Wrestler's Honor Code
From the Coach

Wrestling helps with skills to be successful in life.  Coach Long loves the kids and wrestling; he wants to see them be good individuals.

#1. If a wrestler is going to be out, please have them be responsible and contact him--the best time to contact him at school is 12:00 to 1:20.  His home phone number is ?
#2. 3 unexcused absences from practice and they'll leave the wrestling program.
#3. Varsity wrestlers may have Saturday practices.
#4. Snow days:   practice at 10am if it's safe to travel.
#5. Practice good hygiene: bathe daily right after practice (this will also reduce the chances of skin conditions such as ringworm, which has to be treated with prescription medication).
#6. Wrestlers must travel with the team to events & have to inform Coach Long in writing of how they're leaving the event if they are not riding the bus back to the school.
#7. Suggested curfews for wrestlers in training to get adequate sleep:  in bed asleep by 10:30 on week nights, by 12 midnight on Saturday.
#8. Wrestlers must be within 4 lbs. of their desired weight 2 days before the match....2 lbs. within the weight the night before the match...weight "bouncing" is unhealthy.
#9. After earning a starting spot for one of the 14 weights, Coach Long will give the wrestler a wrestling bag.  Uniforms will be handed back in for laundering after matches.   No bags or uniforms to be taken home with wrestlers.
#10. Commit a crime, possession/use of tobacco, drugs, etc., and a wrestler is off the team.
#11. Please read nutrition guidelines:   wrestling, not weight loss, is the goal.  Encourage healthy eating by having the whole family eat healthy.