The fourth annual New Year's Brawl tournament for wrestlers 12 years old and younger will be held at Cardington-Lincoln High School on Sunday, December 26. That's right, the day after Christmas!

You can find a copy of the tournament flyer on the Cardington Wrestling web site, http://www.CardingtonWrestling.com. You may also register on-line and pay the registration fee either using your PayPal account (if you have one) or your credit or debit card. Mail-in and walk-in registrations are also welcome.

If you want to weigh in at your site the day before Christmas instead of at Cardington Sunday morning, have your club coach get in touch with me to arrange a weigh-in at your site (Larry Smith, [email protected]).

Brackets will all be round robin, with the weight classes determined the day of the tournament. Large custom medals will be awarded to the top three wrestlers in each bracket. The tournament is a Tournament of Champions qualifier and an OhioWrestler.com Top 20 point scoring event.

I'm getting a few on-line entries now. I ordered the medals yesterday.

What a great stocking stuffer for those wrestlers that want a treat the day after Christmas. Put a copy of the entry form in the stocking to let them know they get to go wrestle the next day. I know my son would have loved it, he always wanted to know when the next tourney was coming.

Hey, Piratematfan, will the famous chicken & noodles be available in the concession stand?

(He said yes!)

Coaches, contact me to arrange a quantity discount for your club!

Just one week from tomorrow!

Mail-in and on-line registrations are running well ahead of any previous year. We will run all six mats with the goal of getting everybody finished early.

I believe the only other tournament in the state that day is in Cincinnati.

There will be a vendor there selling clothing and gear. A couple of people asked me about headgear, and the vendor confirmed that they will have headgear there to sell.

The on-line registrations are continuing to come in (Go to http://www.CardingtonWrestling.com.). Don't forget that the on-line registration form will CLOSE at 6:00 PM Friday, December 24. Anyone who is not weighed, registered, and paid by that time must take care of that at our site BEFORE 8:30 AM Sunday morning!

On-line registration has been extended until midnight Friday, December 24, since I am still getting them, and I won't really print off the slips until tomorrow evening anyway. However, the form WILL CLOSE at midnight, and if you're not done by then you will have to come in early Sunday morning to register! Absolutely NO registrations can be entered on Christmas Day!