Blossom Valley Athletic League Varsity Wrestling Championships February 14, 2009 Pioneer High School All timelines and pertinent information for the BVAL Varsity Wrestling Championships Team Line-ups: Team line up?s will be submitted to www.trackwrestling.com. All user names and passwords will be issued prior to February 4, 2009. All teams must submit team rosters online Wednesday, February 11, 2009 before 7:00 PM. Any changes after this time will need to be emailed to Mike Medlock at gusfroglip@aol.com. Enter head to head criteria Wednesday, February 11th at 7:01 PM until 7:00 PM Thursday, February 12th. Seeding Meeting: Friday, February 13th @ 5:30 PM @ Pioneer in Media Center. Pre-seeding will be done prior to the meeting. Coaches have final vote. Seeding Criteria: A Head-to-Head Current Season B State Place Previous Season C Section Place Previous Season D Tournament placing current record E Overall record current season F BVAL Placing Previous Season G Coaches? Vote Weigh In?s: Mini Gym at 7:00 AM. No Weight Allowance (CIF + 2 lbs, 105, 114, etc.) Teams will be weighed in on a first come basis. No coaches will be allowed in the weigh in area. Female wrestlers will be weighed in the wrestling room. Coaches Meeting: Coaches meeting will be held at 8:40 AM sharp in the Media Center. Two coaches bands per team. An additional band will be given for teams with 8 or more wrestlers. Tournament Format: Begins at 9:00 AM (approximately) 5 mats and 9 officials. Break down to one mat for finals. The gym will be cleared for the finals. Brackets: 16 man bracket with preliminaries (see example at www.trackwrestling.com). Please let tournament director know if your wrestler runs into the ?5-man match? rule, matchmaker will try and catch beforehand. Wrestle offs will only happen for those wrestlers who run into the 5-man match rule. Date, time and place TBA. Awards: Wrestlers must be in uniform to accept their award and individual medals and certificates. Hospitality: Coaches? luncheon will be provided ? tickets will be enclosed in packet. Miscellaneous: ? Concessions will be provided ? No food, drinks or ice cooler allowed in the gymnasium ? An Athletic Trainer will be available during the tournament ? Showers available upon request ? Stat keepers and managers must pay admission to get into the tournament per BVAL Time line (approximate): 9:00 AM Preliminaries 1 9:15 AM Round 1 10:15AM Preliminaries 2 10:40AM Quarters and Wrestle Backs 12:30PM 2nd Wrestle Backs 1:30 PM Semis & 3rd Wrestle Backs 2:45 PM 4th Wrestle Backs 3:45 PM Medal Round 3rd - 7th (Clear Gym immediately after last match) 5:00 PM Finals one mat 2009 BVAL Wrestling Championship results can be found at www.trackwrestling.com. In the left menu, click ?California? then click ?GO? tab. Select 2009 Blossom Valley Athletic League? and enter as a viewer. Have a great tournament!! Sincerely, Mike Medlock, Pioneer Wrestling/Tournament Director (408)813-5899 or e-mail gusfropglip@aol.com