IndianaMat.com's Hoosier Preseason Open

[Y2CJ41]

IndianaMat.com presents the Hoosier Preseason Open on September 11, 2010 at Northridge Middle School in Middlebury, Indiana.  The top four in each weight class will qualify for early registration for the Super 32 held on October 30-31.

More details will be ironed out in the next few weeks.  Mark your calendars for this event now!

Here are the details
http://www.indianamat.com/indianamat-coms-hoosier-preseason-open/2010/07/

[AJ]

AWESOME.....

[coops99]

this should be an awesome tournament

[devildog47959]

This is great i have been waiting for Indianamat to host an event! Good to get the 1st one out of the way, would love to see an Annual Indianamat Open

[BC/Western]

is this event for single wrestlers or is it a team event?  is it affiliate with any organization?

[Y2CJ41]

This will be an individual tournament with wrestlers currently in grades 7-12 competing in one division.

[BC/Western]

are all the details finalized. if so could u email the info

[Y2CJ41]

Registration is open!

Here is the information
http://www.indianamat.com/indianamat-coms-hoosier-preseason-open/2010/07/

[tommyho]

do kids need to have usa wrestling card ? and if so can they purchase one ?

[Y2CJ41]

No card is required for the tournament.

[CDuncan106]

This will be an individual tournament with wrestlers currently in grades 7-12 competing in one division.

So incoming seniors could possibly compete against an incoming 7th grader?  

[Y2CJ41]

Yes it could happen if the kid wants to challenge himself.

[rebels8]

is that all the wrestlers participating in the tournament that are listed under the registration. if so i really thought there would be alot bigger turnout. still debating on if we r coming down from indy but hoping will be more participants. if u could let me know if this is the full list or post a list of all participants would appreciate it.

[Y2CJ41]

This is the full list.  I expect more kids to be signing up this week and next. 

[rebels8]

thank u very much

[Y2CJ41]

Registration is picking up.  Be sure to sign up soon as the first 150 entries get a free tshirt courtesy Grapplers Supplies.

[Boot]

There are a lot fewer seniors and state qualifiers than I had expected, are there conflicts that week with other sports, or do coaches not want their kids in it, or some other bizarre reason for not taking advantage of this great opportunity?

[IMAWRESTLER]

I would think having on a saturday is the problem football and other sport conflicts.  Sunday would have been the better choice.

[Y2CJ41]

No matter the day you pick, you will have people with conflicts.  If we do it on a Sunday, there would be many out of state wrestlers that do not make the trip due to school on Monday.

[cewrestlingfan]

No matter the day you pick, you will have people with conflicts.  If we do it on a Sunday, there would be many out of state wrestlers that do not make the trip due to school on Monday.

So True.....you'll never be able to please everyone.   The really cool thing is that there are wrestlers from at least 8 different states that are registered for the tournament.  Hopefully we will get alot of last minute registrations.

[Y2CJ41]

There will be more registering.  I know there will be a group from Massa's Maniacs and from Lowell, Michigan signing up from Michigan and another group of 12-15 from Oregon Clay, Ohio.

Most people don't sign up until the last minute.

[Y2CJ41]

is that all the wrestlers participating in the tournament that are listed under the registration. if so i really thought there would be alot bigger turnout. still debating on if we r coming down from indy but hoping will be more participants. if u could let me know if this is the full list or post a list of all participants would appreciate it.

Take a look now, the list is filling up.  It seems people like to wait until the last minute to sign up.

[Boot]

Take a look now, the list is filling up.  It seems people like to wait until the last minute to sign up.

There's a surprise, people waiting until the last minute to do something. maybe waiting to choose a weight until they see who their competition is?

[cewrestlingfan]

It looks like the overall participation is pretty good.  A couple of really tough and interesting weight classes. 

Looks like the seeding is already complete.  Will the brackets be done soon or after weigh in?

[Y2CJ41]

The numbers are great, especially since we were at about 70 a week ago.  There are nine states represented, which is awesome.

The seeding is as much as I could do until weigh-ins are complete, but won't be final until tomorrow night.  I wanted to get some of it done ahead of time, so I had less work to do Friday night.  The official seeding won't be done until everyone weighs in and shows up.  I tried being as impartial as I could be considering most kids did not submit seeding data and it is hard to separate kids based off results from different states.

There are definitely some tough weight classes, especially the lower ones.  I am excited to see some of the matches already!