices will be twice a week
- 4th - 8th grades, Monday & Wednesday, 5:30pm-7pm,
- K - 1st grades, Tuesday & Thursday, 5:30pm-6:15pm
- 2nd - 3rd grades, Tuesday & Thursday, 6:30pm-7:30pm
- Tournaments
- The following details will be finalized in January during the annual coaches meeting
- All tournaments are optional
- Parents responsible for registering their wrestlers on USA Wrestling for each tournament they would like to attend
- Tournament fees are typically $10 per wrestler
- Typically held each Saturday in March starting 3/1/2025
- Our club hopes to secure a Home tournament this season
- Out of town tournaments are typically within 1-2 hours of Wenatchee
- Jason Crawford Memorial Tournament (final and largest tournament) scheduled for 4/12/2025 in Spokane
Tips for New Wrestlers
- Wear comfortable workout clothes that keep undergarments from view.
- Some wrestlers prefer to wear bike/volleyball shorts underneath basketball-type shorts.
- Sports bras are a great option when paired with a tank top or t-shirt, they should not be worn alone.
- Long hair should be held back in a pony or braids for the comfort of your wrestler as well as their partner.
- If you own wrestling shoes bring them, otherwise a clean pair of socks works great! (Shoes and Headgear will be required for all tournaments)
- Bring plenty of water.