Registration Cost: $350

Registration includes:

• LCS Singlet
• One T-shirt
• One Long Sleeve Shirt
• One pair of shorts
• USA Wrestling Membership
• Two tournament entries
• End of Season Party

*If your athlete already owns the LCS Singlet, the cost of registration is $325. 

WHO: Boys and Girls Kindergarten thru 8th grade (5-15 years of age- no high schoolers)
WHERE: Mundelein High School Lower Gym- Wrestling Room
WHEN: Practices will be three weekday nights (T/W/Th)  6:30 - 8:00 pm 

A tournament schedule of about 10 tournaments will be put together between the dates of December 2024 and March 2025. Tournaments will typically be weekly and on Sundays. All tournaments are optional.

Please note: Tournaments beyond the two included in registration will be an extra charge of $25-30 per tournament. 
 

Private training and practice session(s) can be made available with an approved Stallion technician. The private trainer and fees will be discussed with you before the session is booked. 

See below registrations for the Wrestling Tournaments LCS will participate in. 

Q. What is considered the youth wrestling season for the Stallions?
A. November 2024 to March 2025

Q. What are the practice times and location?
A. T-W-Th 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM in the Mundelein High School wrestling room.

Q. What ages will be able practice and train?
A. K-8 grades and 5 to 15 years of age. This is a kids club and not meant for high school students.

Q. When does competition start and where is it?
A. Competition starts the 1st Sunday of December at Stevenson High School. Most tournaments are local in the Chicagoland area and we will be wrestling in the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation, IKWF. Most Sundays during the season will have a tournament scheduled for your kids to compete in.  Competition ends in early March.

Q. Do my kids need to cut weight or do they need to make a weight class?
A. No. Most local tournaments do not require the kids to make a weight class and they never need to cut weight. Kids will weigh-in and then get blocked off with other kids that are around their same weight, age and skill level. The IKWF state tournament for all wrestlers will have each wrestler locked into a weight class.

Q. When are weekly wrestling tournaments and what are their hours?
A. Most tournaments are on Sundays between 8 am and 5 pm. The tournaments usually wrestle in 2 sessions based on age groups. You only need to attend the session that your kid is in. Each session is about 4 hours and your kid will get about 3 matches in during that time.

Q. Is my kid required to compete or can he just practice?
A. Your kid can just practice and is not required to compete. You can choose to compete in any, all or none of the 10+ weekends the team will be competing in?

Q. Is this sport just for boys?
A. No. Girls can wrestle and compete with boys or just with girls in girl only tournaments.

Q. Who is the head Coach and what is his experience?
A. Shane Crown is our head coach and he has over 15 years of coaching experience with youth kids.

Q. Are the wrestling coaches trained and vetted?
A. Yes, each wrestling coach that is approved to be in the wrestling room will have a background check done and will have gone through training seminars with USA Wrestling. This training is required through the IKWF, USA Wrestling and the Lake County Stallions Wrestling Academy.

Q. What other costs are there other than the Stallions training fees?
A.  If competing, each tournament you choose to have your kid compete in will cost anywhere between $25.00  to $35.00 for each tournament.  The registration cost includes two tournament fees covered, so you will only need to pay for a tournament if it's beyond two.

Head gear and Wrestling shoes are required equipment for this sport and are not provided in the registration cost.  You will need to purchase those for your children.

You will not need to purchase your child's USA Wrestling Membership.  This is also included in your registration fee.

Q. Can my child wrestle or train for just a portion of the full season?
A. Yes. You may have your child attend any or all practice sessions.  There is no cut off for the registration.  You may join at any point during the season.

Q. Can I help coach the kids?
A. YES!  You can volunteer coach to help out in practices and coach our wrestlers in tournaments. The Stallions will pay for your coaching certification and membership with USA Wrestling.

Q. Do I need to know wrestling to volunteer coach wrestling?
A. No. We have a very experienced head coach who knows wrestling and who will be demonstrating the moves in practice. You can learn the moves from our head coach and just make sure the kids are doing the technique correctly in practice. Also, if you can just help us keep the kids contained and engaged in the practices that will help us out too.

Q. Can I buy wrestling gear from the Stallions?
A. Yes. The Stallions will have a gear order go out at the beginning of the season and a gear order at about mid-season. This will not include head gear or wrestling shoes. 

Q. My kid wrestles with their middle school in the IESA, so will there be conflicts with practice and competing?
A.  There should be very little to no conflict at all. Middle school practices are after school and not at the same time as the Stallions Wrestling Academy practices. Middle schools typically compete in dual meets during the week and compete on Saturdays. The Stallions will typically compete on Sundays.

Q. Do kids regularly compete in both the IKWF, club and the IESA, school?
A. Yes. The kids that train and complete at the club level, IKWF, then also compete with their school, IESA, typically have a great advantage. This advantage is additional and much better training then what the middle schools can provide. 

Q. Is the Mundelein High School Wrestling program involved in the Stallions Wresting Program?
A. The Mundelein head wrestling coach, Craig Stocker, has approved coaching help from his staff and / or wrestlers from the High School Wrestling team to help coach during our practices.