samaj Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 There is a new summer tournament on the block and it's the real deal!! The event information is listed in the Tournament Information Forum, where it should be. I am hoping Joe leaves this post here as it becomes a discussion. After many years of consideration and thought of trying to make this event happen, We finally jumped in feet first and made it a reality. We contacted Adidas Wrestling and they jumped at the chance to be the title sponsor of this new event. I am wondering what everyone's thoughts are. This event strives to much more than a typical high school hosted Summer Duals. (You know, the summer events that unorganized teams verbally commit to and then cancel 2 weeks prior to the event, leaving the host school with the mess filling the spot and everything that goes with it.) We want an event that is full every single year, with great programs, who show up ready to compete at a high level. We want a waiting list of hammer teams. We want an event, that quite honestly, is not for everybody. This event has been "copied" after the Disney Duals. We want it to be a smaller version of the Disney Duals, right here in Indiana. We had a "soft opening" so that we could reach out to specific programs and get a wide representation state wide. We also reached out to other states hoping to get a much different flavor, but have had little or no luck. We have had some outstanding programs commit for this year. (see the list below) and we still have a few openings. This should be a great event. So tell us, what can we do to make it grow from 16 to 36 teams from all over the Midwest in the next 2-3 years? What are the little things that make an event like this something everyone wants to do? What separates an event like this from the others? Talk to us. Help us make this something Indiana can be proud of. Here are the teams entered so far- Team List (verbally committed 100%)1. Cathedral2. Lafayette Jefferson3. Evansville Memorial4. Evansville North5. Mt. Vernon (Posey)6. Westfield 7. Avon8. Mater Dei 9. Edgewood10. Carmel 11. Columbus East 12. ?? 13. ?? 14. ?? 15. ?? 16. ?? Jeff Schaefer Evansville Memorial HS E.I. Sports and Apparel. SoIndianaMat, Dave Huff, MUSKEEWRESTLER and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestlingfan937 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Finally something nearby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahawkeye Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Looks like a heck of a start on a great event. What dates? What venue? I would assume this is in or near Evansville. I'm sure you sent an invite but Union Co. Kentucky would be a big addition. I'm trying to think of attractive events but dates would help. SIwrestling and MUSKEEWRESTLER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samaj Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) June 10-12 2022 Host schools are Evansville Memorial and Evansville North. Event will be held at Evansville North. (Amazing Facilities!!) Union County was invited. They have a camp that same weekend and cannot attend. As mentioned, full information on this event is posted in the "Tournament Information" forum. or at this link Edited April 5, 2022 by samaj MUSKEEWRESTLER and SIwrestling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahawkeye Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Would be cool to do a MASSIVE BBQ cook off in the vacinity of North High School to coincide with this event. Get the wrestlers some free BBQ one day would be awesome. I know several teams are associated with Mater Dei Athletics and feeder schools you would know more about this than I would but I also bet that Memorial feeder schools have a few groups of guys that like to do that too however they probably would not want to do it on the campus of North High School Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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