I want to thank all of our parents, volunteers and wrestlers for a fantastic day on Sunday.   I need to apologize for the length of the tournament.  My focus on getting wrestlers mat time and matches got the best of me and I allowed to many entrants.  That being said I cannot imagine the tournament running any smoother under those conditions.  This is a testament to all the help we had.

I make it a point to try and recognize all the help we had and in what areas they stepped up in each year, I invariably miss some people so please accept my apology if you don’t see your name below.

Lets start with my behind-the-scenes coordinator, Katie Palumbo.  Katie is a Seneca parent who has been supporting this tournament as long as I have been involved (too long).  She actually runs all the bout sheets, bracket lists and basically all the paperwork to run the tournament.  Not sure what magic she uses to get it all done but Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Dana Rehkopf our guest door manager.  Dana unfortunately moved to another team this season since she no longer lives in Mt Laurel but volunteered to help at the door.  She topped her total from last year running the show there and not sure I can find anybody as well-qualified to to work this job.  Dana, from all of Lenape Wrestling, Thank You So Much For Your Help!

Set up, breakdown and table help… what can I say we had so much support here it was a breeze to manage. We had support from the HS level in Joe Robinson (LHS head Coach & District Co-Coach of  the Year {had to add that}), Tom Mann (Shawnee Head Coach) and the support from the HS parents and  HS wrestlers (McGovern’s, Nawn’s, Ubaldini’s, Nardelli’s, Sanders’ and Kennedy’s) working on Sunday was just incredible, thanks again.  Supporters who came out to help, Scott Buck and Dennis Robbins. Lenape family’s Bregman, Frombach, Gallagher, Hoffman, Hughes, Johnstone, Kennedy, Kim, Koerner, MacQuade, McGovern’s (need to be mentioned at least twice had the entire family helping out!), Morrill, Pry, Renna, Scheets, Scioli, Singer, Snively, Spellman, Velez  & Yaffa.   Absolutely the best turnout in terms of help we have ever had… Thank You, give yourself a standing ovation you all deserve it!

I have more thanks to come stay tuned for another post later today this is just the in gym help we had…