Please come out and support these 20 great seniors on Friday evening. They are going to put on a good show and showcase the skills that have brought them success during their HS careers!! It will be 10 great matches when these guys leave it all out on the mat.
Mark Stanley had done a great job of organizing this event for seniors in District #1. It takes a TON of work to pull this off, and Mark (and crew) has gone through all the pains to make this a go! It also promotes a BIG weekend of wrestling in Topeka with the Classic on Friday, Districts on Saturday and the Hard Luck Tourney on Sunday!
It is so much harder to do a Senior All Star event in wrestling than in any other sport. Getting seniors to commit around the Spring Break time frame. Getting guys to practice extra 2 to 3 weeks after the season is over. Finally, getting guys that are somewhat close to their original weights to be willing to compete, even with a few additional pounds of weight allowance!!
Thanks Mark & Crew! Good luck to ALL the Seniors competing this weekend!
Doug Vander Linden
Burlington Wrestling
p.s. Thanks also goes to the KWCA for their work on Senior Big School vs. Small School Classic; to the crew that does the Metro Classic and to the "new guys on the block" (Andy, James & Crew) that did the Army Mo-Kan Classic this year!