BEAT THE STREETS LOS ANGELES BLOG

In March 2020, Beat the Streets LA was rocked by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The immediate response was simple, but heart-breaking. Twenty-three of our programs — including our Annual Benefit fundraiser and Angel City Grand Prix — immediately shut down. Then, we, like so much of the rest of the world, regrouped. We reimagined. We refused to let this pandemic pin us. After all, if wrestling teaches us anything, it’s how to keep going in the face of adversity. So, many months

Tickets are now available for Beat the Street LA’s Benefit Gala and International Wrestling Event, which is set for Dec. 17-18 in Los Angeles, California. The weekend will serve as a 10th anniversary celebration of the organization. Founded 10 years ago with a mission to empower and transform the lives of youth, Beat the Streets LA has always been about more than wrestling and competitions — it’s about nurturing a sense of community and confidence that makes anything seem po

As we wrap up 2021, we are grateful to look back on a year of memorable accomplishments for the Beat the Streets LA community. We started the year off with our Spring Academy. Our community programs hosted outdoor workouts, push-up and jump squat challenges, workbook activities, a chess tournament, and a program finale on Zoom. Over 250 students participated in the spring activities. We also hosted our second The Tomorrow’s Leaders Program , offered to high school juniors,

Featured above: 16 Beat the Streets LA Alumni from the Downtown Academy and Burbank programs meet at a CIF-LA dual meet between Belmont and Franklin High School on December 2nd, 2021 This wrestling season, Beat the Streets LA is delighted to have awarded sixteen grants to deserving high schools in the Los Angeles area totaling over $20,000 in support. These funds help remove the financial barriers brought on by transportation needs, tournament fees, gear, and other costs as

In the summer of 2021, Beat the Streets Los Angeles launched the inaugural College Scholarship program. Beat the Streets LA is delighted to be able to award 12 educational scholarships to alumni this fall! Multiple educational scholarships were allotted to the most dedicated and exceptional alumni, totaling over $11,000. This educational scholarship was created to support young Beat the Streets athletes and help alleviate educational expenses. Alumni were nominated on behal

On Saturday, October 9th, 2021 at Will Rogers State Beach from 11:00am to 1:00pm Beat the Streets Los Angeles will be hosting a beach wrestling practice open to youth from our wrestling programs. Additional details, including exact location, will be sent after registration has been completed. Beat the Streets Los Angeles will not be providing transportation to this event. Parking at Will Rogers State Beach is $15 for the day. Contact your coach with any transportation concern

At the beginning of August, Beat the Streets LA sent 14 student-athletes on a full scholarship to the five-day Mustang Wrestling Camp at Camp San Luis Obispo. The camp — led by Cal Poly Head Wrestling Coaches Jon Sioredas and Chris Chionuma, as well as Assistant Wrestling Coach Sean Fausz — gave student-athletes the opportunity to train alongside Cal Poly’s D1 wrestling team. Each day of the camp consisted of two wrestling sessions and an outdoor activity. “There wasn’t a da

Typically, when athletes forfeit in competition, smiles of joy aren’t the first thing you see. But when twin sisters Emilie and Brianna Gonzalez both decided to forfeit their finals match at Junior Nationals—or Fargo—last month, they ran out onto the mat with matching ear-to-ear grins as they shook hands and accepted a stop sign award signifying their first shared championship. This was the first time the Gonzalez twins opted to double-forfeit out of wrestling each other. The

The week-long span of wrestling concluded on Saturday in the Tokyo Olympics, with the United States taking home nine medals in a dominant finish full of historic performances. The nine medals earned not only pushed the U.S. wrestling team ahead of the Russian Olympic Committee and Japan to the top of the medal board, but also marked the most medals earned by the U.S. since the 1984 Olympics. Impressively, the men’s freestyle team also medaled in all five weight classes they s

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 addition to the gear distribution, there will be a beach wrestling clinic. This event is for girls in grades 6-12 and is limited to the first 30 girls that sign up. After you register, you will receive periodic updates about the event, includ