jrob1982,
I really liked the split format idea and I just voted yes for trying it one year. However, I'm not sure how it would work at State with 16 person brackets. Would you try to run 8, 10, 12 on Saturday and then 14 & 16 on Sunday? Is that the scenario on how you would envision it working?
Edit: Actually it would probably have to be 8,
10 and 16 on Saturday and then 12 & 14 on Sunday since I think there are less 16 years old normally and that might even out the two days some.