Cruiser Invitational -  January 30, 2010

The Cruiser Invitational will take place on January 30^th, 2010 at the home of the Groveport Madison Cruisers (Southeast Columbus). This year’s field is made up of teams from all three divisions, a variety of conferences and all areas of the state.

The tournament will be a one-day, 12-man, individual, bracket-style tournament. Each wrestler will be vying for an individual championship, all the while helping his team to take home the team championship.

Awards:
Top 3 teams will be awarded plaques.
Top 6 wrestlers will be recognized, 2^nd and 3^rd will receive medals and the champion of each weight class will receive a T-shirt and their bracket board as a 24” x 36”, framed, plexie glass fronted, wall mountable award.

Schedule of Events:
Weigh-ins…7:30 - 9am
Coaches’ Meeting…9:15 - 9:25am
Round I Championship Preliminaries… 9:30 - 11:15am
Round II Championship Quarterfinals… 11:15 - 1pm
Round III Consolation Preliminaries… 1pm - 2:45pm
Round IV.a Championship Semifinals (Mats 1 & 2)… 2:45 - 4:30pm
                   Consolation Quarterfinals (Mats 3 & 4)
Round IV.b Consolation Semifinals… 4:30 - 5:15pm
Parade of Champions… 5:50pm
Round V Finals… 6pm

Current Teams:

DIII
Bishop Ready - New coach; return 4 DQs; one was a placer (Martello - 6^th)
Nelsonville-York - 4^th @ Steubenville District with 4 returning DQs; one a champ (McLaughlin - 103), 2 SPs (McLaughlin - 5^th, Moody - 8^th)

DII
Licking Valley - Return all nine DQs from 2009; one was a placer (Parsons - 6^th)
Whitehall Yearling - Have 3 of 6 DQs returning; one that placed. (Clark - 6^th)
Defiance - New Coach; return 4 of 6 DQs, all of whom won at least a match, one a 2x SP (Miller)

DI
Groveport Madison - Return 1 of 3 DQs in SQ Bailey
Logan - Return the entire line up from last season, including DQ Tucker
New Albany - Make the move to DI this year; 4 of their 9 DQs return
Olentangy Orange - Also make the move to DI this year; 4 DQs, all of whom return
Worthington Kilbourne - New coach; 2 DQs return from last year