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Memorial Day Super NIT Information
Our Memorial Day schedule is now available! See the full bracket here. We will play just a single game on Friday at 5:45 p.m. and on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Then, on Sunday, we will play again at 8:00 a.m. and at noon. All our games will be at Fountain Bluff in Liberty.
We will wear tackle twill blue jerseys, old white Evel Knievel pants, and pinwheel caps on Friday. Saturday, we will wear two button blue jerseys, gray pants, and gray caps, and red jerseys with new white pants and pinwheel caps on Sunday. Uniform heck breaks loose if we advance to Monday!
The top 8 seeds will go on to Monday, and with 40 teams entered, most all of them quite good, the Elks will have their work cut out for them to advance to Monday's single elimination bracket starting at 8:00 a.m.
Let's bring our "A" game all weekend long!
See you all tonight for our league games and on Thursday for a good round of practice heading into a great looking weekend in the 70's and 80's!
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Omaha Trip Looming; Brackets and Info Released
While we will have info soon on the more imminent big tournament this Memorial Day Weekend, we wanted to provide this information as soon as we got it. Brackets for the Omaha weekend have been released, and we will have a Thursday afternoon game at 12:45, so an early morning trip to Council Bluffs and a game will likely be in the offing before hotel check in. We will also play two games on Friday; 8:00 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
Our games will be played at the Council Bluffs Recreation Complex across the river from Omaha, and unless we fall out of the top 16 seeds, all of our games will be played there.
There will also be a Slumpbuster Festival on Thursday evening from 6-9 at the same complex at Council Bluffs! A bonfire will alight at 6:22 where ceremonial wooden bats will be permitted to be thrown into the fire. Pin trading, inflatables, a Fundamentals Challenge, food, music, and vendors like Rawlings, Mizuno, and Schutt Sports, will all be a part of the fun!
For those interested in taking in the NCAA College World Series, it begins on Saturday with two games, and then two games Sunday. Each game requires a separate ticket. Coach Lance did verify that the team will get 20 complimentary GA tickets for the boys and coaches, but if parents want to go to sit in GA with the boys, they will need to purchase their own GA tickets, available from the tournament at a discount, if we order before June 3. Coach Lance will have a sign up sheet for those interested, as they come in books of 10 tickets.
Remember, though, that GA tickets are not guaranteed admissions. I think it's limited to the first 5,500 people to arrive, and they usually are lined up well in advance of game time! I believe that when some of our parents went a few years ago, they were unable to get in, so it is possible to NOT get in with a GA ticket.
If you are interested in purchasing any better reserved seats (and not have to arrive quite early to hope to get in), they are sold out, but you can buy official seating secondarily through the NCAA Ticket Exchange, or look at these NCAA Experience packages that are fairly reasonable (sort of) for reserved tickets that include hospitality, featuring an air conditioned tent with lounge seating, tailgate fare, cold beverages with cash bar, unlimited soft drinks, popcorn, peanuts and candy station and more.
