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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Feb. 4, 2003
Contact: John Johnson or Randy Allen
517.332.5046 or www.mhsaa.com

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Feb. 4 - Group ticket sales are now underway for two Michigan High School Athletic Association Finals - the Lower Peninsula Individual Wrestling Finals at The Palace of Auburn Hills, March 6-8; and the Girls Volleyball Finals at University Arena in Kalamazoo, March 15.

Under the group program, groups of 10 or more can obtain a substantial discount off the standard general admission ticket price for each session of the two events. Group tickets are priced at $3.50 each.

"This is an excellent opportunity for school groups, youth teams and the like to come out and experience the excitement of high school athletics," said John R. Johnson, communications director of the MHSAA. "We hope that groups across the state will again take advantage of this opportunity to support high school sports."

In order to qualify for the group discount, all orders must be submitted in advance of Regional round of each tournament. For the Lower Peninsula Individual Wrestling Finals, orders must be postmarked no later than Feb. 14. For the Girls Volleyball Finals, orders must be postmarked no later than March 6. No group orders postmarked after the deadline date will be accepted. All group seating at each event is general admission. For the Wrestling Finals, all general admission seating is located in the upper level of the arena, and tickets are only available for the championship session, which begins at 4:30 p.m. on March 8. For the Volleyball Finals, one ticket is required to watch all four championship matches on March 15.

Group Ticket Order Forms for the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Individual Wrestling Finals, and the Girls Volleyball Finals may be obtained exclusively from the MHSAA web site at:

Volleyball Tickets (PDF file)
Wrestling Tickets (PDF file)

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,300 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.