Head Wrestling Coach Ryan Menard recently helped to coach Jesuit Graduate Antonio Martinez ’12 to a gold medal finish in the 18th International Copa Sparta tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Oct. 12. Martinez described Menard as "a big part of success on and off the mat."
Martinez said he asked Menard to help him because " taught...
The weekend of February 21-23, the Jesuit Ranger Wrestling Team, led by Coaches Ryan Menard, Tony Brown, and Andrew Fleming, ended their season at the UIL State Wrestling Tournament 5A division in Austin, Texas at the Austin ISD Burger Center and the Austin ISD Delco Center. The competitors from the Jesuit team included Nick Barker ’14 and Shane Ross...
On the weekend of February 4th, the Jesuit Ranger Wrestling Team took part in the Region III, District 18 wrestling tournament at Wylie East High School. Led by Coach Menard and Coach Brown, the Rangers finished third overall, a very impressive feat considering that the District 18 is considered by most to be the toughest district in the region.
Even...
There are high hopes for the Jesuit Wrestling team this season. Head Coach Ryan Menard says of the Junior Varsity team, “ off to a good start, led by freshmen Shane Ross, Kyle Adams, Alfredo Aranda, and sophomore Eric Kirkegaard.” Menard went on to say that he has “high hopes” for the team this year.
At the Tri-State Tournament hosted...
Jesuit Varsity Wrestling had an outstanding showing Monday, February 7, 201,1 in the UIL District 18 Tournament held at Lake Highlands High School.
After missing several practices and postponing the tournament due to the inclement weather the week before, the wrestling team still showed up ready to wrestle, finishing the tournament with 6 wrestlers in the placement rounds.
Competing at the...
Congratulations to the Jesuit Wrestling team for placing 4th at the Cougar Classic this past weekend. “It was great to see Henry get 2nd place at his second varsity tournament. He wrestled very hard,” said Craig Hunter ’12. The whole team was determined to win their matches and try and pin their opponents if possible. “We were all looking forward...
“Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy.”
- Dan Gable, Olympic Gold Medalist
Wrestling is a sport that challenges your personal endurance, character, and work ethic. It demands commitment and the will to get better. It is an individual sport, where only the wrestler controls how hard he wants to train and how badly he wants to win. It...
