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State Tournament Ticket Price and Session Information; Plus a Note About Volunteers
By Aaron Brown
Lincolnshire, IL -- Before you head to Stevenson High School this weekend for the state water polo tournament, make sure that you are aware of the changes made by the IHSA two years ago.
First of all, the schedule has changed from the first two years of state competition. Instead of having the preliminary games on Wednesday and Thursday, the IHSA has moved those first two rounds to Thursday and Friday. The semifinals, which normally took place on Friday night, will now be played on Saturday morning. After those games, there is a lengthy break where the pool will be cleared. Finally, the third place and championship games will occur on Saturday night.
More importantly, the price
structure has changed. Each session will total $8.00 for anyone to gain
entry to the games. Thursday night=$8. Friday night=$8. Saturday
morning=$8. Saturday night=$8. Which means that if you planned to attend
all four sessions, you would shell out $32, or if you wanted to see just the
boys action or just the girls, the total cost would be $24. The main thing
to know is that you will be charged $8 for each session on Saturday.
Finally, while you may not like the idea of having to pay so much to see quality water polo, these prices and policies were set by the IHSA, which is stationed in Springfield. The people who sell tickets, work at the door, or do anything to help out with the state tournament are simply parent volunteers. They are there to help out, are not getting paid, and in some cases, are working even though they have a son or daughter playing in the tournament.
The moral of this story: please do not complain or argue with the kind volunteers who are working at Stevenson over the course of the weekend. Also, if you read this and someone else is complaining or hassling a volunteer, please try and let them know that they are simply barking up the wrong tree and are causing problems for someone who has nothing to do with prices or policies and is just there on their own time trying to help our great sport.
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