March Madness at Open Life

The month is March and the Madness is about to begin. Each year, Open Life does a Bracket Challenge for any Open Lifers who want to participate. For the past few years we've even done both a Men's and Women's bracket.

What's a stake? Well... a lot.

Winners receive the following:

• A year's worth of bragging rights.
• A commemorative paper (card stock) certificate celebrating your victory.
• Sometimes we even spring for a Sunday shoutout or an E-news announcement.

How to participate:
After the teams have been picked for both the Men's and Women's Tournaments on Sunday, March 15th, fill out a Men's and/or a Women's NCAA Tournament Challenge Bracket, hosted by ESPN. Follow the following links to join our Open Life Church groups.

• Men's Tournament Challenge - Open Life Church (M) - password is: openlife
• Women's Tournament Challenge - Open Life Church (W) - password is: openlife
  • Please Note: You'll need to register for an ESPN account to participate.
• Be sure to get your picks in before each tournament starts.
  • The Men's bracket will lock at 9:15a PT on Thu, March 19th.
  • The Women's bracket will lock at 8:30a PT on Fri, March 20th.

Whether you've been following the college basketball season all year or you're going to pick the teams by how you feel about the mascots, we hope you have a fun time participating in this year's "OFFICIAL" Open Life Church Tournament Challenge.

Past Winners:
2025:

• M: Stu Renz
• W: Derek Rubino

2024:

• M: Greg Watson & Clark Rubino
• W: Gordon LaMay

2023: Dan Schultz
2022: Dan Schultz