Dear Wrestling Coaches,
Hello, my name is Danny Crotts and I hope that this email finds you all doing
well and having a wonderful wrestling season. I am the head wrestling coach at
North Davidson Senior High in Lexington, North Carolina. We will be hosting two
tournaments in December and I am sending this email to invite you to attend
either/both tournaments. I am sure few are working on their schedule for 2007
already, but I just wanted to give a heads up for the following dates: Saturday
December 1st, Friday December 21st and Saturday December 22nd. I am inviting
teams from the following states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama,
Louisiana, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Pennsylvania.
The first tournament will be the Black Knight Duals, to be held on Saturday,
December 1st, 2007. I am looking for 10 – 12 teams (But will take more). This
was how we did King of the Mat this past year and it went rather smoothly in my
opinion. I will have 4 mats going in the main gym; we will split it up into
pools and then cross pool to determine place. Morehead won this tournament in
2006. I can guarantee 5 matches per team for the day.
Teams committed as of this email:
1. North Davidson
2. St. Clair County, AL
3. East Davidson
4. Douglas Byrd
5. Magna Vista, VA
6. Fayetteville 71st
The next tournament will be King Of The Mat to be held on Friday December 21st
and Saturday December 22nd of 2007. I would like to get 24 teams, though I will
take up to 32 teams. I have 2 gyms to use and will have 5 mats in the main gym
and 3 in the auxiliary gym. I have not yet decided if I will use our Cafeteria
to host matches or not, I’d like to try to keep us all as close as can be.
Seeding will be based on a 10 match minimum with State placement from the
previous year and total matches to help determine winning % ties.
This will not be a double elimination tournament. I would like to place as far
back as the number of teams that we have in attendance. I would like to make
sure we get all get as much mat time as we can get. No one will go 0-1 or 0-2,
or even 0-3. In looking at the brackets to place all the way back, I believe
everyone will get at least 5 matches.
The following teams have committed (said that they would attend next year
already) as of this email:
1. West Davidson
2. East Davidson
3. Ledford
4. Bandys
5. La Plata, MD
6. Bassett, VA
7. Central Davidson
8. Morehead
9. JM Robinson
10. McMichael
11. Waddell
12. Kannapolis (A.L. Brown)
13. Durham School of the Arts
14. Douglas Byrd
15. Hoke County
16. Southern Lee
17. Carroll County, VA
18. Asheboro
19. North Davidson
20. Henrico, VA
21. East Islip, NY
22. Ragsdale
23. Fayetteville 71st
24. Benedictine, VA
I will try to find out all of the information I can on hotel arrangements by
this summer to give a proper idea of what the rates for the overnight if you
plan to spend the night on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday or all nights. If you
wanted to come into town on Thursday, December 20th, our practice room mats are
not used for matches and if necessary, you can either practice with us or you
can have use of the room that night after our practice if you gave up practice
time to travel. In the room are showers and a bathroom.
If you are interested in attending either tournament or would like more
information on either tournament, please do not hesitate to contact me:
Danny Crotts
7227 Old US Hwy 52
Lexington, NC 27299
336-731-8431 (School Number)
336-225-0788 (My Cell Phone)
336-752-2637 (Home Number)
336-731-2642 (School Fax)
Entry fees for each tournament:
Black Knight Duals - If paid before December 1st, $105.00, and day of the
tournament or after $125.00.
King of the Mat - If paid before December 21st, $115.00, and day of the
tournament or after $135.00.
If you wanted to attend both tournaments:
1. If Paid before December 1st - $200.00
2. If Paid on December 1st or before December 21st - $225.00
3. If Paid on December 21st - $250.00
For both tournaments, I will take teams based on a first come first serve basis.
In closing, I'd like to wish you all the best of luck for the rest of your
seasons. I hope to hear back from you all very soon. Here are the dates and
number of teams for each tournament just as a reminder:
Black Knight Duals, Saturday December 1st 2007, 10-12 Teams
King of the Mat, Friday December 21st and Saturday December 22nd, 24-32 Teams
Again, Good Luck with the rest of your seasons and thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Danny Crotts
Business Teacher
Head Wrestling Coach
Head Boys Track Coach
North Davidson Senior High
7227 Old US Highway 52
Lexington, NC 27295
(336)731-8431 (Phone)
(336)731-2642 (Fax)