1. Yes I can confirm.
2. No we will not be waking up our wrestlers at 4am to scramble to the bus and leave by 5am or 5:30 (it would be ill advised to leave at 6am for an 8:30am weigh in deadline).
3. I know at least two schools have already made their reservations. After shopping around we wound up with a total cost of $1,000 for our rooms.
4. This has never been an issue with Pittsburg's ability to host or run a tournament but more about transparency and fiscal responsibility. If you have the option to only have ONE team travel instead of SEVEN it would make the most common sense to explore those options. Each of the seven schools could share the cost for Pittsburg's travel with all schools being in a better financial position with that solution. The gate revenue will suffer as more fans, parents, and supporters would attend if they only had to travel 20 miles instead of 120 miles.

Apparently the process is triggered by a form distributed by KSHSAA in the spring of the previous school year. Of course this offer plenty of issues: Will the AD be returning? Will the wresting coach be returning? Did the AD and/or Coach know that the form had to be completed for an event to be held almost a year later? Does the school know what classification they will be in? Does the school know what their basketball or activity calendar will look like 10 months in advance? No one knows how the regionals will be grouped as this seems to be some top secret decision by KSHSAA. No one I have talked to has any idea how this is done and most didn't know that a form had to be completed in the spring. In many cases KSHSAA contacts schools to see if they are willing to host or at least this has been the past practice. I think uncertainty and a failure to educate has created a situation that unfortunately doesn't make common sense nor is fiscally responsible.

I know Doug and Scott will do a good job but that doesn't make it the right decision.