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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -February 23, 2001
Contact: John Johnson or Andy Frushour-- 517.332.5046

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Feb. 23 - Tickets for the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Individual Wrestling Finals at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena, March 8-10, will be available to the public beginning Feb. 27.

The event is the largest high school wrestling tournament in America with 14 weight classes in each of four divisions totaling 896 wrestlers from over 300 schools.

All-Tournament Reserved Tickets and Single-Session Reserved Tickets in the upper bowl of Joe Louis Arena may be purchased through TicketMaster outlets and the Joe Louis Arena Box Office - 313/983-6606 -- at a cost of $30 for the all-tournament, $6 for the single-session ticket; plus handling charges. A limited number of lower bowl reserved seat tickets remain with sight lines for Division 1 and 2 activity.

General Admission Tickets at $5 per session, may only be purchased on the day of the event at Joe Louis Arena Box Office. General Admission tickets will be good for the upper bowl of the arena only.

Parking is $3 at the Joe Louis Arena parking structure.

Spectators may make hotel reservations on-line by visiting the MHSAA Web Site at -- www.mhsaa.com -- and clicking on the icon on the home page.

Action begins with the Grand March and Round 1 at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, and concludes with the Finals at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 10. The following is a round-by-round schedule of competition.

SESSION 1--Thursday, March 8
2:45 p.m. - Grand March & Round 1

SESSION 2--Friday, March 9
9 a.m. - Round 2
Noon - Round 3
3 p.m. - Round 4

SESSION 3--Friday, March 9
8 p.m. - Round 5 - Semifinals

SESSION 4--Saturday, March 10
9 a.m. - Round 6
10:40 a.m. - Round 7
12:30 p.m. - Round 8

SESSION 5--Saturday, March 10
5 p.m. - Grand March & Round 9 - FINALS

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