Dual tournaments definitely have some zing to it as stated by back in the day. It breaks up the traditional local tournaments where these kids continue to meet and actually adds to the excitement and stategy involved of the coaches moving kids around to match up and field your best overall TEAM. I would suspect like most league teams, this format creates a healthy TEAM rivalry in a sport that sometime can become individualistic. Having followed West for the past four years, I can attest to how far they have come as a TEAM from those early days of the program. Both Tournaments and Duals are much more exciting when as a whole you have talent throughout your line up. And the cameraderie it develops between teammates, parents, and fans makes those long Saturdays well worth it. I agree, even a pooled dual format is better than another tournament.
