FVL Varsity Wrestling Invitational Saturday, January 14, 2017 There will be an extra pound on Saturday. Welcome Appleton West, Columbus, Crandon, New Holstein, Oshkosh Lourdes, Oshkosh West, St. Lawrence Seminary, Seymour, Sheboygan South, Wrightstown and FVL wrestlers. Contact Information If you have any questions, please contact one of the following: -Fox Valley Lutheran High School: 920-739-4441 -Activities Director- Shawn Hill at shill@fvlhs.org, FVL ext. 5154 -Activities Secretary- Mari Lepke at mlepke@fvlhs.org, FVL ext. 5114 -Head Wrestling Coach- Scott Mumford at smumford@fvlhs.org -Assistant Coach & Tournament Director- Karl Schwerin at kschwerin@fvlhs.org, FVL ext. 5140 Late Travel/Bad Weather If you will be late on Jan. 14 due to bad weather, please call AD Shawn Hill at 920-202-0817, or Karl Schwerin at 920-840-0385. Schedule -Weigh Ins: 8:00 am -Coaches Meeting: 8:30 am -Round 1 Pigtails - 9:30 am (bout numbers 100, 101, etc.) -Round 2 Championship Bracket Quarter finals (bout numbers 200, 201, etc.) -30 minute lunch -Round 3 Consolation Bracket Quarter finals (bout numbers 300, 301, etc.) -Round 4 Semi-finals (bout numbers 400, 401, etc.) -Round 5 1st, 3rd, 5th place matches (bout numbers 500, 501, etc.) Entering Information -Please meet all trackwrestling deadlines. Please notify Karl Schwerin of any changes as soon as possible. -All rosters should in entered by Wednesday, January 11 at 11:59 p.m. -All seeding criteria must be entered by Friday, January 13 at 10:00 p.m. -All head to head information must be entered on Friday, January 13 between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Seeding Seeding will be drawn at the coaches meeting and will follow the following criteria: -Has had 10 matches toward varsity record (JV record will not be considered) -Record winning percentage -Record wins -State place last year -State qualifier last year -FVL Wrestling Invite place in 2016 Bracketing Our goal is to have as many brackets with at least 8 wrestlers as possible. We will utilize second, non-scoring wrestlers to help fill openings in brackets, allowing up to 12 wrestlers per bracket. The tournament director will email a request for non-scoring wrestlers after the lineup deadline. Please submit requests as soon as possible. We cannot guarantee that all non-scoring wrestlers will get in, but in the past every request has been filled. Your meeting trackwrestling deadlines, submitting non-scoring wrestler requests promptly, and communicating any lineup changes early makes this process much easier. For weight classes with 6 or less wrestlers we will use 4, 5, or 6 man round robin brackets. Four man brackets will only wrestle rounds 1, 3, and 5. Weight classes with 9 or more wrestlers will utilize pigtails. Pigtails will be wrestled in round 1. Based on the size of the brackets, this round may go very quickly and we may need to take a short break to allow 45 minutes of rest time before continuing with round 2. Mat Assignments We will utilize a mat assignment display board which will indicate the current, on deck, and in the hole matches for each mat. The board will include bout numbers. Wrestlers should know the bout number of their next match to estimate warm up time and avoid confusion of which rounds they will wrestle. Bout numbers can be found on the tournament page of trackwrestling or on the posted and distributed brackets. Please inform your wrestlers of this. Awards -Medals to the top three finishers in each weight class -Ribbons to 4th, 5th and 6th place finishers -First and Second place team trophies - traveling (please bring with if you have it) -Outstanding Wrestling Trophy Officials -Keven Busse -Pat DeBruin -Robert Horst -Matthew Schaefer Locker Room Assignments -Boys Athletic Locker Room: FVL, Columbus, Sheboygan South, Seymour -Girls Athletic Locker Room: Appleton West, Oshkosh Lourdes, Oshkosh West, St. Lawrence -Boys PE Locker Room: Crandon, New Holstein, Wrightstown -Girls PE Locker Room: Any female wrestlers Concessions Concessions will be on sale the entire day. Please do NOT bring any beverages (except water) or food into the gym. Ticket Pricing -Adults - $4.00 -HS Students/Senior Citizens (62+) - $2.00 -Children (K-8th grade) - $1.00 Admission Policy Each school will be allowed free admission for 14 team members, 1 manager, 1 head coach, 1 assistant coach, cheerleaders Entry Fee $185 due before Jan. 16, 2016 or brought that day Records and Results Please have your designated statistician enter your information on www.trackwrestling.com Mistakes happen, your prompt honesty helps make sure that results have been entered correctly. If you notice a mistake, please come immediately to the press box, so we can make the changes. We look forward to seeing you Saturday, January 16, 2016!