Will, St James, Mike Medina, and all the rest that helped.....

Thanks for a great opportunity for our kids. Most of the brackets were 4-6 man RRs. HOW AWESOME! Our kids got a lot of matches in on both Sat and Sun.

Was it a little crowded and was there some problems.....yes. Everyone worked together to overcome them.

My son was also on Mat 11....here's what caused the issue (please feel free to beat Will severly about the head and shoulders on this one...ha!):

There was a wrestler that was accidentally left off the bracket (not sure why). As usual, Will jumped through hoops to get the kid in the bracket (this was way after us coaches were supposed to validate our entries). Because of that some of the bout numbers and bout sheets got changed.

Did this cause some confusion....yes....did we work through it....yes. ONCE AGAIN, WILL CHOSE TO SUPPORT LETTING A KID WRESTLE!

I would like to thank the 2 St James wrestlers that were working the table. They did a great job of staying patient and dealing with the coaches and parents.

Ditto Smokey's ratings!

The biggest challenge on Sat was that the parents didn't stay in the stands. Everyone had to crowd around the mats. Now I know some will argue they didn't have a place to sit....this was true until wrestling started. Once wrestling started you could have your choice of seats because all the parents were around the mats. Heck, I even had to talk with a lot of my own parents.

Thanks for the remote weigh in option! I recommend next year we do only remote weigh ins on Fri night with no onsite weigh ins. That way brackets can be done early. Have a coaches meeting 1 hr to 2 hrs before wrestling starts. Have us verify scratches. This will help get things started on time.

BIG THANKS TO WILL FOR BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO GET KIDS WRESTLING AND FOR GETTING THEM A LOT OF MATCHES!

We will back.

Shawn Budke