Warm-ups

Check these out! We'll hand them out to Varsity next week! Thanks Conrad!

Schedule Changes

As most of you know, the Jordan Duels have been moved to Dec. 7th, and will not be held today (Nov. 23). We also have more scheduling changes such as adding the Roy tournament to our schedule. An updated schedule will be posted soon. Thanks for your support!

Go Mustangs!

First Week Come and Gone!

First week of practice turned out to be a huge success. We are working hard work and everyone got better this week!

We finally got our mats in! The team worked hard to get these into the school (See below).

We also held our first Parent/ Coaches meeting and had a great turnout. You could feel the excitement and enthusiasm in the air and the community is definitely behind us! Along with this, we elected our captains for this inaugural season:

Jake Mcmillin, Zak Hewitt, and Zak Thorum.

These three young men are great examples to our team, have a great attitude and work ethic and will be great leaders for the Mustangs!

Are you ready?

Monday is almost upon us! November 8th has been circled in our calendars for quite some time now. It's time to lay it out on the table and show us what you've got! Be ready by following this checklist:

1. Drink WATER. Lots of it!

2. Fill out and return the Try-out packet to Coach DuPaix.

3. Pay your participation fee in the main office- $55. Bring Coach DuPaix the receipt.

4. Drink H2O!

5. Go to school and be a good student!

6. Be to the wrestling room before 3:oo pm, with appropriate workout attire, shoes, and water bottle. We WILL start on time! We will finish around 5:30 pm.

A few reminders: first, we will be running approximately 30 minutes later on Tuesday, November 9th because of a guest coach coming in to work with us.

Second, the parents meeting will be Thursday, November 11th at 7:00 pm in the small gym.

Third, our hydration test is Saturday, November 13th. The bus will leave at 9:30 am and we all need to be on it! More info to come next week.

Lastly, the Spirit Packs are in! Get your Herriman Wrestling gear including hoody, sweats, dry-fit t-shirt and shorts now! The price is $100. Pay in the office and bring the receipt to Coach DuPaix.

This is a very exciting time of year! The team has had some good workouts and are looking more fit each day. The countdown is on! Please be ready and bring the right attitude and effort!

Go Mustangs!

Happy Halloween!

Everyone's excited for the Mustangs! Just a few more days until Try-outs!!!

Coach Larry Jaramillo

Larry Jaramillo has been coaching wrestling at West Jordan for 29 years. During this time, he has helped thousands of young men. This list includes:

179 individual state placers

32 individual state champions

10 team region championship titles

6 runners-up team titles

1 team state championship!

Coach Jar is one of the premier wrestling coaches in the state. He has a wealth of experience and knowledge and will guide this team to new heights. We are excited to have him on our staff at Herriman!

"I would like to thank Tex Casto, the West Jordan High administration, parents, and wrestlers at West Jordan for giving me an opportunity of being part of their lives and I'm looking forward to another chapter at Herriman High." -Coach Jaramillo

Coach Danny DuPaix

Coach DuPaix (pronounced due-pay) graduated in 2002 from Skyline High School. He served an LDS mission in North Carolina-Raleigh. Upon returning, he attended SLCC and the University of Utah, majoring in Special Education. He graduated in 2010 and has been on the Dean's list since 2008. He is currently earning his Masters degree in Special Education, expecting to finish in May of 2011. DuPaix is married to Rebecca Sonnenberg and they have 2 children, Judson and Lyla. After his senior season, DuPaix helped out the wrestling program at Skyline as well as the football team. He re-joined the football staff while going to school in 2005.

In high school, DuPaix was a three sport athlete (three year letter) participating in wrestling, football, and rugby. In wrestling, he took 3rd in region and 6th in state at 189 lbs. which was considered the top weight class in '01-'02 based on returning state placers (6/16). He was a team leader for wrestling and football. At the U, DuPaix played rugby (inside center and 8-man) and helped his team maintain a top ten ranking and earn a playoff spot each year.

After the 2009-10 school year, DuPaix left Skyline (coaching) and Brighton High School (teaching) to do both at Herriman. He helped the 2010 Mustang football team to achieve their first win, first TD, and first playoff appearance. This will be his first head coaching position and he is looking for many more firsts in this inaugural season. He is excited to be a part of the first take down, first pin, and first individual and team victories.

The Herriman Mustang wrestling program will be top notch with state-of-the-art equipment, professional coaching staff, and competitive practices day in and day out. This will lead our student-athletes to MANY region and state CHAMPIONS!!! The only question remaining is "WHO will be the FIRST?"

Go Mustangs!