The Corporation will organize and host Christian based wrestling camps and clinics. While a student at Cary High School, NC, Sgt. Adams participated on the school wrestling team and developed a passion for the sport. After Sgt. Adams’ initial enlistment, he returned home and volunteered to help Head Coach Jerry Winterton in coaching the Cary High wrestling team, until he felt compelled to rejoin the Marines to help with the fight against terrorism.

 

The Cary High wrestling team won the North Carolina state championship the season following Sgt. Adams’ death. The team had a Marine emblem with Sgt. Adams’ name on their state championship ring to honor Sgt. Adams and the impact he had on the lives of those he helped coach.

 

The Corporation has the goal of continuing to help and positively influence middle and high school aged individuals who participate in wrestling by organizing and hosting Christian based day clinics and wrestling camps. The first day clinic took place in 2006. A top wrestling coach from the state of Pennsylvania came to the clinic, teaching wrestling moves and also sharing his testimony of how God had made a difference in his life. The individuals attending the camp received lunch and a t-shirt.

 

 

Coach Bobby Shriner
Head Coach Orange High Wrestling

“The Sgt. Mark Adams wrestling clinic is a platform from which we can teach top notch wrestling technique and share the gospel of Jesus Christ with kids who may never hear it anywhere else. Highly successful coaches and wrestlers from around the east coast come and share their life stories and how Jesus Christ has impacted their lives. The participants receive not only tremendous teaching in wrestling, but, more importantly, life lessons that they can carry with them long after they leave the mat.”

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