Prospect Park played host to the Northern leg of the touch football school series event on Monday.
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With the statewide competition boasting double the amount of teams that played in the 2017 instalment, Monday's tournament featured 42 teams from 11 schools across the North and North-West.
Schools competing in the event were: Cressy, Deloraine, Devonport, Kings Meadows, Launceston Church Grammar School, Marist College, Prospect, Queechy, Riverside, St Patrick's College and St Brendan-Shaw College.
Queechy almost doubled their team numbers from last year, represented by 115 children across 10 teams in the 7-8 girls, 7-8 boys, 9-10 girls and 9-10 boys divisions, something that physical education teacher and state coach Luke Tepper is proud of.
"We pumped this event up through the year and with me coaching one of the state touch teams, I've been around the sport for a while and I know it's a good thing to meet new people and have some fun," Tepper said.
"When I first started at Queechy five years ago, we started off with four teams. Last year we brought up seven teams and this year we have the ten, so we are growing it every year and trying to make it a big thing at school."
When speaking of Queechy's chance at taking home the Northern or state titles, Tepper was quick to suggest his junior boys side who started the day off strongly with a win. However, the senior boys also started their day off positively.
Tepper proved to know his stuff as his junior boys side made the top two for the 7-8s.
Riverside proved to be the most successful school from the championships, making the top two in the four divisions to progress to the state final with two St Patrick's College teams also advancing.
The top two from each division will represent the North in the Tasmanian final of the school series to be held at Prospect Park on May 2, facing the top two teams from Hobart.
These teams are also invited to attend the national schools cup on the Sunshine Coast in September.
Tasmania were unable to field a representative within the national finals last season in which Queensland's Coombabah High School were victorious.