Hugewrestlingfan,

I would say no way to that format. I went to a youth tournament using that format and thye did not have enough mat space and we did not finish until 1:00am the next day. It is much easy having the kids going to the same mat every time. Once your numbers get so large, then you need a two day format. We are hosting a tournament this weekend and the key is larger mats, good table workers, fewer matches per mat, three or four good head table managers to trouble shoot and start on time.
You also need to cut your Entry Deadline Off and Be Firm about it. Our bracketing, bout sheets, bout numbers, mat numbers are done for this weekend. You can not bracket the night before, or the morning of the tournament. Cut your weigh times earlier and make necessary changes in the last hour. Wrestling takes time and if parents can not spend a weekend day with their child then they should not have them in an activity. The Athison tournament was well run and good quality wrestling. Not every school district(s) has the the resources to do what we are doing or ability to get ten full mats. It is flat out just a bunch of work and time. And trust me we are not doing this for the convience of the parents this is done for the kids.