2007 NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championship

Session #1

Friday, March 2

10 a.m.

Parade of Champions/National Anthem

10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Preliminaries: Division 1 & 2

2 - 4 p.m.

Quarterfinals: Division 1 & 2

Wrestlebacks: Division 1 & 2

4 - 6 p.m.

Wrestlebacks: Division 1 & 2

Session #2

Saturday, March 3

9:30 a.m.

National Anthem/Special Awards

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Semifinals: Division 1 & 2

12:30 - 2 p.m.

Wrestlebacks/Consolation Semifinals: Div. 1 & 2

2:15 - 4 p.m.

Session #3

Saturday, March 3

6 p.m.

FINALS: Division 1 & 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 close 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 Monday, December 18 at the Pepsi Arena Box Office, select Price Chopper outlets, by phone at 1.800.30-EVENT (1.800.303.8368), or at www.pepsiarena.com. As of January 1, 2007, the arena will officially become the Times Union Center and consumers will be required to visit the Times Union Center Box Office or purchase tickets online at www.timesunion.com.

The tournament, now in its fourth year of a two-division format, will follow a similar schedule to last year's event held at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. The difference in this tournament, however, will be the addition of 130 more wrestlers who will fill the byes in the brackets that the tournament has had since the two-division format was implemented in 2003. This year's wrestling championships will give 520 student-athletes from approximately 400 schools the opportunity to pursue a state crown. Each of 11 sections, along with the New York City Public School Athletic League (PSAL) and the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA), will send qualifying wrestlers from each weight class in each division.

TO REQUEST A MEDIA CREDENTIAL for this event, please contact Tracy Allen, Marketing Manager at the Times Union Center/Pepsi Arena, via e-mail. Media members will be asked to provide a photo ID and credential upon receiving their credential at the ticket window during the tournament.

See the Times Union Center website for more information.