BEAT THE STREETS LOS ANGELES BLOG
Kids Should Not Cut Weight (at all, not even a little) by Carl Fronhofer
I have spent my entire life in the sport of wrestling. I started at age five and continued to compete until I was 30. I have coached at every level, from youth to collegiate as head coach at Columbia University....
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Angel City FC Women’s Gear Giveaway and Beach Wrestling
On Saturday, July 24th at Will Rogers State Beach from 12:00pm-2:00pm LA's newest women's professional sports team – Angel City FC – will be distributing athletic gear, including Nike sports bras, to the girls of Beat the Streets LA. In...
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Coach Spotlight: Roman Hernandez
Before Roman Hernandez moved in nine years ago, San Pedro was known as a football town. But Hernandez, never one to be afraid of disrupting the status quo, was dead set on starting a wrestling program there. Starting the town’s...
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2020-21 Season in Review
As we conclude the 2020-21 school year, we are grateful to look back on a season of memorable accomplishments and programs for the Beat the Streets LA community. Tomorrow's Leaders Program Starting last fall, we began the Tomorrow’s Leaders Program,...
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Congratulations to our Graduating Athletes!
This summer, Beat the Streets LA is sending off its graduating senior class to college, the military, and beyond. Of the graduates, and soon-to-be Beat the Streets LA alumni, 15 will attend college in the fall, two will join the...
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Hiring: AmeriCorps VISTA Position Open for 2021-22 Season
In direct partnership with Up2Us Sports, Beat the Streets Los Angeles is currently looking for a full-time Program Development VISTA for the upcoming programming year. This volunteer position will be through the AmeriCorps VISTA program (link). The benefits of serving...
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Year of Seasonal Academies Concludes with Spring Academy
For the last six weeks, over 250 youth took part in the Spring Academy where they engaged in outdoor workouts, push-up and jump squat challenges, workbook activities, a chess tournament, and a program finale on Zoom. The Spring Academy was...
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Coach Spotlight: Jose Ramos, Beat the Streets LA Antelope Valley
Jose Ramos’s most vivid memory from his first high school wrestling practice back in 2009 was the coach telling everyone to do 60 push ups. Ramos, a self-proclaimed “scrawny freshman” at the time, said he couldn’t even do a single...
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Postseason Survey
Thank you for completing this post-season survey! We use surveys to measure the impact of our programs. This helps us improve in every way. It also lets the donors, foundations, and other organizations that support us know that we are...
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Women’s Coaching Recruitment Seminar featuring Clarissa Chun
On Wednesday, June 2nd at 6pm (PDT), Beat the Streets Los Angeles will host a women-only virtual fireside chat with USA Wrestling's Assistant National Women's Coach and 2012 Olympian Clarissa Chun. At the seminar, current and prospective women coaches in...
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