We never had near 300 when the tournament was after school was out. The two times we have had it earlier our numbers have been by far the greatest.

We need to work hard to insure that we have enough officials every year to have it on the same weekend as Missouri. Last weekend would have been much better than this weekend. This weekend there are many, many graduation conflicts. In fact, I believe Rose Hill's graduation is this Sunday. It might be a good thing that our numbers are low... Last year the tournament left a bad taste in many of our parents and supporters mouths. The tournament director vowed not to host it again. EVERY year the majority of participants are from Eastern 1/4 of the state but we continue to schedule away from there. I hope the corporate board learns to listen to the data and its constituents.