Sunday Morning weigh-ins will be from 6:45 - 7:45.

We will have 3 early weigh-in locations

Mayo Quanchi from 9:30 - 12:00

Iron Faith Bristol 9:00 - 10:00

Top Flight 11:30 - 12:30

For early weigh-ins, wrestlers must bring their USA card. Early weigh-ins cost $5. 

Registration will open at 03:00pm MST on 02/24/2025

https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events/2500158102

Below is a link to pre-order gear for our State Tournament! Please take advantage of this and order your gear before the deadline of February 26, 2025 @ 11:59pm!!

Your athlete must compete in at least ONE tournament minimum to register for the RIWA Kids State Tournament.

AGE DIVISIONS BIRTH DATES

8U Born 2017-2018-2019  

10U Born 2015-2016  

12U Born 2013-2014  

15U Born 2010-2011-2012   Also 8th grade and under. No High School.

The Coventry tournament scheduled for 2/16 has been cancelled. Due to this, the two tournament requirement to compete in the RIWA Kid's State Tournament has been waived. For this year, wrestlers are only required to compete in one RIWA tournament to register for the State Tournament. 

Doors open 6:30 am

Weigh-ins 6:45-7:45 am 

If you do not make weight you will be bumped up to the next weight Class.

Parade of clubs and honoring of Folkstyle All-Americans 8:00

Mighty Mites to follow

Wrestling to begin at 9am 

Discounts

Sibling $15 each additional child

Females double bracket discount $30 for the second bracket

There will only be one session not split into two like the entire season. Thank you for your continuous support of our athletes and our sport!!

Mighty Mite States will use USA Wrestling membership system for registration. 

Please sign up for your Athlete membership today.

https://www.usawmembership.com

Your USA Wrestling event purchase (tournament entry, coaches pass, tickets, etc.) is non-refundable. Any cancelation that takes place after purchase, or after the event has been passed, will not be refunded. By completing this event purchase, you understand that all purchases are non-refundable for whatever reason. 

Sibling Discount of $10 per each additional Child currently reimbursed by the Tournament director at the event.

Double Bracket discount of $20 for female athletes who compete in both their female division and the male divisions. 

Reminder that all RIWA events are held in local schools that prohibit SMOKING. Please be respectful of these facilities and their NO SMOKING policies! We have not been invited back to certain schools because of disrespectful parents who ignored multiple warnings about NO SMOKING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. No Tobacco also means no Vaping!

Absolutely NO walk in registration. All registration is done through USA Wrestling membership site.

8U, 10U boys, 12U Girls, and 15U Girls divisions weigh in at 730am to 830am. Wrestling starts at 9am.

12U, 14U boys and 8U, 10U Girls weigh in at 11am to 12 noon. Wrestling starts at 1230pm.

Absolutely no Parents in weigh in line. Yes this means you!

No personal items such as backpacks or sneakers at scales.

Reminder to trim fingernails before you step on scales.

$10 cash only walk in registration. Please pay at head table starting 8am at every tournament.

This is for 6U wrestlers only. No coaching allowed!

For our State Tournament 2025 and going further we will require Might Mites to have a USA Wrestling card and register online for events. Please Keep this in mind as we come close to the State Tournament.

Mighty Mite Wrestling starts 830am!

Registration for all RIWA tournaments will be done through USA

February 23 Warwick PAL                                                                         

March 2 RIWA Kids State Tournament

April 5-6 Ocean State Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships

JWU Wildcats will host this year's NCAA D3 National Championships at the AMP in Providence. Please purchase seats in Sections 121, 122 and 123 to cheer our local athletes to an NCAA title!

Chairman Joao Vicente     Contact: vicentej1994@gmail.com
Vice Chairman Mike McLarney
Co-Treasurers Steven Ross and Eugene Monteiro 
Secretary Megan Hawkins
SafeSport Michael Everin
Athletic Director Walter Borden
Mat Officials Fisher Everin
Mighty Mites Clare Lowre
Womens Director Leigh Jaynes
National Teams Michael Floody

Congratulations to All-Americans Lachlan Beal 6th place 3rd-5th Boys 67lb and Michael Newton 7th place 7th-8th Boys 86lb!

