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Top of Iowa Conference Wrestling Tournament
Forest City High School and Middle School
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Seeding Meeting: The seeding meeting will be held at Bennigan`s in Clear Lake at 7:00 pm on Friday, January 27.
Coaches please make sure you input your entries on Trackwrestling no later than midnight on January 26th. You will have until 7 PM on the 27th to enter your seeding criteria and head-to-head information.
Parking: Please park your buses and suburbans on the west side of our school. There is a gravel driveway on the north end of the middle school that you will take you to parking on the west side. Fans will need to park in the front of the middle school or high school. Additional parking provided on the south end by the softball field or on the plowed frozen tundra to the east of the school parking area.
High School Gate opens at 7:30 AM. Middle School Gate opens at 9 AM
Admission: $5 adults $3 students. Programs will be sold for $1
Pass Gate: Will be located as you enter the high school entrance. Only people with valid passes (per IHSAA) will be allowed through pass gate. We will be honoring conference passes.
Cheerleaders: Six cheerleaders and a chaperon will be admitted free. Please enter through the pass gate.
Weigh-ins will begin at 8 am in the High School Wrestling Room
After weigh-ins tables will be in the high school cafeteria for wrestlers to eat. Coolers will be allowed but must be stored only in the high school wrestling room for the remainder of the day. Please do not plan on plugging in crock pots or other equipment as we don?t have the outlets or power breakers to handle all of those.
Wrestling begins at 10 am
Order of Matches: Gym assignments are subject to change based on tournament entries and match progress.
Round 1 - Prelims
MS Gym - Weight classes 106-145 - Bout #s 1-8
HS Gym - Weight classes 106-145 - Bout #s 1-8
Round 2 - Championship Quarterfinals and Consolation Round 1
MS Gym - Weight classes 106-145 - Bout #s 9-16
HS Gym - Weight classes 152-285 - Bout #s 9-16
Round 3 - Championship Semifinals and Consolation Quarterfinals
MS Gym - All weights - Bout #s 19-22 - Consolation Quarterfinals (front & back side)
HS Gym - All weights - Bout #s 17-18 - Semifinals
Round 4 - Consolation Semifinals
MS Gym - All weights - Bout #s 25-26 (back side)
HS Gym - All weights - Bout #s 23-24 (front side)
Round 5 - Place Matches
MS Gym - All weights - 5th and 7th place matches
HS Gym - All weights - 1st and 3rd place matches
Locker Rooms: Locker rooms will be provided however they will not be locked so do not leave items unattended. Locker Room Assignments:
HS #1: Lake Mills, Newman, West Fork
HS #2: Osage, North Butler, Rockford
HS #3: GHV, Belmond Klemme, Eagle Grove
HS #4: Forest City, Nashua-Plainfield, North Union
MS #5: Central Springs, West Hancock
MS #6: Saint Ansgar, Northwood Kensett
Towels will not be furnished
Athletico Trainers: There will be a trainer in the high school gym and a trainer in the middle school gym from Athletico during the tournament.
Officials: Officials for the tournament are: Scott Whitehill, Jeff Pavlovich, Alex Pearson, Kevin Tellier, and Rick Helmrich
Hospitality Rooms: There will be a hospitality room in the HS Library for coaches, workers, bus drivers, and officials. Signs will be posted. Water and canned pop will be available. We prefer the canned pop not enter the gym.
The Family and Consumer Science room by the middle school gym will serve as the cheerleader hospitality room for this tournament. Cheer check meeting will be at 9:40 in the cheerleader hospitality room
Concession Stands: There will be two concession stands. The main stand will be in the High School Lunchroom. The other stand will be located in the middle school. Again, we understand the tradition of parents feeding your wrestlers and will respect that to some degree but we will not bend over backwards for this. We ask that your fans not bring their own personal coolers into the venue.
Fan Seating: There will be signs posted in each gym where schools will be designated to sit. It?s not like we will be kicking you out of a spot but if a Lake Mills fan chooses to sit in the middle of the Forest City fan section and feels outnumbered or intimidated, then move to your own section.
Videotaping: All videotaping must be done from the stands. Batteries must be used. Tripods will not be allowed due to space and safety limitations.
Banners, Signs, Hoops, etc: Prohibited by the IHSAA, as per IHSAA Handbook/Website.
Awards: Will be awarded at the conclusion of the tournament. A picture trophy and header plaque bar will be awarded to the team champion. Medals will be given to the top five place winners at each weight. Wrestlers participating in the awards ceremonies are to wear only school-issued attire. Coaches, communicate this to your wrestlers involved.
Questions: For facility questions/directions contact FCHS AD Chad Moore (715) 222-5645; cmoore@forestcity.k12.ia.us or FCHS Assistant AD Jeff Jerome (515) 401-8448; jjerome@forestcity.k12.ia.us
For seeding meeting/bracketing/order of matches contact Steve Kappos (515) 720-6879; swkappos@gmail.com