BEAT THE STREETS LOS ANGELES BLOG

The Beat the Streets Los Angeles 2019-2020 season is officially underway. With many exciting events on the horizon, including Beat the Streets LA tournaments, clinics, camps, a college visit, and more, there is certainly a lot to look forward to! The season kicked off with two days of Coach & Mentor Training on October 5-6th featuring training from the National Wrestling Coaches Association , the LA84 Foundation , and Carl Fronhofer from the Ventura County Wresting Academy

This summer, Beat the Streets Los Angeles provided 129 summer camp scholarships to the girls and boys in our programs. The summer camps kicked off with two weeks of Futures Camp, where Beat the Streets LA coaches and staff took 29 boys and 28 girls to the beautiful San Bernardino mountains for four days of wrestling, outdoor activities, and character building exercises at the Arrowhead Ranch Outdoor Science School. Futures Camp for the boys featured World Champion, Olympic Br

February 1, 2019 | On Sunday, January 20, 2019, over 100 people from Beat the Streets Los Angeles met outside of Belmont and San Fernando high schools and climbed eagerly aboard two buses headed towards the PAC-12 wrestling dual meet between the CSU-Bakersfield Roadrunners and the University of Northern Colorado Bears on the CSU-Bakersfield campus.This visit to CSU-Bakersfield is the 3rd visit that Beat the Streets Los Angeles has made to the campus to give our student-athle

March 7, 2018 | Beat the Streets Los Angeles recently completed a whirlwind two weeks of wrestling with the Winter Jamboree at Canoga Park High School on February 11 th and the 2017-18 Beat the Streets Los Angeles Championships at John C. Fremont High School on February 25 th . Winter Jamboree The Winter Jamboree was hosted by our LAPD Topanga P.A.L Youth program and made possible thanks to the endless contributions of the Officer Juan Estrada, the Topanga Community Relation

April 16, 2018 | On Saturday, April 7, 2018, athletes from Southern California, Northern California and Arizona assembled in the gymnasium at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California to participate in the 5th annual Angel City Grand Prix. Contestants competed in Junior, Cadet, Schoolgirl, Novice, and Intermediate age divisions and wrestled a total of 207 matches. The top three contestants in each weight class were awarded medals and each champion received an Angel City Gran

December 21, 2018 | We are proud to announce that the Beat the Streets Los Angeles 5th Annual Benefit will be held on Sunday, March 31, 2019. This year's competition and benefit reception will be held in Los Angeles at The Wiltern Theatre and will feature an international competition between the India and U.S. Women's Freestyle Wrestling teams.The lineups for the two nations are not currently finalized. The United States and India are among the best women's wrestling nations

April 5, 2019 | This past Sunday, over 1,200 people gathered at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles for the Beat the Streets Los Angeles 5th Annual Benefit. Wrestlers, students, coaches, families, and supporters packed the theatre to witness Hollywood Wrestles Bollywood . As doors opened, USA’s first ever Olympic Gold Medalist for Women’s Wrestling, Helen Maroulis, hosted a meet-and-greet with fans and served as a commentator for the live-stream hosted by Trackwrestling with f

LOS ANGELES (February 12) – Stars of the United States Women’s Wrestling National Team are scheduled to face off against powerhouse India at Hollywood Wrestles Bollywood March 31 at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. The dual match will be featured as part of Beat the Streets Los Angeles’ 5 th Annual Benefit and International Competition, a yearly fundraising and awareness event for the LA-based wrestling non-profit. “Beat the Streets Los Angeles is honored to continue the

January 30, 2018 | After a long wait, the Wrestling Jamboree—the first competition of the Beat the Streets LA 2017-18 season—was held at Fremont High School on January 21, 2018.The event was originally scheduled for December 10th, but the effects of the Creek Fire in Sylmar forced the event to be rescheduled. Despite the wait, the jamboree provided a critical opportunity for many new Beat the Streets LA wrestlers to practice the skills they have been learning at our 18 curre

Photo: Competition takes place on October 29, 2017 between the USA and Japan Women's Freestyle wrestling teams at the 4th Annual Benefit for Beat the Streets Los Angeles. Photo by Dana Barsuhn.LITTLE TOKYO, LOS ANGELES – Beat the Streets Los Angeles was honored to host a wrestling competition between the Japanese and USA women's freestyle wrestling teams as part of our 4th Annual Benefit.Hosted by ESPN reporter Jill Montgomery, this first-of-its-kind event – a dual-meet style