I am the president of Ottawa Mat Masters and all of this has just been brought to my attention this evening. Believe you and me, Rick and I are quite upset about this situation and are handling it with all parties. James and his children are new to our club and he is currently helping us coach as well. Another coach of ours took it upon himself to call parents Sat. evening from what I understand and told them to come on up to Shawnee for the tournament since Burlington was cancelled. Yes, these are OPEN wrestlers and SHOULD NOT have even been allowed into this tournament. When James was approached by another father he simply answered about the 2 tournaments that he was asked about. In our opinion, our wrestlers can wrestle in novice the first 2 years as a beginner. But once they have moved to open tournaments and start placing they ARE NOT ALLOWED to go back to novice tournaments. COMMON SENSE!!! Rick and I are extending our sincerist apologies to the Cougar Kids Wrestling Club and to the parents and children that any of our open wrestlers were subjected to. I am asking the parents of the wrestlers to return the brackets and medals that they won so they can be rewarded to the right child. James and the other coach in question will be handled privately within our club. Ottawa has a reputation to uphold and a fabulous club that has been put back together over the past 3 or 4 years and we hope to keep our good standing in the wrestling community. The gull of someone to take MY POSITION as this club president and use it to enter children in a tournament on his own is not tolerable!!! Once again, I apologize to everyone involved. Renee' Carver