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GAZETTE INDEX

Awards and Prizes..................................................................4 Sponsor “Thank you” Page...................................................6 Cielo Grande Map...................................................................7 Family reunites under New Mexico sun.......................9/15 Miss Roswell wears cleats with her crown.................10/18 Job Corps volunteers keep games fair, safe................15/18 HISI, United Way make winning team.......................15/30 MASH Unit ready for thrills and spills..............................18 HISI Facts, Figures and Economic Impact.........................18 Character Counts! ensures sportsmanship........................23 Youth ChalleNGe cadets help out......................................26

STEP 1 — WAIVER STATION Receive and sign your waiver. If you are under 18, the waiver MUST also be signed by your parent or legal guardian. Waivers can NOT be signed by your coach. If you have a signed waiver when you arrive, you do NOT need to go to the waiver station and may proceed directly to registration.

STEP 2 — PLAYER REGISTRATION Present your ID (Driverʼs license, copy of birth certificate or photo ID) and signed waiver to receive your player wristband. STEP 3 — PLAYER T-SHIRT STATION Receive your player T-shirt.

SUBSTITUTIONS: The team captain and the player who is substituting must go to the Substitution station to complete the process before proceeding to the second step.

Hike It and Spike It SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Members of the Board Camron Adams Shane Adams Cla Avery Charlie Blanco Patti Bristol Jim Burress Damian Cheatem J.P. Cheney Katie Dollahon Diedra Duvall Jessica Ellis Justin Ellis Jay Gluck Kelli Goodpasture Devin Graham Rob Hoff Andrew Hogan Frank Izquierdo Jerry Janow Dane Kyser Major Chris Lara Sabrina Lara Brooke Linthicum Jamie Luna Carolyn Madison

Eric Mann Jim Matteucci Mike McLeod Tom Moody Sherry Mumford Timothy Parker Michelle Pettit Mike Pettit Mike Ramey Della Reeves Pastor Jim Reeves David Rocha Stephen Rodriguez Sheryl Saavedra Kristen Salyards Jason Sweatfield Dr. Mike Taylor Bernarr Treat Alan Trever Eva Watley Jeff Weathers Laura Weathers Doug Wieser

THURSDAY, MAY 26

• Site set up: Tents, tables, chairs, stage, banners, etc.

FRIDAY, MAY 27

• Finish site set up: Tents, tables, chairs, stage, banners, etc. • 2-7 p.m., Player Registration • 2-7 p.m., Domino’s Pizza Tailgate Party

• 6-7 p.m., Officials meeting (press box bleachers)

SATURDAY, MAY 28

• 7 a.m., Registration • 7-8 a.m., Officials meeting (Storage Unit) • 8 a.m., Opening ceremonies (Field A) • Best Dressed Teams awards presentations at Awards Tent. Judging will be

held on Saturday from 12-3 p.m. at the registration tent. The winners will be announced on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Games begin!!

SUNDAY, MAY 29

• Hike It & Spike It champions determined on all fields (awards presented at Awards Tent as divisions conclude)

PARKING INFORMATION To access our site, go West from North Main Street onto College Avenue and proceed through two stop signs. As you go past the Roswell Unity Center (old airport tower), you will discover our location. The first entrance is very busy and the second entrance on the west side provides easier access. Access is also available from Eighth Street near Spring River Golf Course. RESERVED PARKING — Reserved parking in the northwest parking lot and the three smaller south one-way parking lots will benefit the New Mexico Youth ChalleNGe Academy. A $5 donation for single one-time parking or $10 donation for a weekend pass will be requested. FREE PARKING - All remaining parking will be open parking around Cielo Grande Recreation Complex at no charge. There are miles of paved parking with four entrances/locations for participant and spectator parking. Free close-to-field access lots off of College Avenue, west of the existing playing fields, will have parking all the way to

