Springtime Showdown Tournament Information
(Added Tue 5/13)
Thank you to everyone who has registered for the Springtime Showdown tournament. All of the proceeds of the tournament go toward the growth of wrestling programs in Boston, so we appreciate your support in joining us for this event. We previously hosted the Boston Open tournament series prior to Covid, and hope that this event will be the first of a new ongoing series.
This message has some important information about the day of the event:
Registration opens at 8:00am. Please do not plan to enter the school before then. We will have a full concession stand with hot food, baked goods, snacks, and drinks running throughout the day. Coolers and outside food are not allowed. The entry fee for all parents, coaches, and other adult spectators is $5. All spectators will be given a wristband at the registration table.
Check-in deadlines for each age group are listed below:
Elementary scales close at 8:30 am
Middle School scales close at 9:00 am
High School and Open scales close at 10:00 am
We will start wrestling for each age group as soon as brackets are completed, which should be no longer than 1 hour after scales close. Based on our pre-registration numbers, we expect elementary wrestling to end around 11:30 am, middle school around 12:30 pm, and high school and open around 2:30 pm.
The address of the school is 401 Bremen St, East Boston, MA. The best entrance is the Courtyard Entrance, which can be accessed directly from the on-site parking lot in front of the Excel Academy Greenway building. Please enter through the back gate, then walk through the courtyard to enter the school. The photo below shows the path from the street to the courtyard entrance.
Reminder that Madison weights will be used to group wrestlers. There are no pre-set weight classes. All wrestlers are required to weigh-in on site after they arrive. Wrestlers will be grouped with other wrestlers in their division who are close to them in weight. Wrestlers will be assigned at least 3 matches, in bracket sizes of 4, 5, 6, or 8.
There is free parking available on-site at 401 Bremen St in a lot in front of the Excel Academy Greenway building. In the event that this lot is full, there is another free lot at 402 Bennington St, which is about a 4 minute walk from the school. There is also plenty of free street parking available in the neighborhood. The image below shows the entrance to the 402 Bennington St lot.
If you attend any Excel Academy school or regularly attend Boston Wrestling Legion, register using this link:
Excel/Legion MEMBERS ONLY Springtime Showdown Registration
All other wrestlers, complete registration at FloArena using this link:
Boston Legion: Springtime Showdown 2025
For registration questions, please contact us by email at info@wrestlinglegion.org
Boston Wrestling Legion is proud to host the first-ever Springtime Showdown tournament. This is a tournament for wrestlers of all ages and takes place on Saturday May 17, 2025 at Excel Academy High School, 401 Bremen St, East Boston.
Wrestlers can compete in Elementary (K-4), Middle School (5-8), High School, and Open age divisions. Athletes in the elementary and middle age divisions will not be grouped with other wrestlers who have a 2+ year age difference without parental permission. Wrestlers may opt to enter one age division above their real age if they choose (EX: 8th grader wrestling in high school division).
Madison weights will be used to group wrestlers. There are no pre-set weight classes. All wrestlers are required to weigh-in on site after they arrive. Wrestlers will be grouped with other wrestlers in their division who are close to them in weight. We aim to group wrestlers into 8-person brackets, and will wrestle to 7th place (everyone gets 3 matches). For weights where it is not possible to do brackets of 8, we will do round robins instead.
Doors to the school open at 8:00 am
Grades K-4 scales close at 8:30 am, and wrestling will begin by 9:30 am
Grades 5-8 scales close at 9:00 am, and wrestling will begin by 10:00 am
High School and Open scales close at 10:00 am, and wrestling will begin by 11:00 am
Medals will be awarded as brackets finish
Registration is $30 per wrestler. No USAW card is required for this event. Payment is required to confirm spot in the tournament. Please register online at FloArena to secure a spot. Registration is available at this link: https://events.flowrestling.org/event/837bba83-b765-46f4-870c-6779c9b0cfd9/registration
Teams who are interested in registering a group of multiple wrestlers can email us at info@wrestlinglegion.org for group registration.
