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High School Folkstyle National Teams

High School Folkstyle National Teams for Heartland National Duals and Virginia Beach

Heartland USA High School National Folk Style Duals 2025

March 28th, 29th, and 30th
Mid America Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Address: 1 Arena Way, Council Bluffs, IA 51501.

This is a USA event and you must have a USA wrestling card

The cost for this event is $185 per wrestler and includes singlet, shorts, shirt, crew sweat shirt and entry fee.

Information

This will be Folkstyle only on Saturday and Sunday.

NEUSAW has created a HS division at the Heartland National duals in Council Bluffs, IA.   We are taking 3 boys and 3 girls teams to this event.  Top 2 places at our NEUSAW State Tournament in Grand Island will be potentially eligible for these national teams.  There will be 1 High Performance team named shortly after NSAA State which is selected by the Age level directors and based on your placing at NSAA State. Those individuals named will have first choice of one of these 3 teams per event.

Heartland National Duals will be on March 28th, 29th, and 30th. The cost for this event will be $185 and includes a singlet, shorts, shirt, hoodie and entry fee.

The same kids that qualify for Heartland will also be on our HS National team we are taking to the NHSCA Virginia Beach National duals May 24th-26th.  As weight slots become available they will be filled with the next highest placing wrestling at our Folkstyle State tournament. This is a Folkstyle tournament only.  No Freestyle.

Weight Classes for NEUSAW State, Heartland & Virginia Beach will be: 

Boys High School: (no allowance) 109, 116, 123, 129, 135, 141, 148, 155, 163, 173, 185, 198, 223, 288 

Girls High School: 103, 110, 117, 123, 129, 135, 141, 148, 155, 168, 188, 238 (no allowance)

Contact info
Tournament Director- Fred Franklin
Mobile number- 402-380-1939
Email- statechair@neusaw.com

NHSCA Virginia Beach National Duals

26TH ANNUAL NATIONAL DUALS

Contact info
Tournament Director- Fred Franklin
Mobile number- 402-380-1939
Email- statechair@neusaw.com

Itinerary:

May 21st - @ 7:30pm non-mandatory training night.  Location will be at the Iowa West Field house, 5 Arena Way, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

May 22nd - @ 4am leave on Charter Bus from the Mid America Center in Council Bluffs, IA.  Drive.  We will arrive in Charleston WV at around 8:00pm.  We will be going straight to train for about 1.5 hrs at the Competitive Edge Wrestling Facility.  Mark Samples will be doing the training that evening.  He's bringing a few hammers to help give everyone a good workout.  We will then head to the hotel.  

First night we will be staying at:

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SOUTH    
107 ALEX LANE                             
CHARLESTON WV 25304          
PHONE 1-304-9251171

May 23rd - Leave the hotel in Charleston, WV at 7:30am and arrive at the Hotel in VB at around 3:30pm.  Get checked in and prepare to leave for the Sports Complex to weighin.  Evening meal after weighins will be provided by NEUSAW.

From the 23rd till the morning of the 27th we will be staying at:

May 23 – 27 .. 4 nights.

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS CHESAPEAKE    

2436 GUM ROAD                             

CHESAPEAKE VA 23321           

PHONE 1-757-4652222

May 23th - Weighins start 6:00pm @ Virginia Beach Sports Center - 1045 19th St, Virginia Beach, VA 23451  -- Then Dinner and back to the hotel.
May 24th - Compete @ Virginia Beach Sports Center - 1045 19th St, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 
May 25th - Compete @ Virginia Beach Sports Center - 1045 19th St, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 
May 26th - Compete --- @ Virginia Beach Sports Center - 1045 19th St, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 --After competition we will be going to the beach for the rest of the day and spending that night at our hotel.

May 27th - Leave VB at around 7:30am and arrive in Washington County Courthouse, Ohio at around 6pm.  Spending the night there.  

Our last night on the road we will be staying at:

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS 
101 Courthouse Pkwy, Washington Court House, OH 43160

May 28th - Leave Washington Courthouse, Ohio at around 7:30am and arrive at Sapp Brothers at 144th & I-80 at around 630pm.  Kids will be keeping in touch with their parents the day of arrival to give a better pick up time.  

May 24th - 26th  2025  (Competition days)
VIRGINIA BEACH SPORTS CENTER - 1045 19th St, Virginia Beach, VA 23451

We will be taking our top 2 teams to Virginia Beach.  

  • Each Team Is Guaranteed 6 Matches During the First Two Days of Competition 

  • Day Three is re-seeded into a Championship Bracket & each team that qualifies into Day Three will wrestle at least 2 matches.

The cost for the Virginia Beach National duals is $850 per wrestler and includes: Travel by Charter Bus, Virginia Beach national team shirt, Hotel rooms all nights (approx 6 nights), training at facility to be determined, Breakfast each morning, Dinner after weigh-ins. All other meals will be at the wrestler's expense but there will be times we can pool the wrestler's funds together to buy meals such as pizza and sandwiches.  Lunch on your own each day and during travel on the Bus there and back.

All other gear such as singlets, shorts, and crew sweat shirt are the same as Heartland.  All wrestlers from Heartland will need to wear the same gear from that event.  If a wrestler doesn't go to Heartland and only goes to Virginia beach then there will be an additional charge of $150 on top of the $850.