Eighth Street. Our easiest access free parking is off of Eighth Street, just west of the existing playing fields. And finally, our free, but extremely congested, parking is at the main reserved parking entrance on College Avenue. To avoid problems with law enforcement, do not park or drive on the walking path south of the playing fields and observe all NO PARKING signs. If someone double parks (blocks another vehicle in) or parks in a non-designated area, they will be towed at the vehicle owner’s expense ($150 minimum fee; see towing signs at all site entrances). RV parking will be located on the north side of College Avenue, off-site. RV parking is being provided by the Roswell Parks & Recreation Department. The lot is located just North of the main park entrance off College Blvd. Overnight RV Parking Permit is $25 per night. Please contact Parks and Recreation at (575) 624-6720 Please drive slowly and cautiously as we have many more pedestrian crossings this year.

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We expect our parking lots to be full and the overflow areas to be very crowded with vehicles. The public safety team, along with the Streets department and parking staff, has placed barricades and road closed signs in strategic locations to help with traffic congestion in case of evacuation during an unforeseen event.

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We are asking that all motorists obey traffic signs and follow the traffic patterns as directed by staff members. Remember, your safety is our No. 1 concern. In the unlikely event of an emergency, instructions will be announced over the loudspeakers at Cielo Grande and on the eventʼs official radio station, HOT 97.1 FM.

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AWARDS AND PRIZES

Every Roswell Gridiron division is treated exactly the same (with the notable exception of the “Show Me The Money! division”) Awards in each division are as follows: FIRST PLACE • Championship T-shirts • • Championship trophy footballs • DOWN & OUT BOWL • Hike It & Spike It caps •

FIRST PLACE $10,000 • Championship T-shirts • • Championship trophy footballs •

SECOND PLACE • HISI Long sleeve T-shirts • • Sponsorship plaque •

THIRD PLACE • HISI T-shirts • • Sponsorship plaque •

CHARACTER COUNTS! / SPORTSMANSHIP • All winning teams will receive Character Counts! / Hike It & Spike It commemorative trophy footballs (selected by the officials on the field for sportsmanlike conduct) •

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SECOND PLACE $3,000 • Championship T-shirts • • Championship trophy footballs •

THIRD PLACE $2,000 • Championship T-shirts • • Championship trophy footballs •

BEST DRESSED TEAM Sponsored by Graphic Connection, our retail partner, first, second and third place awards will be presented separately for teams playing on lettered fields and for teams playing on numbered fields. Judging will be based on effort, overall look, positive attitude and tastefulness. Bonus points will be awarded for a cheer/ chant or dance routine. Judging will be held on Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the registration tent. The winners will be announced on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Awards are as follows: LETTER FIELDS—First place: $50 gift certificate to Spikeʼs House for each player on the team; Second place: $30 gift certificate to Spikeʼs House for each player on the team; Third place: $15 gift certificate to Spikeʼs House for each player on the team. NUMBER FIELDS—First place: Hike It & Spike It trophy football and a $25 gift certificate to Spikeʼs House for each player on the team: Second place, $20 gift certificate to Spike’s House for each player on the team: Third place, $15 gift certificate to Spikeʼs House.

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For some teams, Hike it and Spike it takes place close to home, others have to travel a couple hours or a day, and then there is Greg Brennecka and his wife Celeste, who live in Germany. In a phone interview they told their story and why they travel around the world for the annual sports event. The couple had participated in 2014’s Hike it and Spike it for the first time. “I had a friend who had played in it six or seven years,” said Brennecka. “I lived in Phoenix with him, his name is Ken Rios. (Brennecka and Rios

played football together at Arizona State). He said, ‘You got to come and do this. It is a lot of fun.’ He asked me to join his team, and my wife and I both played on a co-ed team and we got a group together to play. That is how I found out about it and the interest got started,” said Brennecka. Brennecka has good memories of his first visit to Roswell, though he only had time to visit some of the local restaurants before leaving town. Brennecka is a scientist researching meteorites and has heard about the area before. “The people in Roswell are certainly plugged in into space research. There is

a lot of good telescopes in the area. It is definitely a great area for space research.” Just after his visit in Roswell, Brennecka and his wife moved to Germany. He had applied for a grant to continue his research at the esteemed Humboldt foundation in Germany. “I received one of those grants for five years to set up my own group,” he said. “It is a really good opportunity.” Moving to Germany does not interfere with the Brennecka’s plans to play with his team, “Methad One Football Clinic”, at this year’s Hike it and Spike it. “It is kind of a See FAMILY, Page 15

