Hi Parents!  I have updated our website with a some camp information.  Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have any questions.   Specifically I wanted to get information out about our PLS wrestling camp.  You can grab the actual camp flier from here http://www.plshs.esu3.org/athletics/wrestlingcamp.pdf.  If you plan on attending please register early with Jason!   By registering early we can make sure everyone gets a tee shirt the day of the camp; plus we have an idea on how many wrestlers will be attending!   Also, new this year, Matt Vacanti will be our clinic technician (along with the help of the PLS High School coaching staff!).  For some reason this hasn't found it's way in to our flier yet!!! 

If you don't know who Matt Vacanti is...

Big 12 Championships
2009-Vacanti went 2-2 at the conference tournament to finish fourth. He won a 7-2 decision over Missouri’s Todd Schavrien in the pigtail round, but lost to No. 7 Nick Fanthorpe of Iowa State, 5-3, in the first round. Schavrien beat Vacanti 3-2 in the rematch, but the Husker claimed a 5-4 sudden victory over Oklahoma’s Brian Shelton in the challenge match.

Career Notes
2009-Vacanti wrestled to a 20-16 overall record and 8-8 dual mark in 2008-09, collecting four pins and three major decisions. He opened with a third-place showing at the Daktronics Open on Nov. 8, before wrestling in the Kaufman-Brand Open on Nov. 22 and splitting a pair of dual appearances on Nov. 28.

Vacanti asserted himself with a 6-3 record to place eighth at the Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 6, picking up four bonus-point wins. Vacanti went 0-3 in his next three dual appearances, but rebounded to go 5-1 over his next six matches. He helped the Huskers pick up dual wins against South Dakota State, Maryland, Penn and Virginia Tech, while his 20-11 major decision over Missouri’s Taylor Crain gave the Huskers a 16-15 dual win against the Tigers. Vacanti also picked up dual wins against UNC Greensboro and North Carolina.

2008-Vacanti suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee early in the fall that put him out for the 2007-08 season.

2007-Vacanti was named NU’s Redshirt of the Year after a 17-2 season where he earned two individual championships and finished in the top-three twice.

In his first college tournament, Vacanti wrestled to a 6-1 record at the Harold Nichols Open on Nov. 11. Vacanti opened his career with a 13-3 major decision over Matt Chustz of William Penn.

Before Nebraska-Vacanti was the 13th four-time state champion in the history of Nebraska high school wrestling at Papillion-LaVista High School for Coach Jeff Kupfer. Vacanti wrestled to a 128-1 career record for the Monarchs and was ranked third among the nation’s 140-pounders by InterMat. In his 35-0 junior season, Vacanti pinned all 35 opponents he faced. Vacanti was named the 2006 Dave Schultz Award winner for the state of Nebraska.