I am sitting here and I try to bite my tongue but I can no longer just sit back and let other people control the success or failure of our tournament. During the summer I heard our high school was going to start a kids club and talked to some people and decided I wanted to be a part of the building of this club. I went to a couple parent meetings and at the last meeting volunteered to be director of this new club. I also attended the state body meeting and listened to all the clubs request the week for their tournaments. It was based on this and carefully going over the list of upcoming tournaments that we at Mill Valley selected March 9 for our tournament as there were no other tourneys scheduled in our immediate area. At the Linn County tourney Mr. Hess had the nerve to not only announce that they were having their second tournament but they "needed" to do this to raise funds to buy new singlets for their club. For those who didnt know, they had already had a tourney where they had according to Mr. Hess over 700 kids in attendance. If I had anything to say to Mr. Hess I would just ask where the thousands of dollars went from the first tournament? I will let his club members find the answer to this question. As far as our tournament we will have it as scheduled! We have talked with several clubs in this area as well as clubs from other districts who plan to attend. With these things in mind I do invite any clubs who did not get flyers to give us a call but please keep in mind we will have a limit on the number of entries accepted so we can have a quality tourney. I personally have nothing against Mr. Hess and the club he represents but I do have a problem with the greed that is so damaging to other clubs both new and well established. Now that I have that off my chest I need to go to practice.

Just remember we do it for the kids! See ya on the mats.
Jeff Broadbent - Mill Valley Wrestling Club