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Miss Roswell 2016 Ashlea Watley, a multiple-time Hike It and Spike It competitor, enjoys dressing up on stage as well as getting down and dirty in the grass. Look for Miss Roswell and her team, Super Saucy Squad, playing in the Co-Ed 19+ division on Field AA.

Miss Roswell wears cleats with her crown By aJ DiCkman roswell Daily reCorD

For those Hike It and Spike It competitors in the co-ed 19-plus division, better watch out, because you might get burned on a short slant by a beauty pageant winner. Ashlea Watley, a 20-yearold former Roswell High student was recently crowned Miss Roswell 2016, but don’t think she’s all smiles and waves. Watley has been playing at the annual 4-on-4 flag football tourney since junior high and her team has finished as high as third in her division. “My dad coached us the first year because none of us had played any football,” she said. “We dropped to the

Down and Out Bowl that year, but since then we’ve practiced and had decent results.” In the past, Watley played with her Charlie’s Angels dance teammates and took pride in turning heads as they beat teams consisting of more traditional athletes. “Some people were skeptical,” she said. “They’d say, ‘OK, the dance team is playing?’ but we’re all pretty athletic so the skepticism went away pretty fast once we got going.” But this year, Watley has a whole new team and will play in the co-ed division for the first time. “This year I invited my Albuquerque friends to come down and play,” she said.

“And one friend is coming from Colorado and hasn’t practiced with us, so hopefully we get in a full team practice before the games start.” Watley said the male members of her team will take care of most of the offense, but she does plan on running some shorter routes. “I’ll let the guys go out for the long throws,” she said. “Defense is probably where I’ll play the most, but on offense it will mainly be the guys running the show. Our team name is the Super Saucy Squad.” On top of having a new team this year, Watley will also be keeping up appearances as Miss Roswell throughout See WATLEY, Page 18

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Job Corps volunteers Hike It and Spike It, United Way try to keep games fair make a winning team together and their players safe

By Lisa Dunlap Roswell Daily Record

Participants and visitors at the Hike It and Spike It games might feel a bit safer, while players can thank or curse some of the calls on the field with a nod to students from Roswell Job Corps. For the past seven to 10 years, the local arm of the federal educational and training program has been providing volunteers for the charity event. This year about 45 to 50 people are expected to donate their time as either referees or security personnel, said Administrative Director Jose Martinez. About 30 students enrolled in the Job Corps’ Protective Services program will volunteer to provide 24-hour security for the three-day event. The program typically runs

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The team includes Greg’s wife Celeste Brennecka, who is a scientific editor and writing support for scientists at the University of Münster in Germany; Geoff Brennecka (brother) who is an engineering professor at the Colorado School of Mines; Erin Riley (Celeste’s sister) who works in a Pilates studio in Tacoma, Washington; Jim Riley (Cileste’s brother), who works in a law office in Oakland, California; Curtis Williams (Greg’s friend from graduate school at ASU), who works as postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis; their friend Jessica Melvin, who is a high school history teacher and basketball coach from Dublin, California and their friend Sandra

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six months to a year, with the aim of graduates obtaining employment in security fields or in law enforcement. Students in that program volunteer to work morning, afternoon or night shifts for three days. Security volunteers ensure that items or tents are secure, provide crowd control and patrol parking areas. Another 15 to 20 Job Corps participants are expected to sign up as referees for the games. They will receive a few hours of training before hitting the fields to call ‘em like they see ‘em. “There is a learning curve, definitely, especially if you don’t know anything about football, “ said Martinez, “but we have quite a few people willing to do it.” Job Corps also provides See JOB CORPS, Page 18

