Kahnawake Survival School Wrestling Team

Here are the final results from the 2018 Canada East Bantam Kids Championships. Noah Norton Silver Medal, Sabrina Montour Fourth, Kya Hemlock Silver Medal, Atsenhanonha Horn 5th, DylanStandup4th, Yakotahusatat McComber Gold, and Sarah White Bronze. Just waiting to receive our medals and we’ll start the long ride back home

With the first day of competition behind us at the Canada East Bantam/Kids Championships in PEI, here is where we stand. Kya Hemlock and Yakotahusatat McComber are still in it for gold medals, Sabrina Montour, Sarah White, Atsenhanonha Horn, Dylan Standup are fighting back for Bronze medals Noah Norton has already secured a silver medal. We’ve gone back to the hotel to shower up and get on our boogie shoes for the dance.

KSS Bantams warming up at the Canada East Wrestling Championships in Charlottetown PEI

The KSS Wrestlers stopped for lunch and almost got eaten on on the way to PEI

A couple of other pictures of the KSS Wrestlers at tithe Montreal Impact game ringing the bell.

The KSS Wrestling Team was honoured guest of the 1642 Montreal, At today’s Montreal Impact game. The group 1642MTL have added the White Pine to their Logo and Asked for well known Aboriginal athletes to ring the bell when the Impact Score. Thanks to Mackenzie White for suggesting the KSS Wrestlers Ali from the group 1642 MTL it’s a great honour. KSS Wrestling is being represented by Assistant Coach Angel Robertson, Stella McComber andTekahnekake Stacey. Here are some picture...s from today’s game. #IMFC #1642MTL 1642 MTL

At yesterday’s practice we held a clinic which was facilitated by Tara Hedican who wrestles out of Guelph Ontario. She is a multi time National Champion and has wrestled for team Canada internationally. Most recently Tara coached the 2017 Team Ontario NAIG team and the 2017 Team Ontario Canada Games Women’s Team. The clinic was filmed by APTN go an upcoming special on aboriginal athletes. It was an honour to have Tara come to work with out kids

It was a rough day at the U17/U19 National Championships in Edmonton today. Despite Stella and Jordyn earning early wins all three of our girls were eliminated from competition in the third round. The girls fought hard today and I’m proud of them. Again we want to thank everybody who donated to our bucket drive and to Old Malone Gas bar, Country Peddlers, Playground Poker, the Mohawk Super Bingo Big Bear Convenience and the Host Hotel for donating to the team and giving our wrestlers a chance to compete at the National Championships.

We are about to start the women’s competition at the U17/19 National Championships in Edmonton Alberta. Jordyn Goodleaf is going to kick us off as she is match 401. She is the first match on Mat 4. This was s her getting prepped for her match

The first day of wrestling about start, here are a few pics from the Butter dome at the University of Alberta.

The KSS Wrestling Team wants to thank everybody who made a donation to our bucket drive today. It was cold out there and Kahnawake backed us up. Today the team received $3490.00 in donations from community members. We still have a way to go to reach our goals so we will be looking at other fundraising ideas in the next couple of weeks. Nia:wen Ko:wa

The KSS bantam wrestlers are at Rabaskas Corner trying to raise money to get to the Canada East Bantam Championships in PEI. It’s cold and windy, they’re working to earn their trip. Please come out and support these young kids. They are our future

The KSS Wrestling Team has made what it needs to send our Cadet and Juvenile aged wrestlers to the National Championships in Edmonton Alberta. Those who qualified to go to The Nationals will be flying out out to Edmonton early Wednesday Morning. We Want to thank the people at Big Bear Convenience, The Host Hotel, Old Malone Gas Bar, the Mohawk Super Bingo,and Playground Poker for donating to help us reach our goals. We also want to thank everybody who donated in the bucket... drive last month as well as thank Tammy And Amanda Whitebean for organizing the bucket drive. Now the team will start fundraising efforts to get our youngest wrestlers off to the Canada East Bantam Kids Championships in PEI. Tomorrow the KSS Wrestlers will hold a bucket drive at Rabaskas Corner in an effort to raise the funds needed to Get these young men and women to PEI in May. Please come out and show your support. This isn’t every bodies team it’s Kahnawake’s TEAM!