Powerade moved to Jan. 29-30
The Powerade Wrestling Tournament has a new date.
Instead of its original Dec. 28-29 date, the tournament will take place Jan. 29-30. The site hasn鈥檛 changed. It鈥檚 still the Monroeville Convention Center.
鈥淭hat weekend is the last one before the team tournament,鈥� said tournament director Frank Vulcano, athletic director at Canon-McMillan High School.
Vulcano is sending out survey sheets to the schools that committed to the tournament to see if they are still interested in participating.
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to lose some schools, we鈥檙e going to get some schools back,鈥� said Vulcano. 鈥淩ight now, we stand at about 50 schools.鈥�
The original date for the Powerade Tournament was outside the parameters of Gov. Wolf鈥檚 pause for high school sports, among other things, because of the coronavirus spread. The Governor eliminated all winter sports activities until Jan. 4.
The possibility exists that Gov. Wolf could extend the shutdown or allow competitions to finally start up on Jan. 4.
Because most of the other tournaments in the region were postponed, Powerade had a pretty open opportunity to reschedule.
鈥淲e鈥檙e waiting to see what happens come Jan. 4,鈥� Vulcano said. 鈥淧eople are still waiting to see what鈥檚 going to happen.鈥�
Vulcano said he has to work with capacity limits for the event. The tournament might be held without fans because of the limits.
鈥淎t least the kids will get to wrestle,鈥� said Vulcano.
This is the second major change for the tournament in less than a month. The site was changed from Canon-McMillan High School to Monroeville Convention Center to accommodate more people.
Other tournaments, such as the Chartiers-Houston Invitational and the Eastern Area at Gateway, both on Dec. 11 and 12, the Ironman on Dec. 11, Beast of the East on Dec. 18, the King of the Mountain on Dec. 18, West Mifflin on Dec. 28, the Burgettstown, Allegheny County Coaches and Tri-County Athletic Directors鈥� tournaments were canceled.