Peters, a chemist at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in Livermore, California. “Both our sets of parents are coming,” said Brennecka. Danny and Carolyn Brennecka from Livermore, California who are our coaches. and Tim and Anne Riley from Chicago, Illinois as assistant coaches. My parents came to Roswell to see us in 2014 and just enjoyed it.” Brennecka is looking forward to this year’s event. “I just like the amount of teams that are there,” he said. “I think it is cool. 4 on 4 is a wide open game. It is fun and a lot of action. It is a nice level where it is competitive but not super-competitive. “Sometimes you play a team that is certainly above your level but you still have a good time with it and do it for

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The banner brigade. United Way of Chaves County Executive Director Sherry Mumford and Assistant Director Laura J. Weathers are pictured at their office with just a handful of the dozens of banners, mostly for sponsors, that United Way volunteers put up each year at Hike It and Spike It. the right reasons,” Brennecka said. “Everybody knows it is for fun. Not in the money racket but in the other racket. Everybody is there for the sport and to enjoy it outside with one and another.” Brennecka and his wife are planning to stay another week after the event to explore New Mexico, visit White Sands, Carlsbad before heading to Phoenix and then returning to Germany. Submitted Photo

The 2014 team: Center left, Celeste Brennecka holding the football. Center right, Greg Brennecka, holding their award plaque. The team finished in second place in their division that year.

Since 2000, Chaves County United Way has been Hike It and Spike It’s “charity of choice.” The United Way will receive $5,000 from the event, which draws hundreds of weekend professional players from across the nation. This year, one of the teams will include two players from Germany. The 4-on-4 flag football tournament began in 1996, and over nearly 20 years has evolved into Roswell’s biggest weekend event. Need proof? Try booking a hotel room in Roswell over the Memorial Day weekend. Hotel rooms fill up as far away as Carlsbad. The Chaves County United Way and Hike It and Spike It have had a long and friendly relationship, said Sherry Mumford, Unit See UNITED, Page 30

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Play Hard but Play Smart: Tips to Keep You in the Game Warm up Before you Play: Many athletes are injured in the initial minutes of game because they jump right in without warming up. So, take 5-10 minutes to warm up gradually before going in and playing hard! Keep your Body Fed: Try and eat about 2 hours before your game to play at your peak performance. Post-game it is best to recover with some simple carbohydrates (food or sports drinks) to replenish glycogen stores. Stay Well-Hydrated: Just a bit of dehydration will decrease your performance! It's recommended that you drink about a quart of water within two hours of play, and then drink a cup every fifteen minutes during the game. Don’t Continue to Play if you are in Pain: The game shouldn't cause pain, so at the first twinge of acute, or sharp pains, stop playing. Pain is your body's way of saying, "hey, something is wrong." Pushing through acute pain is the fastest way to develop a severe or chronic injury. If you don't feel well, sit out and rest for a while. You can also stop by the ENMMC sponsored medical tent for a free evaluation. Rest and Recover: Athletes need rest, proper nutrition and a good night's sleep to recover for the next big game. Be sure to get a good meal and a good night’s sleep during the tournament; your body will thank you for it! Last but not least, don’t forget the sunscreen!

