This tournament was very well ran and a lot of fun! One of the reasons they did the "Pools" on 8 man brackets or less was so the kids are guaranteed more matches. In my opinion, I thought that this was a great idea. For example, rather than an 8 man bracket they ran 2 pools of 4. This guaranteed every kid to get at least 4 matches. They wrestled 3 on the first day and then 1 on Sunday for placing. I don't think it undermines who is in the championship. The advantage is that kids get a lot of matches as opposed to an 8 man bracket where they would only get 3 matches (3 because they placed top 8).
Want to congratulate all the kids we took from the Leavenworth County Spartans. They all competed very hard and they earned 20 All Americans.
