FALL/WINTER 2025-2026 SESSION INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION!
FALL/WINTER 2025 YOUTH SESSION REGISTRATION
Registration for the Fall/Winter Hammerhead Youth Session, grades 2-8, ages 8-14 ONLY.
PER INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, YOU MUST BE REGISTERED and paid in full BEFORE ATTENDING PRACTICE. Payments may be made in cash, check, or Venmo only.
Venmo: @hammerheadwrestling, checks to Hammerhead Wrestling Club.
Additionally, all wrestlers MUST have a USA Wrestling membership card prior to the start of the first practice. See info below.
Dates/times:
-Beginner/intermediate: Tuesdays/Yhursdays, 6-7:30pm at York High School, Nov. 25, 2025 - Feb. 26, 2026.
-Advanced (grades 5-8 only): Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays, 6-7:30pm at York High School, Nov. 25, 2025 - Feb. 26, 2026.
online REGISTRATION: forms.gle/s3ybb3QmQfkgYmSZA
WRESTLERS
All club members and participants MUST have a USAW athlete membership before participating in any HAMMERHEAD Wrestling Club activity. This includes practices, scrimmages, dual meets, tournaments, and off-season workouts. In addition to being a mandatory club requirement, a USAW athlete membership is required by most events and tournaments.
hammerhead Wrestling Club does not purchase USAW memberships for club members. It is the responsibility of the parent/athlete to purchase and renew their USAW membership each year. USAW memberships are valid from September 1 through August 31 of the following year.
To obtain a new USAW athlete membership, you need to create an account and create your child's profile by going here: https://www.usawmembership.com/login.
If you are only participating in the Folkstyle Season, a limited folkstyle membership is all that we require. The cost of a limited membership is $20.00.
If you participate in national tournaments, Freestyle and/or Greco-Roman, or any wrestling activity outside of the folkstyle season, you MUST purchase a full athlete membership. The cost of a full athlete membership is $50.00.
You will be required to provide a copy of your athlete's USAW card number on the digital registration form (see below), so please download a copy of their membership card from the USAW membership portal after you have renewed/purchased their athlete membership for the season.
COACHES
All hWC coaches are required to be USAW Wrestling Leader Certified each season. To become USAW certified, a coach must do the following:
WRESTLERS
All club members and participants MUST have a USAW athlete membership before participating in any HAMMERHEAD Wrestling Club activity. This includes practices, scrimmages, dual meets, tournaments, and off-season workouts. In addition to being a mandatory club requirement, a USAW athlete membership is required by most events and tournaments.
hammerhead Wrestling Club does not purchase USAW memberships for club members. It is the responsibility of the parent/athlete to purchase and renew their USAW membership each year. USAW memberships are valid from September 1 through August 31 of the following year.
To obtain a new USAW athlete membership, you need to create an account and create your child's profile by going here: https://www.usawmembership.com/login.
If you are only participating in the Folkstyle Season, a limited folkstyle membership is all that we require. The cost of a limited membership is $20.00.
If you participate in national tournaments, Freestyle and/or Greco-Roman, or any wrestling activity outside of the folkstyle season, you MUST purchase a full athlete membership. The cost of a full athlete membership is $50.00.
You will be required to provide a copy of your athlete's USAW card number on the digital registration form (see below), so please download a copy of their membership card from the USAW membership portal after you have renewed/purchased their athlete membership for the season.
COACHES
All hWC coaches are required to be USAW Wrestling Leader Certified each season. To become USAW certified, a coach must do the following:
- Pass USA Wrestling's Criminal Background Check
- Attend the Online Modules and pass the USAW SafeSport Program
- Purchase the USA Wrestling Leader membership
- Enroll in and complete the NFHS Concussion in Sports Online Course
HammerHead brought 5 wrestlers to the Massachusetts Developmental Freestyle and Greco-Roman tournament going 22-11 overall.
Roman Cunningham took 2nd in Greco-Roman and 3rd in Freestyle.
Colby Plante took 4th in Greco-Roman and withdrew from Freestyle with an injury.
Collin Fournier finished 1st in Greco-Roman and 3rd in Freestyle.
Julien Melendez won 1st in Greco-Roman and 2nd in Freestyle.
Dom Grover went undefeated on the day, champion in both Greco-Roman and Freestyle.
Roman Cunningham took 2nd in Greco-Roman and 3rd in Freestyle.
Colby Plante took 4th in Greco-Roman and withdrew from Freestyle with an injury.
Collin Fournier finished 1st in Greco-Roman and 3rd in Freestyle.
Julien Melendez won 1st in Greco-Roman and 2nd in Freestyle.
Dom Grover went undefeated on the day, champion in both Greco-Roman and Freestyle.
2024 - 2025
WINTER SESSION HAMMERS! CONGRATS TO ALL OUR YOUTH WRESTLERS & COACHES!
HAMMERHEAD SPRING FREESTYLE/GRECO ROMAN
SESSION
2026
TBA
ALL PRACTICES WILL BE IN THE WRESTLING ROOM AT YORK HIGH SCHOOL.
PER INSURANCE, YOU MUST BE REGISTERED AND ON THE ROSTER PRIOR TO PRACTICING - TO REGISTER HERE-
QUESTIONS?
PLEASE EMAIL: email info@hammerheadwrestling.com
OR CALL 207-337-3959
ALL AMERICAN!
Congratulations to former York High School State Champion ('23) and Fargo All-American ('23) Alissa Caltagirone, for her 8th place finish at the 2025 National Collegiate Womens Wrestling Championships held in Coralville, Iowa on March 7 & 8. Representing Northern Michigan University, Alissa became an All-American at 138lbs!
COMMITTED!
congrats to senior captain ben ronca on his commitment to wrestle at wesleyan university THIS WINTER! ben just completed a huge senior campaign at yhs, with a 4th place finish at the new england championships, a maine all-state crown, a maine class b state championship, and a maine class b south regional title, all at 190 lbs! he also finished his career with 115 career wins (in 3 years - no freshman year due to covid-19). incredible! ben started his wrestling journey as a youth hammerhead wrestler!
fargo all-american!
CONGRATS TO ALISSA CALTAGIRONE, HH AND 2023 YHS graduate & ATHLETE AND TEAM MICHIGAN NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER FOR HER PERFORMANCE AT THE 2023 USMC/USA WRESTLING JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FARGO THIS PAST JULY. ON HER THirD TRIP TO FARGO, ALISSA earned ALL-AMERICAN status, FINISHING 4TH OUT OF 128 IN THE FIELD. THIS IS A HUGH ACCOMPLISHMENT! ALISSA WAS RECENTLY RANKED #12 IN THE USAW PRESEASON NATIONAL RANKINGS AT 132lbs AND WAS A STATE CHAMPION THIS PAST WINTER FOR YORK HIGH SCHOOL. ALISSA has gone on to WRESTLe AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, where she qualified for the NCWWC National championships at 143lbs on march 8/9, 2024 in cedar rapids, Iowa, as a true freshman! ! CHECK OUT one of her matches from the 2023 USA Wrestling national duals:
CONGRATS TO LONGTIME HH ATHLETE AND MAINE NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER NAT GRADER FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE 2019 USA WRESTLING JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FARGO! GRADER CAME OFF A GREAT SENIOR CAMPAIGN AT YHS, WINNING 100 CAREER MATCHES AND PLACING 3RD AT 160LBS AT THE MAINE CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT. HE IS THE FIRST HH AND YORK WRESTLER TO COMPETE AT FARGO! WATCH ONE OF HIS GRECO VICTORIES HERE
