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2008
NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships
Blue Cross Arena, Rochester
March 8-9, 2008
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR 46th
ANNUAL NYSPHSAA
WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS; 2008 EVENT SCHEDULE RELEASED
Championships head to Blue Cross Arena in Rochester on
March 8-9
LATHAM, NY The New York State Public High School
Athletic Association has announced tickets are on sale
beginning December 21st for the 2008 high
school wrestling state championships at the Blue Cross
Arena in Rochester on Saturday, March 8th and
Sunday, March 9th. The Association has also
released its competition schedule for this years
tournament which has shifted to a Saturday-Sunday format
instead of a Friday-Saturday format as in previous
years. The tournament is sponsored in part by Worldwide
Sport Supply, Jostens, CSEA, Holiday Inn and the
Marines.
THE 2008 TOURNAMENT,
now in its fifth year of a two-division format, will
follow a similar schedule to last years event held at
the Times Union Center in Albany. The upcoming
tournament will be the second year that an additional
120 wrestlers will fill the byes in the brackets.
Overall, the wrestling championships will see 520
student-athletes from approximately 400 schools
participate from each of 11 sections, along with
qualifiers from the New York City Public School Athletic
League (PSAL) and the Catholic High School Athletic
Association (CHSAA).
The 2008 schedule is as follows:
SESSION #1
Saturday, March 8 10 am
.
.. Parade of
Champions/National Anthem
10:30 2:30 pm
.
Preliminaries: Division 1 and 2
2:30 4:30 pm
Quarterfinals: Division 1 and 2
4:30 6:30 pm
Wrestlebacks: Division 1 and 2
4:30 6:30 pm
..
. Wrestlebacks: Division 1 and 2
SESSION #2
Sunday, March 9 9:30 am
National
Anthem/Special Awards
10 am 12:30 pm
.. Semifinals: Division 1 and 2
Wrestlebacks:
Division 1 and 2
12:30 2:00 pm
.. Wrestlebacks/Cons Semifinals: Div.
1 & 2
2:15 4 pm
. Consolations Finals: Division 1 and 2
SESSION #3
Sunday, March 9 6 pm
FINALS:
Division 1 and 2 (2 mats only)
THREE TICKET PACKAGES
are being offered for the tournament including a
Premium package for
$38 in which
an attendee would receive a ticket for each of the first
two sessions and a third ticket for the last session in
a premium seating area closer to the floor for the
finals only. Also available will be a one-session ticket
for $12 and a three-session package (without premium
seating) for $33.
All seating is general admission except for premium
seating for the finals. Premium seating is only
available in the Premium package.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE
beginning Friday, December 21st at the Blue
Cross Arena Box Office, also by calling 585-232-1900 or
716-852-5000, or by visiting
www.ticketmaster.com.
TO REQUEST A MEDIA CREDENTIAL
for this event, please contact Kathy Killion, Marketing
Manager at the Blue Cross Arena, via e-mail at:
KKillion@bluecrossarena.com.
Media members will be asked to provide a photo ID and
credential upon receiving their credential at the ticket
window during the tournament. Regardless of having
secured an official NYSPHSAA tournament credential,
this venue REQUIRES ALL MEDIA to contact the arena to
request a credential and announce their attendance.
HISTORY/VENUES OF WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
1963 Cornell University, Ithaca
1964 Walt Whitman High School, South Huntington (Long
Island)
1965 Ithaca College, Ithaca
1966 Walt Whitman High School, South Huntington (Long
Island)
1967 Niagara University, Niagara Falls
1968 Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse
1969 RIT Fieldhouse, Rochester
1970-72 Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse
1973 Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica
1974-2003 Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse
2004 University at Buffalo, Amherst
2005 Pepsi Arena, Albany (currently the Times Union
Center)
2006 Nassau Veterans Coliseum, Uniondale
2007 Times Union Center, Albany
2008 Blue Cross Arena, Rochester
2009 Times Union Center, Albany |
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