HS GYMNASTICS CONDITIONING CAMP - July 8th thru Aug. 14th

Michigan Xtreme is proud to sponsor a pre-season HS Gymnastic Conditioning Camp with Coach Jacquelyn Caprathe.  The sessions will be held every Tuesday & Thursday from 10:00am-11:00am at the Michigan Xtreme, LLC - 9901 Wolven Avenue NE, Rockford, Michigan location.  Camp cost is only $50.  For an application or more information contact Coach Caprathe at (616) 433-8107 or via email to jmcaprathe@hotmail.com. 

Grand River Rumble Teams Update

Michigan Xtreme will enter (1) Middle School Team and (2) High School Teams in the Grand River Rumble competition.  We still have two weight classes open on the Middle School team (145# and 154#).  Before we begin the final team assignment process for the two HS Teams, we are requesting a final confirmation of the list.  If your name in on the list we need to know if  you will or will not be able and/or available to compete or if you have decided to withdraw your name from consideration.  Based upon this final update we will determine if we still need additional wrestlers to complete the line-ups.  We will not have a team session this Saturday, June 28th; however, we will sponsor a couple team practices over the next few weeks (on the weekends) - exact date and times to be determined. 

Bronze Program Parent Survey Results:

The results are in!  Michigan Xtreme will launch the NEW BRONZE schedule at the conclusion of this session.  Effective October 1, 2008 - the Bronze program will consist of two practices per week.  In addition, the practice times and location will change as well.  After October 1, 2008 - The Bronze Program will be held on Monday & Wednesday from 5:45pm-7:00pm at the NEW location:  3494 Plainfield Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525.  We are now accepting sign-ups for all current and new members for this program.  The application for sign-ups can be downloaded under the PROGRAMS menu tab to the left.  

Michigan Xtreme Announces Expansion Plans - Increases Public Awareness

With the growth of wrestling at the youth and high school levels throughout the state, Michigan Xtreme is excited to announce the expansion of its training center from the current 2,700 sq. ft. facility to its new location which increases the space significantly to 8,300 sq. feet.  Grand Opening of the new wrestling training center is projected for Monday, June 30th. 

The new facility was made possible primarily with the support and collaborative efforts from our wrestling community, area coaches, the commitment of the wrestlers and their parents and the Michigan Youth Wrestling Association (MYWA) and local area clubs and teams.

"We have seen a gradual increase in the commitment levels from the local area programs to seek out not only additional training opportunities for their elite level wrestlers who dream of becoming State Champions, but also a trend by the youth clubs and entire team based programs that want to offer more to all their wrestlers from the youth level, through middle school and high school."  "One key success factor has been our consistency.  Individual wrestlers, parents, coaches and now entire teams can count on us as an added resource that will always be open, that never cancels or closes practices and provides a coaching staff that gives 100% quality, effort and proven teaching curriculums." 

The new facility will provide many other features and benefits.   First, the training center selected is centrally located to support most everyone throughout West Michigan.  In fact, 90% of the 32 school districts represented as current attending members will find the location an average of 8-10 minutes closer.  By remaining near to several major highways (I-96 and US-131),  this new location also helps maintain a moderate commute with easy access for even our closest of members.    The NEW Michigan Xtreme Training Center will be located at 3494 Plainfield Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525.

Outside the obvious benefit of providing significantly more floor space of wrestling to support the growth of High School members for safety and improved training situations, the added space increases the opportunity for other value-added features such as an adequate waiting area for parents, ample parking, larger locker/changing rooms, a men's & women bathrooms, strength and cardio-equipment and additional cross-training and practice session workout schedules.

Most importantly, with the help of organizations such as MYWA (Michigan Youths Wrestling Association) and Michigan Grappler, bringing  more public exposure is going to help our sport continue to grow and gain the respect and recognition it deserves.  "We want to model ourselves from the success by which MYWA has achieved in bringing everyone in the sport together for one common goal."  Having a retail location and brining our sport to the publics eye makes this new training center something for all of us to help build.  It's going to take a team effort, working together with the school based programs, coaches and clubs to bring our sport to another level.  It's going to be how we continue to increase affordable training opportunities.

"We want this to be a place that is available to everyone from all walks of life and a home for those who want access to the facility regardless of where they live or what club or school they attend.   In addition, we have a vision for this facility to be unique in its' diverse offerings by supporting the intensive training and advanced technique required by current college and potential Olympic hopefuls from the area as well.  By maintaining the current Bronze, Silver and Gold programs we can continue to cater to all levels without losing the intensive-extended training needs to support your efforts in reaching your goals and dreams of being the best. There is a tremendous value for our younger up and coming wrestlers to see first hand the training disciplines and commitments of their mentors in action!  There is much to learn from a diverse based of coaches and wrestling partners."

