A lot of it is upgrading. People who bought a general admission package in the past may buy a (better) package (next year).

It really ties back into the community and makes people feel good about what they're doing.

It's just so expensive to put on these events it just made it very difficult to continue without a title sponsor. We probably could have run the tournament, but we probably wouldn't have been able to give this kind of money to charity.

The past has been well intentioned, but it didn't work. It is going to be as hard to find Hispanic parents willing to give time to the district as it is with any other group.

I go into every tournament expecting to win. It was a little tougher here with the cross country travel, but I try to block all that out and just keep my mind and body at an even keel.

This is the first year one of the locals has closed the deal. I executed pretty well. I've made some changes for the better, and I'm still fine tuning them.