News and Updates from 2006 K-8 ** December 2006** This season has been great so far. We have wrestled in Two tournaments to date and have done very well. Our wrestlers are some of the best ever to come through this club. The future looks very bright for the E.C. Glass Varsity program.  I appreciate all the hard work and effort to date by my wrestlers, parents and coaches who are indeed the back bone of this organization. I would like to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Coach Brooks and Family ** November 2006** Well the season is here! We hit the mats on Tuesday night and practice was great. Everyone was excited to get back to wrestling. We had a great turnout and the wrestling room is bursting at the seams with new and returning wrestlers. We are truly fortunate to be able to teach the sport of wrestling to such a fine bunch of young men. Parents thank you for all that you do for our program and for bringing your children out to participate. LETS WRESTLE!!! Coach Brooks ** October 2006** Let's get ready to wrestle! It's sign-up time! We will be holding sign-ups on October 24, 26,31 and November 2, 2006 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at E.C. Glass High School in the Athletic Center Lobby located on the Memorial Avenue side of the school. The cost is $30.00 per wrestler. You must provide your own wrestling shoes. singlets and head gear will be issued. If you have any questions please contact Tommy Brooks Jr. or Frank Lukanich. **September 2006** WOW! What a summer! I hope everyone had fun. It is back to school time and most of you are getting to know new teachers and getting use to having homework again. Wrestling season is just around the corner for our K-8 wrestlers. We will be sending sign-up notices in the mail for those of you who participated in the program last year. For anyone else interested sign-up dates will be posted on this web site and also in the Lynchburg News and Daily Advance newspaper. We expect a large turn out this year and hope you can participate. Study hard and get ready to wrestle! Coach Brooks **August 2006**  Here we are again, summer is about to wind down and the children will be back in school soon. That means wrestling season is getting closer and we are excited about the upcoming season. The wrestling Camp we attended at N.C. State was educational, fun and good competition for our wrestlers. We met some interesting people from other parts of our country and even some from Australia. The Aussies were actual part of our wrestling team for the dual matches. We made them honorary members of the Hilltoppers wrestling Club and hope to see them next year at camp. I have been in contact with several of the assistant coaches from last year. They and their children are anxious for the season to begin. It's great to know that we have such involved parents willing to give their time and support to the program. The parents are the foundation of our program without them this program would not be the success that it is today. To my wrestlers, stay active! Swim Bike, run and have fun! I know it has been extremely hot but put down those video games and go play outside as much as possible. Enjoy the rest of your summer. I look forward to seeing you again in a couple of months. Go Hilltoppers! Coach Brooks **July 2006** Happy Birthday U.S.A.!!!!! God Bless America!!! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer vacations. I leave for wrestling camp on Saturday the 8th and will return on the 12th. Everyone involved is excited and has high expectations for the week. I know what we will learn at this camp will serve to further our hard work in this club to date. I am beginning to compile an email list of those parents/guardians  who wish to be notified by email as to when sign ups will be for wrestling season this year. If you wish to be on my email list please provide me with your name, your child's name/age and your contact information (address, telephone number and email). Please let me know if you are new to the program. All those who are interested in being assistant coaches this coming season please let me know as soon as possible. I will post on this web site the date, time and place of registration when the time draws closer. Coach Brooks **June 2006** Summer is upon us! The kids are out of school and baseball season is winding down. To all my grapplers out there stay active! Ride a bike, go swimming toss a Frisbee or even consider participating in a summer wrestling camp. No matter what you decide to do stay safe. I will be participating in the Bob Guzzo N.C. State wrestling camp (see our links page for more info) with Coach Chris Lukanich and the varsity wrestling team the first week of July. I hope to learn some new techniques that will help to improve my wrestlers this fall. Go Hilltoppers! Coach Brooks ** April 2006** Spring is here! I hope all of my grapplers are having a good time and are staying in shape. Some of you are getting ready for Baseball season to open. Staying active in sports is a good way to stay healthy. For those of you not participating in a sport right now get outside and enjoy the good weather! School will be coming to an end soon so keep up with your studies and make good grades. A wrestler needs to have a healthy body and a healthy mind to succeed. Coach Brooks **Feb. 2006**It's that time of year again, the end of the season and it was the most successful one for the program to date. Coach Lukanich and I would like to thank all of our wrestlers for their hard work and dedication this season. We look forward to a new season and hope to see all of you return next year. We would also like to extend our thanks to all the assistant coaches, parents and volunteers for their support and participation. When you actively participate you help this program and the children to be successful.  Go Hilltoppers!!!!! Coach Lukanich and Coach Brooks **Feb. 2006** At the Hilltoppers Banquet on February 14, 2006, Head Coach Frank Lukanich, Jr. announced that, due to it's great success, the Hilltoppers Wrestling Club will be reorganizing the structure of the club so that we will be able to continue to expand in the coming years. Coach Frank Lukanich, Jr. will now be the General manager for the club and Coach Tommy Brooks, Jr. will assume the Head coaching position for the K-8 wrestlers for the 2006-2007 season. ** Jan. 2006**Our young wrestlers recently participated in the E.C. Glass winter Classic held right here on our own turf. This tournament attracted almost 600 wrestlers from all over the state of Virginia and surrounding states. The tournament ran very smooth and was completed quickly. A tournament of this size is very labor intensive and requires many volunteers. We would like to thank all those who helped make this tournament a great success. The Hilltoppers wrestlers defended their home turf with vigor! We had 22 of our wrestlers participating and of those 22 seven (7) won Gold  six (6) won silver and four (5) won Bronze. Congratulations boys you represented yourselves well.