BEAT THE STREETS BAY AREA BLOG

Montera Middle School Wrestling Westlake at their end of year pizza party. Westlake and Montera at the Beat the Streets Spring Folkstyle Championships Westlake and Montera at the Mid Peninsula Intermediate League Finals With our first two programs completed for the spring it is a good time to reflect. Beat the Streets Bay Area has begun. With a dedicated group of 8 at Westlake Middle School and 12 at Montera Middle School we were able to bring wrestling to 20 Oakland middle s

Our wrestlers showed up to wrestle at the Mid Peninsula Intermediate League Finals on Saturday May 16. We left the tournament with 5 medalists and the upper weight Outstanding Wrestler. Congrats to all that participated and special congrats to Nick Lum, Ramsey El Sokkary, Israel Dillon, Ziyon Davis, Micah Doe Parker, and Elliott Lewis. More information and pictures to come after the BTS Folkstyle Championships this weekend at San Rafael High School.

Montera and Westlake Middle School participated in the SF BAWA Mid-Pennisula Intermediate League match night at Cunha Middle School in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday. The two teams rode together and acted as one team for the event (unless they were competing on the mat against one another). As a whole our group performed well, showed a lot of heart, and a great deal of character during the competition. The students competed hard and rose to the challenge of their first competitio

Assistant Coach Denzel Mabry works with students at Westlake (photo by Leonardo Flores). We have started! Westlake Middle School in Oakland is the first program of the new Beat the Streets Bay Area. Tuesday March 12th was the first practice and the group of wrestlers at the school is small but mighty. Westlake has been open, friendly, and extremely supportive of our programs with Mr. Moses, Coach Mom, and Mr. San-Chez presenting a face to the school that is beyond admirable.

We, at Beat the Streets Bay Area, have been extremely fortunate to work in Oakland. Oakland has a strong wrestling tradition built around the Wan Tu Wazuri Wrestling Club and legendary coach Ashlee Sherman. We are lucky to be able to provide support to the coaches of Oakland as we begin to expand our operations in the city. Without the support of coaches like Ashlee Sherman, Marcus Leon, Dennis Spencer, and Ben Barrientos we wouldn’t have the foundation that is in Oakland and

The current steering committee had a great conference call today and was happy to add Nancy Schultz to the committee. On the call was Larry Kane, Kevin Dunn, Tyrus Bookman, Patrick Diaz, Daniel McCune, Will Rodgers, and Nancy Schultz. This group will form the first Board of Directors for Beat the Streets Bay Area (Bay Area Wrestling, Inc.). BTS Bay Area has signed the Letter of Intent (LOI) with BTS National and is going to continue forward with the process of accreditation.

Urijah Faber, Denzel Mabry, and Kevin Dunn getting ready to watch an MMA event. Kevin Dunn, BTS Bay Area Steering Committee Member, has been supporting Castlemont Coach Marcus Leon with Castlemont Wrestling and their team captain Denzel Mabry. Coach Leon has a passion for wrestling and has worked tirelessly to provide opportunities for students in wrestling, like Denzel. Kevin was able to recently include Denzel on a trip to Sacramento to work out with Team Alpha Male and rec

The Beat the Streets Los Angeles 5th Annual Benefit will be held on Sunday, March 31, 2019. This year's competition and benefit reception will be held in Los Angeles at The Wiltern Theatre and will feature an international competition between the India and U.S. Women's Freestyle Wrestling teams. The United States and India are among the best women's wrestling nations in the world. The United States placed second at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships and third at the 2018