About Us
High School Varisty Wrestling Team
Wiregrass Ranch offers varsity, junior varsity, and girls wrestling programs. The teams are lead and coached by Head Coach J. Edward Ketler. Coach K has hand picked his assistants with paid and volunteer coaches. His coaching staff consists of some of the most talented coaches coaches and former wrestlers in the area. His assistant varsity coach is Tony Menozi. He is also assisted by NCAA wrestler James Mastrobattista, and former WRHS state wrestler's Khaled Khatieb, Jared Lanier, and other top WRHS grapplers John "Tank" Villegas, Justin Aponte, Brandon Storm, and Leo Lopez.
The Pasco County "Sunshine" Conference
Wiregrass Ranch is located in Wesley Chapel, Pasco County and is generally considered to be within the "Tampa Bay" area. Schools within the County are Wesley Chapel, Cypress Creek, Pasco High, River Ridge, Fivay, Land O' Lakes, SunLake, Hudson, Anclote, Mitchell, Gulf, Zephyrhills High, Wiregrass Ranch and Zephyrhills Christian Academy. The six high schools in the Sunshine Athletic Conference are: Cypress Creek, Land O Lakes, Pasco, Sun Lake, Wesley Chapel, Wiregrass Ranch and Zephyrhills.
Every Victory is Earned
Wrestling is one of those unique sports that is a team sport which places special emphasis on individual accomplishment and achievement. In wrestling, there are no excuses and EVERYTHING IS EARNED. Two guys step on the mat, each with a dream or vision of winning; only one will leave the mat capturing their dream. One will have their dream taken by the other wrestler.
American Warrior Wrestling
A wrestling club for Wesley Chapel and the New Tampa areas
Be a part of the team!
Be a part of a Winning Team
Winning starts NOW! The team has a new head coach. Coach Ketler is going to build on the great foundation that he has been given. Coach Ketler has a strong wrestling background as a wrestler himself from Pennsylvania and while in the Military. He is also the head coach for a new wrestling club in the Wesley Chapel area.
Wrestling is the FASTEST growing sport for females
Wrestling is the fastest growing sport for girls and women in the U.S.A. at the high school and collegiate levels. Wrestling has seen nearly a 10,000% increase in female participation in the last 10 years. The fast rise in popularity is attributed to female empowerment, women taking leadership roles in all aspects in our society to include in sports like MMA with Super Stars like Rhonda Rousey and Cris Cyborg. Even the U.S. Olympic Team saw their first female gold medal Olympic Champions in wrestling in Helen Maroulis and Adeline Gray.
A USA Wrestling club affiliate
The Wiregrass Ranch High School wrestling team is associated with the American Warrior Wrestling Club. American Warrior Wrestling club is a feeder wrestling club that supports the wrestling programs for the Wesley Chapel High Schools, New Tampa High Schools, Lutz, Land O Lakes and other surrounding areas. American Warrior Wrestling offers wrestling training, conditioning, nutrition and strength training for boys and girls between the ages of 4 through 19.
WHATS NEW AT THE RANCH
THE 2019-2020 SEASON IS ABOUT TO START
Its time to get the running shoes out! Conditioning for the 2019-2020 season is about to officially begin. Although many of you have been keeping up with your training all summer, some of you have taken the summer off...well, NOW ITS TIME to get back into the wrestling MINDSET! This Thursday is the first day back for may of our Wiregrass wrestlers. So, dust off the old running shoes, make sure the gym clothes are clean and make sure the doctor has signed off on all of the paperwork that says your healthy for another season of wrestling because WE ARE ABOUT TO GET IT ON!
GET YOUR PAPERWORK IN!
Time to get your paperwork in! All athletes M U S T have their FHSAA EL2 (Physical) and EL 3 (Consent/Waiver) forms as well as their Pasco Participation forms submitted PRIOR to being able to participate in ANY activities with the wrestling team. So tht means get your paperwork in ASAP!
LETS HAVE SOME FUN!
Lets get ready to have some fun! This year is going to be the BEST YEAR ever! We will have a lot of time traveling across the state getting in some fo the BEST competition we can find. We will work hard but we also plan to play hard too! But most importantly we will STAY HARD throughout the ENTIRE SEASON from beginning to end!