The RIWA scholarships are named to honor those who have made great contributions to the Rhode Island wrestling family:

 
Rico Lomastro served as RIWA State Chair and was a tournament pairing official from 1982 until he passed away in 2015. Peyton Ellis and Daisey Hawkins are recipients of the 2024 Rico Lomastro Scholarship!
 

Misty Lourenco also served as RIWA State Chair and was team mom for the Warwick PAL wrestling program until she passed in 2016.  Andrew Pappas and Eli Silverman are the recipients of the 2024 Misty Lourenco Scholarship!
 

Robb Smith was an athlete, wrestling coach and served 35 years as a mat official until he passed in 2021. Sebastian Armstrong and Stone Farnsworth are recipients of the 2024 Robb Smith Scholarship!

Congratulations to Cole Lemovitz U16 106 7th place  and Gabriel Bouyssou  Junior 144 8th place!

Congratulations to Chloe Ross on her 7th place finish at USAW Women's Nationals in Spokane, Washington!

Congratulations to Preston Marchessault for his 5th place All-American  finish in 16U Freestyle and Gabriel Bouyssou for his 5th place All-American finish in Junior Greco!

The RIWA scholarships were named to honor those who have made great contributions to the Rhode Island wrestling family:

Rico Lomastro served as RIWA State Chair and was a tournament pairing official from 1982 until he passed away in 2015. Hayden Myers and Nicholas Baccala are recipients of the 2023 Rico Lomastro Scholarship!

Misty Lourenco also served as RIWA State Chair and was team mom for the Warwick PAL wrestling program until she passed in 2016. Nicholas Floody is the recipient of the 2023 Misty Lourenco Scholarship!

Robb Smith was an athlete, wrestling coach and served 35 years as a mat official until he passed in 2021. Luke Lagasse is the recipient of the 2023 Robb Smith Scholarship!

Rudy Everin 12U Greco 3rd place 

Jolene Cole 14u Girls FS 4th place

Max Connell Junior Greco 5th place

8U team champions: Warren Wrestling Club

10U team champions: (tie) Westerly Wrestling Club and Warren Wrestling Club

12U team champions: Mayo Quanchi

15U team champions: Top Flight Wrestling Academy

Chairman: Claro Dimen

Vice-Chair Steven Keith

Secretary: Megan Hawkins

Treasurer: Steven Ross

Safe Sport Director: Michael Everin

Athletic Director: John Antonucci

Mighty Mite Director: Randy Johnston

Womens Director: Guy Moniz

Pairing Director: Dick Ferrara and Chris Drance

Officials Director: Fisher Everin

Michael Newton 4th place All American Boys 5-6th grade 82lbs

Cole Lemovitz 4th place All-American Boys 7-8th grade 87lbs

Chloe Ross 5th place All American Girls 6-8th grade 100lbs

The RIWA scholarships were recently renamed to honor those who have made great contributions to the Rhode Island wrestling family:

Rico Lomastro served as  RIWA State Chair and was a tournament pairing official from 1982 until he passed away in 2015. Fisher Everin is the recipient of the 2022 Rico Lomastro Scholarhip! 

Misty Lourenco also served as RIWA State Chair and was team mom for the Warwick PAL wrestling program until she passed in 2016. Allie Nelson is recipient of the 2022 Misty Lourenco Scholarship!

Robb Smith was an athlete, wrestling coach and served 35 years as a mat official until he passed earlier this year. Christian Rutherford is the recipient of the 2022 Robb Smith Scholarship!

