About
The Fayetteville Pinning Pythons are a Fayetteville, NC area youth wrestling club. We are AAU, NCWAY, and USA Wrestling affiliated and wrestle in events in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee as well as select events throughout the nation. Our wrestlers start as early as 5 years of age and some continue to wrestle with us through high school and college during their off seasons.
The Pythons have been active for over 25 years and have produced multiple AAU, USAW and NCWAY State Champions, as well as having built the foundation for many eventual high school State Champions and NCAA wrestlers.
Accomplishments:
2019 USAW Elementary State Champions, 2019 AAU Tot - Junior State Champions, 2019 NCWAY Large Club State Runner Up
2017 and 2018 NCWAY Large Club State Champions
2017 and 2018 NCWAY Rookie State Champions
25+ Year Wrestling History
News
Headlines & Stories
Retirement of a Legend
March 28, 2022
It is with a sad heart that we announce the official retirement of Pythons Head Coach Darrin Halford. Darrin has been with the Pythons for over 30 years, with 27 years of that as the Head Coach and leader of our family. There are not words to describe everything that Darrin has done for the sport of wrestling and its growth in North Carolina. Many of us owe him a huge debt.
Coach Darrin was honored at this year's NCWAY State Championships by the creation of, and subsequent first awarding of, the Annual NCWAY Darrin Halford Coach of the Year Award. It truly shows how much Coach Darrin meant to our sport to have this award named after him.
Hopefully, we are still graced by his presence now at then at our practices! We wish you all the best Darrin!
COVID 19 Update
September 17, 2020
We have received a lot of questions about our current status, so we wanted to get an update out there for everyone.
Right now, due to North Carolina state guidelines we are restricted on our ability to hold large practices. As such, we are not currently accepting new members to the club.
That said, as the state loosens the restrictions we fully intend to get back up to capacity and running practices as normal. Please continue to reach out to us if you have questions, and follow us on Facebook (just search Pinning Pythons), as that is the fastest way for us to get information out to everyone.
“This is Wrestling” Newcomer Series
December 4, 2019
The Pinning Pythons Wrestling Club will hold a newcomer session on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 from 5-6 PM. The session is open to NON-Pythons wrestlers that wish to tryout the sport and learn the basics.
Wrestlers must have less than one year of experience at the rec level or less.
No club wrestlers allowed.
Minimum age of 4 years old.
Cost for this clinic is $10 per wrestler.
Liability waiver must be signed prior to session (will have copies on site)
We are located at 504 N. McPherson Church Road, Fayetteville, NC
Weekend Middle School Clinic Series 2
November 23 10AM - 1 PM
Weekend Clinic Series
Saturday, November 23, 2019 10:00 AM - 1 PM
The Pinning Pythons Wrestling Club will hold a technique and live wrestling clinic on Saturday, November 23th, 2019 for interested middle school wrestlers. The session will be broken into two parts consisting of 1.5 hours of wrestling fundamentals and technique and 1.5 hours of live wrestling focused on utilizing what was taught during the previous session. Cost for this clinic is $10 per wrestler.
1st Annual NC Pride Duals - 2nd Place
November 3, 2019
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Pythons Crown Two AAU Spring Nationals Champions
March 25, 2019
Cam and Mac Johnson won AAU Youth Spring Nationals in Tennessee!
Pythons Capture NC AAU Tot - Junior State Championship
March 11, 2019
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Pythons Finish 2nd at NCWAY State Championships
February 25, 2019
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Pythons Win NCUSA Wrestling State Championship
February 10, 2019
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"My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings."
Dan Gable
