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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2016
Camp
from 1B
three days of intensive hands-
on instruction from legendary
Beavers wrestlers and coaches
like Mike and Connor
Noonan, Ron Bresser and oth-
ers from OSU.
The camp begins Friday,
Aug. 12, at 3 p.m., with a din-
ner break at 5:30 p.m. The
camp continues on Saturday
and again Sunday, ending with
lunch.
The cost for early registra-
tion before Monday is $75 for
all three days, which includes
snacks and meals.
After Monday, the cost is
$85.
The camp is for wrestlers in
elementary school through
high school.
“We’re very excited to offer
this opportunity to our com-
munity and to our high school
wrestlers,” said Wartnik. “The
combination of knowledge
and hands-on experience
campers will get is a pretty
rare combination.”
To register, call Wartnik at
541-997-6197 or email him at
nwartnik@siuslaw.k12.or.us.
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Assistant coach and defensive coordinator Jerry Fleming familiarizes players with one of the
new lifting stations on Thursday.
Weights
from 1B
the vision into focus.
Last Thursday morning, five
of the six lifting stations were
put into place, along with new
weights, bars and adjustable
benches.
In the past, individual pieces
of equipment for different
types of lifting — from squats
to bench presses — were
spread out throughout the
weightroom. Now, all lifting
can take place at each station,
eliminating the need for ath-
letes to move from station to
station.
The result is more space and
less time waiting to use equip-
ment.
“Not only does it make our
workouts move faster, allowing
us to get more lifting in, it also
makes it easier to supervise
everyone and make sure they
are lifting safely and correctly,”
said Pool, who began research-
ing equipment in June, before
eventually settling on Gopher
Sports Equipment. “They real-
ly worked with us and was the
only company willing to offer a
bundle that would help us save
money.
“Anywhere else, and this
would’ve cost us upwards of
$30,000.”
The reason for the makeover
was more than just cosmetic,
however.
“We moved the football stuff
to the office because we want
the weightroom to be inclusive
to all of our sports programs,”
said Pool. “Everyone can bene-
fit from this equipment. As the
strength training teacher, I want
to incorporate more girls into
lifting, and at some point mid-
dle schoolers.
“If they can become confi-
dent and familiar with the
weightroom before they transi-
tion here, they’ll be more likely
to use it.”
Trent Reavis, a junior three-
sport athlete, explained how
several middle schoolers who
helped assemble the new
equipment this week recently
joined him and other Vikings
for Waffle Wednesday at one
player’s home.
“They had been working
hard too, so we invited them to
come along, “Reavis said.
“Plus, they’re the next genera-
tion of Vikings.”
Future plans include adding
the names of all-state athletes
to the border that surrounds the
weightroom, as well as pur-
chasing more free-weights to
allow athletes more lifting
options.
“It’s going to take about
another $4,000, but we’ll just
take it a step at a time,” said
Pool.
Thanks to the new equip-
ment, those steps will likely be
stronger than ever.
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