"We are asking for the continued support from the entire wrestling community throughout the State of Michigan. It will take a team effort to sustain this initiative and to ensure the offerings are affordable to all who have the desire to improve. It's one of our goals to be considered an additional resource to individuals, clubs and school based teams. We are thankful for the commitment of our coaching staff, the work ethics of the students and the loyalty of parents and fellow coaches throughout the community. We are most appreciative of the endorsements we've received from MYWA, BorderWars and MUSAW.  We are accepting support from all that are interested in contributing.  We are in need of community support for several items and services such as construction, electrical contractors, maintenance, signage, printing services, paint, furniture, mats, strength and cardio-training equipment, etc. to make this a first-class training facility.  With help from MUSAW, we have already purchased (2) brand new 42'x40' Dollamur competition mats, 84' of wall mats and a landing/throw mat." 

"In addition, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank several others for their support services already extended, specifically John Clark, Real Estate Consultant H&H Management; Mary Hurley, SimpleBookkeeping; Theresa Mabie, CPA; Nick Kacher, Attorney; Randy Tennihill Construction, Martin Juarez Concrete, Bill Roersma, Roersma & Wurn Builders, Mark Augustyn, V.P. Mercantile Bank; Josh Bennett, JB Construction; Todd Bitner, MUSAW; Gary Riveria, MYWA; Rob Stehley, BorderWars; The Camp Team, Insurance Agents; Gary Campbell, Jeff Gilmore, Steve Keselring and the Greenville WC; Jim Rees, Scott Trimble and the Sparta WC; and Nick Vodry, Jake Lewis and the Cedar Springs WC; and Coaching Volunteers: Jim Shutich Sr, Doug Bennett, Gideon Carlstrom, Brad King, Brian Maksimowski, Dave Dean, Jeff Shildroth and Jim Murray; as well as Tim Cooper-NEWA Representative; and Jim Rees-MYWA Representative."

Michigan Xtreme, LLC was originally founded in October 2001 formerly known as Camp Bennett Enterprises, LLC.  In 2007, Camp Bennett Enterprises, LLC joined forces with Camp Shutich Enterprises, LLC dba as Michigan Xtreme, LLC.  Effective June 1, 2008 the two organizations officially become Michigan Xtreme, L.L.C.  and currently offers ten (10) weekly practice sessions for beginners with its' Bronze Program, intermediate level training with its' Silver Program and advanced level training with its' Gold Program in addition to Friday Night Judo/MMA, individual lessons, team-based programs, travel team sponsorships, student coaching internships and several summer wrestling intenstive and technique camps.  For more information, please visit other sections of the Michigan Xtreme web site at:  www.michiganxtreme.com.

 Note: At this time, it is our plan to move the Silver and Gold groups to the new location due to the need for additional space and to keep the Bronze and Judo/MMA groups at the current location. Also, Saturday 9am-10:30am Silver practice sessions will remain at the current location as well.

Judo-MMA Launched May 9th!

WIN Magazine's Final Year-End HS Rankings

Tuesday's 7:00pm - HS Folkstyle Practices

HS (Gold) Practices are on Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday's at 7:00pm

MS & Under (Silver) Practices are on Monday & Wednesday's at 7:00pm and Saturday's at 9:00am.

Bronze (little guys) Practices are on Monday's at 5:30pm.

JUST ANNOUNCED 2008 USA REGIONAL TRAINING SITE

Michigan Xtreme has been awarded official training center status for Team Michigan athletes and those who inspire to be.

Michigan Xtreme is proud to announce that as the Newest Regional Training facility for Freestyle and Greco, we are committed to helping our Michigan wrestlers prepare for the podium at national level competitions (i.e. Fargo).

The Freestyle/Greco program will run from March 16th - July 15th, 2008 and will be lead by Craig Shutich, Brad Anderson and Tom Bennett, along with the support of the entire Team Michigan coaching staff.

The four month training program will be geared not only toward the Team Michigan members but all elite level Michigan wrestlers and existing Michigan Xtreme members who are seeking intensive training to dominate the Freestyle and Greco mats!

Practices will be held every Sunday 7:00pm-8:30pm and Tuesday 7:00pm-8:30pm.