We had 357 kids at our tournament this weekend and started out w/ just two people on the computers. I quickly snagged a couple more and everything seemed to go pretty smooth.

We had 3 people entering bouts, and one person staying on top of printing bout sheets. 1/2 the time, the 3 people entering bout sheets were waiting on bout sheet runners to bring them updated bouts, but once someone brought 10-20 bouts to get updated, they were able to get them knocked out which allowed me to print more bouts to be delivered to the tables.

Also, spread out, because there is a lot of paper floating around. Once bouts are entered, stack your completed bouts by age group. Several times I couldn't print new bout sheets because I was waiting on results from a prior round. But you can tell on the screen that that bout was already wrestled. Someone would go over to the stack, quickly find it, and get it entered. Once that particular bout was entered, I would then be able to print 12-14 new bout sheets which keept me ahead of the mat.

Remote weigh-ins were awesome. We only weighed in 40 kids Friday night, and probably another 60 kids Saturday morning. Nobody challenged another wrestlers weight. And I didn't here anyone complain about a kid looking heavy. I was hoping that we wouldn't.

Now that our tournament is over, I have to share a screw up we made. Saturday morning we had a quick coaches meeting. I handed each club a roster and had them double check to make sure everything was entered correctly, and advise me if there were any scratches. I had a few clubs that didn't show up, so I just went with what we had and if they had a kid that didn't show, we scratched them at the table. Out of all the teams who came, the only club that had a problem with their roster was................(((((PRATT))))). I scratched a kid Thursday because his Great Grandmother passed away, then Friday nght he showed up to weigh in. I FORGOT TO ADD HIM BACK INTO THE TOURNAMENT. I created brackets, numbered the brackets, and printed them only to find out about 5-10 minutes before the start of the tournament that he was left out. I FREAKED OUT!!!!....Any way, we got started about 9:30 I think. I can sit back now and laugh at myself, but Saturday I was not happy. I guess the point I'm trying to make is........double check your own roster. I didn't!!!