This morning it was announced that TN Incorporated has created the TN Events Invitational to be played in Little Rock, Arkansas. Annually, the first round will be played on Thanksgiving, the semifinal round will be played on Black Friday, and the finals and third place game will take place the following day. It is expected that a team from the American, ACC, Big 12, Big Southwest, Big Ten, East Valley, Mountain West, and SEC ever year. Here is the first field of the event (2024):
American: Alabama-Birmingham
ACC: Wake Forest
Big 12: Oklahoma State
Big Southwest: Arkansas State
Big Ten: UCLA
East Valley: Virginia State
Mountain West: San Diego State
SEC: Tennessee
Rivals Throwball has announced they will also have an event, scheduled for the same days every year as the TN Events Invitational. The event will be called the Rivals Elite Invitational and it will take place, at least in its first year in Syracuse, New York. The American, ACA, ACC, Big 12, Big Southwest, Big Ten, East Valley, and SEC will be represented in this event. Here is the field (2o24):
American: East Carolina
ACA: Dayton
ACC: Virginia Tech
Big 12: Texas Tech
Big Southwest: Denver
Big Ten: USC
East Valley: Atlanta
SEC: Auburn
All events will be officially set in stone by July 1, 2024. Both invitationals are expected to take place November 28, 29, and 30 of 2024.
Also at the 2024 TN Fall Meetings in Little Rock, board members have discussed and voted to agree upon a new format for high school throwball off-season regionals every summer. Instead of a four region, single elimination, forty team bracket, the board members have announced a thirty-two team, double elimination bracket consisting of eight regionals. The eight regionals will be hosted by the top eight teams in the country. The bracket will work like the NCAA Division 1 College Baseball Tournament. The four team bracket will be double elimination, when the bracket gets down to sixteen teams they will be best two out of three game series. Then when there are eight teams left, there will be two four team quadrants with a double elimination style similar to the first round. When two teams remain, one in each bracket, they will play a best two out of three game series. The format will be signed on at the end of the week as a change made by the TN High School Committee as the fall meetings finish up. The contract of the format will go through the summer of 2028. The final eight teams left will play in Naples, Florida at Naples High School next summer, 2024 but from 2025-2028, they will head to Orlando, Florida and play at Montverde Academy. Also, the 2024-2028 TN Tropical Smoothie High School Nationals have been moved from New York City to Highland Park High School near Dallas.
Here are the locations and dates for the upcoming high school throwball in season, end of season and off-season tournaments:
2023-2024:
November 22-24
2023 Episcopal Collegiate Thanksgiving Classic (Little Rock, AR; Episcopal Collegiate School)
2023 Bishop Gorman Thanksgiving Classic (Las Vegas, NV; Bishop Gorman High School)
December 15-17
2023 IMG Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
2023 Louisville Catholic Regional Christmas Invitational
2023 Southern New York Regional Christmas Invitational
2023 Wasatch Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
January 12-15
2024 INNOVATIVE Open Goal Classic (La Porte, IN; La Lumiere Academy)
February 16-19
2024 Empire Room Montverde Invitational (Orlando, FL; Montverde Academy)
March 5-9
2024 TN Tropical Smoothie High School Throwball Nationals (Highland Park, TX; Highland Park High School)
July 12-August 4/5
2024 High School Throwball Off-Season Regionals (Naples, FL; Naples High School)
2024-2025:
November 27-29
2024 Episcopal Collegiate Thanksgiving Classic (Little Rock, AR; Episcopal Collegiate School)
2024 Bishop Gorman Thanksgiving Classic (Las Vegas, NV; Bishop Gorman High School)
December 20-22
2024 IMG Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
2024 Louisville Catholic Regional Christmas Invitational
2024 Southern New York Regional Christmas Invitational
2024 Wasatch Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
January 10-13
2025 INNOVATIVE Open Goal Classic (La Porte, IN; La Lumiere Academy)
February 21-24
2025 Empire Room Montverde Invitational (Orlando, FL; Montverde Academy)
March 4-8
2025 TN Tropical Smoothie High School Throwball Nationals (Highland Park, TX; Highland Park High School)
July 11-August 3/4
2025 High School Throwball Off-Season Regionals (Orlando, FL; Montverde Academy)
2025-2026:
November 26-28
2025 Manvel Thanksgiving Classic (Manvel, TX; Manvel High School)
2025 Los Angeles Prep Thanksgiving Classic (Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles Preparatory School)
December 19-21
2025 IMG Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
2025 Louisville Catholic Regional Christmas Invitational
2025 Southern New York Regional Christmas Invitational
2025 Wasatch Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
January 16-19
2026 INNOVATIVE Open Goal Classic (La Porte, IN; La Lumiere Academy)
February 20-22
2026 Empire Room Montverde Invitational (Orlando, FL; Montverde Academy)
March 3-7
2026 TN Tropical Smoothie High School Throwball Nationals (Highland Park, TX; Highland Park High School)
July 10-August 2/3
2026 High School Throwball Off-Season Regionals (Orlando, FL; Montverde Academy)
2026-2027:
November 25-27
2026 Manvel Thanksgiving Classic (Manvel, TX; Manvel High School)
2026 Los Angeles Prep Thanksgiving Classic (Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles Preparatory School)
December 18-20
2026 IMG Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
2026 Louisville Catholic Regional Christmas Invitational
2026 Southern New York Regional Christmas Invitational
2026 Wasatch Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
January 15-18
2027 INNOVATIVE Open Goal Classic (La Porte, IN; La Lumiere Academy)
February 19-22
2027 Empire Room Montverde Invitational (Orlando, FL; Montverde Academy)
March 2-6
2026 TN Tropical Smoothie High School Throwball Nationals (Highland Park, TX; Highland Park High School)
July 12-August 2/3
2027 High School Throwball Off-Season Regionals (Orlando, FL; Montverde Academy)
2027-2028:
November 24-26
2027 Manvel Thanksgiving Classic (Manvel, TX; Manvel High School)
2027 Los Angeles Prep Thanksgiving Classic (Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles Preparatory School)
December 17-19
2027 IMG Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
2027 Louisville Catholic Regional Christmas Invitational
2027 Southern New York Regional Christmas Invitational
2027 Wasatch Academy Regional Christmas Invitational
January 14-17
2028 INNOVATIVE Open Goal Classic (La Porte, IN; La Lumiere Academy)
February 18-21
2028 Empire Room Montverde Invitational (Orlando, FL; Montverde Academy)
March 7-10
2028 TN Tropical Smoothie High School Throwball Nationals (Highland Park, TX; Highland Park High School)
July 14-August 6/7
2027 High School Throwball Off-Season Regionals (Orlando, FL; Montverde Academy)