I have always considered this one of the top tournaments of the year on the Aquinas schedule. Goddard has come to this tournament in the past. Hutchison has brought some great wrestlers like Romero Cotton and Ben Evans. There have been some great matchups in the past like Jed Mamie and Ben Evans. I am not really sure why anyone would question the quality of this tournament. Some of the finest wrestling teams and wrestlers in the Kansas City Kansas metro area have wrestled in this tournament. This is a quality tournament. I also want to commend all the quality young high school wrestlers on Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Leavenworth County, Douglas County and 321A teams. You are quality young wrestlers and should be commended for your participation in the toughest sport in high school athletics. I think it takes quite a bit of character for any young man to step on a mat and go in head to head combat with a peer. I admire each and everyone of you. I also want to commend Blue Valley Northwest and its coaches for putting together such a fine tournament in which the best schools in our area can compete against great teams like Hutchison, Maize, Manhattan, Newton, Andover, Topeka, Lawrence, Lawrence Free State and Goddard in the past. This has been and continues to be a great tournament.