Andrew Reall 3rd place 16U 152 Freestyle

Matthew Dimen 6th place Junior 132 Greco

Rudy Everin 5th place 12U 67 Freestyle and 3rd place Greco

Gabriel Bouyssou 17U 138 Greco 5th place

Matthew Dimen 16U 126 8th place All American

Hayden Myers HS Showcase 126 8th place All American

The RIWA scholarships were recently renamed to honor those who have made great contributions to the Rhode Island wrestling family:

Rico Lomastro served as  RIWA State Chair and was a tournament pairing official from 1982 until he passed away in 2015. James Dougherty is the recipient of the 2021 Rico Lomastro Scholarhip! 

Misty Lourenco also served as RIWA State Chair and was team mom for the Warwick PAL wrestling program until she passed in 2016. Cullen McGrew is recipient of the 2021 Misty Lourenco Scholarship!

Robb Smith was an athlete, wrestling coach and served 35 years as a mat official until he passed earlier this year. Logan Farnsworth is the recipient of the 2021 Robb Smith Scholarship!

K-8  Girls Jolene Cole

K-8 Girls Kamie Hawkins

K-8 Girls Chloe Ross

HS Girls Daisy Hawkins

8U Camden Sylvia

8U Donovan Peno

8U Zyaire Fry

8U Cayden Vincent

10U Rudy Everin

10U Joseph Colardo

10U Matthew Furia

10U Michael Newton

10U Trace Dumont

10U Zakarey Hastings

10U Ezra Schonrog

12U Cole Lemovitz

12U Scott Cole

12U Chloe Ross

12U Dustin Peno

12U Nicholas Rogers

15U​​​​ Robby Newton

15U Michael Owens Jr.

15U John Childs

15U Steven Ross

15U Cash Teklinski

15U Logan Ross

15U Colby Vital

15U James Rocco

15U Jack Gianetto

15U Charles Philips

15U Michael Diorio

Chloe Ross 12U 85lb Freestyle, Folkstyle and Greco Champion

Logan Barry 12U 70lb 3rd place Freestyle, 4th place Folkstyle

Scott Cole 12U 82lb 2nd place Folkstyle, 6th place Freestyle

Robby Newton 14U 77lb 6th place Freestyle

David Perez  14U 110lb Beach Champion, 2nd place Freestyle, 2nd place Greco

William Leischner  14U 114lb Beach Champion,  2nd place Freestyle, 3rd place Greco, 4th place Folkstyle

Reianna Madden 14U 136lb 2nd place Freestyle

Preston Marchessault  14U 149lb Folkstyle and Greco Champion, 3rd place Freestyle 

Hayden Myers  16U120lb Folkstyle Champion, 2nd place Greco, 4th place Freestyle

Gabriel Bouyssou  16U 132lb Beach Champion, 2nd place Greco, 3rd place Freestyle

Kaden Fratus 16U 132lb 3rd place Beach

Michael Diorio 16U 220lbs 2nd place Greco,  3rd place Folkstyle,  6th place Freestyle

Anastasia You Junior 100 Freestyle Champion, 2nd place Greco

Rudy Everin  10U 59lb 2nd place Freestyle and Greco Champion

Joseph Colardo 10U 63lb 2nd place Freestyle

Jared Hood 16U 93lb 3rd place Freestyle

Matthew Dimen 16U 113lb 4th place Greco

Fisher Everin Junior 106lb 4th place Freestyle and 3rd place Greco

Rudy Everin 10U 56lb 5th place All American

Joseph Joyce 14U 114lb 5th place All American

Preston Marchessault 14u 149lb 2nd place All American

Jared Hood 16U 88lb 5th place All American

Peyton Ellis 16U 106lb 5th place All American

Matthew Dimen 16U 113lb 6th place All American

Jacob Joyce 16U 120lb 3rd place All American

Fisher Everin Junior 100lb 4th place All American

Congratulations to Chloe Ross for winning the both the Girls 85lb Folkstyle National Championship this past March in Coralville, Iowa as well as Pre-Season Nationals!