If you did not know the KSHSAA will be running pilot program at the 1-3A regional and state wrestling tournament this year. They will be using the The Wrestling Tourney software. You can get more information about the software at the following address.
http://www.pes-sports.com/pe01177.htm I presented this to Rick Bowden last April and had another meeting in early December to go over the program in more detail. There are several things that the state liked about this program. One thing is that you can do online entries. It is my understanding that all 1-3A regional tournament entries will be done on line. If everything goes as planned next year all class will have online entries for the regional tournament. next year. I will run online entries for the Holton tournament this year and so will Silver Lake. I am sure that there are other schools that are doing online entries as well. Anyone that has run a high school or regional tournament knows that fax entry form from other school are sometimes very hard to read. Online entries can be entered into the software with out any additional typing. The software is very easy to run and results can be downloaded on to the internet as they happen. As a former wrestling coach and fan I would like to some day see all high school wrestling tournament results on the internet. I think it would be great to get on to the internet and click on any tournament in the state of Kansas ans see the results.
I contacted Kevin Cotter the owner of the software and he has agreed to sell the program as a cooperative purchase (one large purchase at the same time) for $99.95 instead of the $129.95 plus shipping. If you are interested in this software e-mail bphillips@holtonks.net. I realize that there are other wrestling software companies available but this software looks to be well test and updated. This software has been used in Michigan for their regional and sate tournament for the last 7 years. I am sure there are allot of questions and hopeful I will be able to answer them. Another thing that I was hoping to do is to have training next year at the KWCA clinic in the fall. The software is really easy to run but there are always some questions that arise.
