Re: Texas High School Championships....

drew Kalapach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in part:

>   I feel sorry for the families that have to
> drive clear across the state now, to play on Thursday... sit a day....
> spending extra cash for hotel and food till Saturday... Don't forget
> some of these people have to get an extra day off from work to see
> their kids play.
>
> It was funny... As I was leaving the tourney... A guy was walking out
> of the gym at the same time and he said to his wife next to him... "We
> drove 4 hours to see 45 minutes of volleyball."  


I think it is really tough in a situation like a state tournament
'cause it is single elimination.  Driving across state for something
like the River City Classic is not so bad, 'cause you know each team is
going to play a lot.  But with the state tournament, it is literally
one match and out, or two matches, at best.  

I don't think the scoring method would make that much difference.  If
the tournament directors wanted good hard times as start times, they
would have had to leave even more time between matches for SOS, and
there would have been even a longer wait for matches following a 3 game
sweep.

> SIDEOUT TILL SUNDOWN, BABY!!!  That's for me.....

"How long we gonna play"
"Duh...  'Til we can't see the ball!"