It’s 8 PM, and we still haven’t started finals at the 4A District 3 SPSL tournament. Originally scheduled for 5:30 PM, finals are now looking like they’ll start closer to 9 PM. After consolation semifinals and 7th-place matches, the tournament was reduced from four mats to two—despite already being behind schedule.

I’m not here to criticize any team hosting an event, but this kind of decision-making is frustrating. If you’re running behind, why shrink the number of mats and slow things down even more? At the end of the day, everyone—wrestlers, coaches, parents, and officials—would rather get out of here at a reasonable time. Hopefully, tournament organizers take this into account in the future.