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Facts, Figures and Economic Impact ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT IN 2015 Teams................................................................................................................................................580 Total players.................................................................................................................................3,834 Family/friends with teams (1:1 ratio)......................................................................................3,834 Players/family/friends (PFF)....................................................................................................7,668 Spent by in-town PFF ($70/day)....................................................................................$193,233.60 Out-of-town PFF ($128/day).......................................................................................$628,162.56 Total spent by PFF in one day........................................................................................$821,396.16 PFF during weekend..................................................................................................$1,642,792.32 Estimated crowd size (less PFF)..............................................................................................36,332 Spectator spending ($30/day).....................................................................................$1,089,960.00 During weekend..............................................................................................................$2,179,920 Direct impact..................................................................................................................$3,822,712.32 Indirect impact (3.7 multiplier)..................................................................................$14,144,035.58 • The Hike It & Spike It Charity Flag Football Tournament is the world’s largest 4-on-4 flag football tournament and also features the world’s largest payout with $15,000 in cash awarded. It is the largest weekend event in the city of Roswell and it is the second largest event in the state. • The 2015 estimated total attendance for the Hike It & Spike It Charity Flag Football Tournament was 43,000. • In 2014, the Hike It & Spike It Charity Flag Football Tournament donated a combined $11,300 to the United Way of Chaves County, the New Mexico Youth ChalleNGe Academy, The First Tee of Roswell, the Roswell High School cheerleading squad, Church on the Move, and the Goddard and Roswell Key Clubs. • In 2014, more than 500 volunteers donated their time to assist with the Hike It & Spike It Charity Flag Football Tournament. • In 2014, Looney Tunes from Dallas, TX, took first place in the “Show Me The Money” divison. Wet & Dirty from Jacksonville, Fla., and Dream Team from Cypress, Calif., finished second and third, respectively.

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Team Looney Tunes poses for a shot with Roswell Mayor Dennis Kintigh after winning first place in the ‘Show me the money’ division’ at last year’s Hike It and Spike It Tournament.

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volunteers to other community service projects during the year such as the Bitter Lakes clean-up, Martinez said. Roswell Job Corps is part of the national U.S. Department of Labor educational and job

training program for people ages 16 to 24. They can obtain their high school diploma equivalent degrees or, through academic programs offered by Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell, earn college credits and train for careers. There is no cost to students and trainees. Some people participate in the self-

paced programs as residential students, living in dormitories located in the Roswell International Air Center. People interested in learning more about the program can look for information or Job Corps representatives at the event. They can also visit its website, roswell.jobcorps. org, or call 575-347-5414.

MASH unit ready for thrills and spills

By Jeff Tucker Roswell Daily Record

While they’re not the whacky meatball surgeons seen on TV, the MASH unit at this year’s “Hike It & Spike It” tournament probably has more experience taping ankles. For the 21st straight year since the inception of the annual 4-on-4 charity flag football tournament, the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center MASH medical unit will be on hand at Cielo Grande Recreation Area throughout this weekend’s tournament providing first-aid care. “It’s lots of fun,” said Brooke Linthicum, marketing director for ENMMC, one of the tournament’s annual sponsors. “We really enjoy it. It’s a great way for us to be out there interacting with the community and providing a great service. It’s much-needed. It’s going to be super hot out there, so people need to make sure that they’re wearing their sunscreen and staying hydrated, drinking lots of water.” The MASH unit, short for mobile army surgical hospital, is staffed by a combination of Eastern New Mexico Medical Center nursing staff and emergency medical service personnel from the Roswell Fire Department.

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the tournament. “I’ll be running back and forth, doing stuff for Cla (Avery) and when I’m not playing, I’ll be wearing my crown and walking around,” she said. “I love doing appearances and representing Roswell, especially at a big event

About 10 hospital staff and eight firefighters will be on shift throughout the annual tournament Saturday and Sunday. “We usually rotate a couple of shifts,” Linthicum said. “We’ll have people come in from 8 (a.m.) to 1 (p.m.) and then 1 to 8. At 8 o’clock in the morning, we’re wrapping a ton of stuff. By later in the afternoon is when we typically see more of the injuries and heat exhaustion and that sort of thing.” The MASH unit will be centrally located near the top men’s field, while a secondary unit will be at the children’s fields. Staffers use golf carts to reach each field quickly when an injury occurs so that help is a short distance away. Ankle and knee injuries are the most common mishaps, although more severe injuries are common. The MASH unit performs basic first-aid services, evaluates the need of participants to go to the emergency room and suggests players seek follow-up treatment for more severe injuries. Jamie Luna, medical unit coordinator for the MASH unit, estimates he’s personally taped more than 300 people’s ankles over the years at the

