470 West Hartshorn Street
Alliance, OH, 44601
United States

(330) 904-6433

We are an independent wrestling club where all athletes are welcome.  We provide the top training to our young wrestlers with the option to travel to some of the best tournaments in Ohio as well as out of state.  We are not affiliated with any schools and/or other teams.

RIGGS WRESTLING ACADEMY

ESTABLISHED 2015

University of Mount Union

470 Hartshorn St. Alliance, OH 44601

  • Practices: begins march 25, 2024 - Monday and Wednesday 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

  • CLUB Fee: April $80, drop-in $10 each practice, per athlete, cash only

  • Brown Family Wrestling Room

    located in the lower level of the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex: by the exercise equipment, go down the stairwell that leads to an all glass recreation room, take a right and a quick left down a long hallway that leads you to the wrestling room

  • participants: Youth, Middle School, and high school (3 year experience required)

  • Freestyle & FolkStyle Wrestling: bring water to practice

Club fee

cash or check: Riggs wresting academy

  • Drop-in fee: $10 each practice, per athlete, cash only

  • APRIL FEE: $80

  • no refunds

We provide top training and high percentage technique, with our Elite coaching staff, to our wrestlers.

We aim to help your athlete with discipline, hard work, and positive life skills.

Parents, please do not interfere with coaching during practice.  Our coaches are here to help teach and guide your wrestler(s).  We appreciate your cooperation.

Jim Owens

the legacy of Jim Owens and Dave Riggs will continue at the university of mount union. We are very grateful for Jim Owens friendship, guidance, and vision to help young athletes. Thank you to all the coaches who assisted in helping the wrestlers. Special thank you to Austin Phillips, Nick Hanan, Sam White, Brian Dolph, and Ryan Riggs for their valuable time coaching.

“we will miss jim, but his spirit will always live in our hearts”
— Mark Manning, Head Coach at the University of Nebraska
“i am extremely grateful for the extraordinary friendship of jim owens, his wife paula, and his family.”
— dave riggs, former head coach at massillon perry hs
“we grew up in the rewc, here we learned the values of life, trust, respect, work ethic, and skillset.”
— Mason and Lincoln Rohr, REWC members
“i am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue the legacy of jim owens and my father, dave riggs. i will cherish jim’s friendship and guidance. being home in stark county and near my family means so much to me. i am excited for the future.”
— ryan riggs, new rewc owner