Baltimore Nonprofit to Host Baltimore’s First Elementary/Middle School Wrestling Championship By David Levinstim February 27, 2014 Baltimore, MD – Beat the Streets – Baltimore, a nonprofit that uses the sport of wrestling as a way to mentor to young students, will host Baltimore City’s first elementary/middle school wrestling championship. The tournament is being hosted in partnership with Digital Harbor High School on March 2, 2014. Approximately 200 Baltimore City elementary and middle school students are expected to compete. This tournament will bring together community based wrestling teams from Middle River, McKims and Woodlawn as well as the wrestling teams from 10 Beat the Streets – Baltimore after school programs. For the Beat the Streets – Baltimore wrestlers, this tournament concludes the wrestling season that began in November 2013. While students have had numerous opportunities to compete in dual meets with rival schools, this tournament will be the largest and most exciting competition of the season. “Hopefully we can use this tournament to generate excitement for our off-season tournaments and summer programs. I believe if we can keep our kids engaged until then we can continue with the progress they have already made, which will lead us to an even better 2014-2015 season. This is an exciting time.” Hermondoz Thompson, Co-founder About Beat the Streets – Baltimore Beat the Streets – Baltimore is a non-profit organization that creates after school wrestling programs for Baltimore City middle and high school students. Since 2012, it has created programs at 12 Baltimore City schools, including Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, City Springs and Roland Park. In conjunction with its wrestling programs, Beat the Streets – Baltimore provides its wrestlers with mentoring and tutoring opportunities, driving them to higher academic achievement and college admission. About Digital Harbor High School Formerly Southern High School, Digital Harbor High School was founded in 2002 after undergoing a $50M renovation and receiving a $6M information technology award to support high tech programs. The mission of Digital Harbor High School is to prepare students for college, careers in technology and responsible citizenship. In service of this mission, Digital Harbor High School offers rigorous academic, athletic and extracurricular programs to its 1400 students. Contact – To learn more about the March 2 wrestling tournament: Damion J. Cooper, Board Member 443.851.1697 Lydell Henry, Executive Director/Co-Founder Beat the Streets – Baltimore btsbaltimore.org https://twitter/BTSBmore https://facebook/BeattheStreetsBaltimore 443.765.6748
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 23:41:17 +0000
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