Memorial Day weekend tournaments. Injuries requiring surgery have occurred in the past. “It’s crazy how many injuries there are out there, unfortunately,” Linthicum said. “You see some crazy stuff out there. I’ve seen some very obviously broken ankles, legs, arms. We’ll send over at least a dozen or so to the hospital if they need additional evaluation by a physician and the lab kind of stuff.” Preventative care is also available at the MASH units. “That’s part of the wrapping that we do,” Linthicum said. “We wrap ankles, knees. We’ll have sunscreen. We’ll have water, ice. A lot of time the guys will come over and get the Bengay stuff put on some of their muscles just to warm them up a little bit so that they don’t hurt themselves as bad. Anything that we can do to help kind of prevent anything.” Between all the preventative and post-injury care, Linthicum said there’s nothing quite like watching the biggest flag football tournament in the world involving nearly 600 teams. “I go out there for there for the entertainment,” she said.

like this.” Watley said Hike It and Spike It is a huge undertaking that promotes Roswell in a positive light. “Most people outside Roswell think of it as the alien town, but I think we have a lot more to offer visitors,” she said. “I think it’s amazing that Cla and the other volunteers can put something of this magnitude together every

year.” For Watley, HISI is about fun, family, friends and of course, the food. “Just being out there and watching all the teams playing everywhere and walking around, seeing people you haven’t seen in a while, it’s super fun,” she said. “And I especially like the food. I love funnel cake.”

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Character Counts! ensures strong sportsmanship By Bethany Freudenthal and Karen Boehler Roswell Daily Record

As with nearly all athletic events, the teams that participate in Hike It and Spike It come in it to win, but from the inception of the annual 4-on-4 flag football tournament, there’s been an added component to the competition: a strong focus on sportsmanship. It’s not that the teams – from the youngest youth athletes to the “Show Me the Money” participants – don’t want to win, it’s that they know there’s an added bonus if they play by the mantra, “pursuing victory with honor.” In 2000, Character Counts! became a sponsor of the Memorial Day weekend event and in 2014 they became the top sponsor for the event. Their objective, across the country at both the high school and college levels is to try to redirect the focus in sports competition to the role that these events play in the development of the athletes. “We think the tournament provides an outstanding platform for character counts! and it’s an opportunity to present to the community throughout the event the example of athletes competing with intensity and fervor and at the same time respecting each other and the event,” said Judge Alvin Jones, who was the first co-chair of Chaves County Character Counts! According to Jones, Hike It and Spike it realized early on that Character Counts! could be a key component of the program. “The intent of the endeavor is help the athletes appreciate it through the intensity of competition with outstanding opponents that

they reach themselves the highest level of ability as athletes and so, but through the quality of the competition. There’s always rules, but fundamentally there’s the issue of good sportsmanship,” Jones said. Each year, every HISI division competes for a Character Counts! award and which team receives the honor is determined by the officials and while that puts an added bit of responsibility on those officials, Jones said they appreciate this recognition of sportsmanship and recognize the role the award plays. “The officials throughout the event keep track of the quality of the play and behavior of the contestants on each of the fields they work at and the determination is made before the end of the tournament as to who the teams will be that are recognized for the recognition,” Jones said. Teams also come in with goals of not only winning their division, but proving they can win by playing fair. It’s fairly common to hear people say, ‘Look, we want to try for the character award. Watch your behavior,’ and if something happens, teammates immediately intervene and settle things down and deal with the upset, whatever it is,” Jones said. Winner’s of the Character Counts! award will receive free entry into next year’s tournament. “This is a substantial recognition of the good character of the athletes, it’s a significant benefit, the entries to the event are not cheap,” Jones said. The six pillars of Character Counts! are, trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

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educator who for several years also served as executive director of Character Counts! Character Counts! is once again the sponsor. Last year, Avery said 580 teams with 3,834 players competed. He said this year’s entries have surpassed that number, especially in the youth divisions. “We have two full divisions for 8 and under,” he said.

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