Team Alabama Youth State Wrestling Championships Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 A USA Wrestling Sanctioned Event Hosted By: Vestavia Wrestling Club Location: Vestavia Hills High School 2235 Lime Rock Road, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216 Important Information for the Youth State Wrestling Championship Qualifications: Alabama resident; must have competed in a minimum of 3 Team AL/USAW sanctioned events (minimum of 1 event at competition weight); minimum of a Full USAW Membership required (Beginners are eligible to compete but they must upgrade their USAW membership to Full (may be done at www.TheMat.com for a cost of $25) Wrestlers will be allowed to wrestle in only one weight class and only in their appropriate age group. The State Championship will be seeded, thus no true 2nd wrestle back bracket. MANDATORY PRE-REGISTRATION, Deadline: Wednesday, January 30th at 11:00 pm!! Please note that wrestlers will need their USA Card and Trackwrestling number to pre-register. Tournament Fee is $17 and paid online during registration on trackwrestling.com. Please add the wrestlers record information for seeding purposes. Register Now Any wrestler who fails to pre-register, before the deadline, will not be able to compete in the tournament. There will be NO late additions after registration closes!! Team Alabama will allow re-bracketing with a $25 re-bracketing fee if a wrestler needs to change weight classes. However, re-bracketing can only occur after registration is closed and before wrestlers names are released for the seeding meeting. ***Registration DEADLINE: Wednesday, January 30th at 11:00 pm*** Admission fees: Adults $5.00 Children $3.00 Tournament Director, Don Korn: Kornfamily5@gmail.com Trackwrestling Director, Ben Wanagat: benwanagat@yahoo.com **SEEDING MEETING** Seeding meeting to be held on Friday, February 1st at 6:00 pm at Vestavia Hills High School. Information Alabama USA Standards will be used for age divisions and weight classes. Coaches must maintain a visible USA Card to be allowed on the mats and in the hospitality room. Only two coaches are allowed in the corner during a match. Coaches MUST have valid USA Card Team Alabama Youth State Wrestling Schedule: Weigh in times Onsite weigh-ins only, NO satellite Weigh ins. Friday, February 1, 2013 All age groups Weigh-in - from 6pm - 7:30pm Saturday, February 2, 2013 Kindergarten - 2nd Grade: 7 am to 7:30 am 3rd - 4th Grades: 10am to 10:30am 5th - 6th Grades: 12 to 12:30pm Wrestling Age Group Schedules Kindergarten - 2nd Division, Born 9/1/2004 - 12/31/2007: Wrestling begins at 8:30 am - 10:30 am 3rd - 4th Division, Born 9/1/2002 - 8/31/2004: Wrestling begins at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm 5th - 6th Division, Born 1/1/2000 - 8/31/2002: Wrestling begins at 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm FINALS, All Age Group - 4:00pm on 3 mats