The 4th annual Wrestling for Warriors Dual tournament was held today at Manchester Central High School. The tournament, hosted by the Manchester PAL sponsored Granite State Gryphons, is held each preseason with the goal of supporting local veterans groups. The event charges a $5 admission fee and asks attendees to bring a canned food item. The event raised $1900 for the Liberty House Veterans Transitional Shelter and collected over 1000 food items. The event is a 4 mat, 8 team dual meet tournament format. Referees led by President Rick Ross of the New Hampshire Wrestling Officials Association donated their time to the event.
Teams in attendance included;
Granite State Gryphons
Gate City Wrestling Club
Smittys Barn
MetroWest United Wrestling Club
Otter Valley Vt
CBC Wrestling
New England Gold
Triton Wrestling Club
The event was won by Smittys Barn in an exciting final against MetroWest United. The final team standings were;
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Smittys Barn
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MetroWest United
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Triton
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Granite State Gryphons
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Gate City Wrestling Club
Host- WWW.Manchesterpoliceathleticleague.org
Officials- WWW.eteamz.com/half_nelson
Beneficiary- WWW.libertyhousenh.org