1A, 2A, & 3A JR. High State Championships January 27th & 28th Sevier Valley Center 100 South 800 West Richfield, Utah Contact info: Jason Mackelprang - jmackelprang@hotmail.com Brooks Jackson - brooksjackson@frontiernet.net Registration Locations will be set up to enter successful weigh-ins on trackwrestling. No changes will be made at the coaches meeting. All payments for wrestlers will be made through trackwrestling. Wrestlers must pre-register for the tournament on: http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=254263009 Cost is $20. The registration deadline is Midnight (MST) Tuesday January 24th, 2016. All seeding criteria and any changes need to be completed by this deadline. All satellite weigh-in will be through trackwrestling. All bouts will be assigned through staging. You must choose a team affiliation based on the school you will attend or the High School that your program feeds. No all-star teams or clubs will be allowed to compete for awards. No USA card required for this tournament. Weigh-ins Satellite weigh-ins will be allowed in the following locations on Thursday Jan 26th at 6 pm: Bear River @ Bear River High, Cedar City @ Cedar City High, St. George @ Desert Hills High, Delta @ Delta High, Monticello, North Summit @ North Summit High, Price @ Carbon High School, Altamont @ Altamont High, Nephi @ Juab High, Panguitch @ Panguitch High, Salina @ North Sevier High School, and Monroe @ South Sevier High. All wrestlers MUST attend a weigh-in. All Thursday weigh-ins are to close @ 7:30 PM and weigh-in sheet is to be emailed to barry.smith@seviersd.org or faxed to 435-529-7910 with signatures no later than 8 PM. Wrestlers who do not make weight will be moved up a weight class. You may not call in your weight. There must be two opposing coaches and the weigh-in representative present before any weights are verified. The only alternative to Thursday night weigh-in at a designated weigh-in site is to weigh in from 11:00 - Noon at the Sevier Valley Center on Friday prior to the coaches meeting. Representatives will be present at each weigh station to verify that the weight was made. THESE ARE THE ONLY WEIGH-IN SITES. DO NOT ASK TO ADD A WEIGH-IN SITE. Coaches are responsible to do a skin, nail & hair check on their wrestlers. Any violations will result in injury time at the mat and they will have 2 minutes to fix the problem or forfeit the match. High School grooming and communicable disease rules apply. Hair nets must be worn for long hair and a Dr`s note is needed for any communicable disease stating it is no longer in the contagious stage. Head Gear are required and singlets are required (no shirts and shorts) A list of your coaches needs to be sent to Jason Mackelprang - jmackelprang@hotmail.com by Tuesday January 24th. Wristbands will be made in advance with their name and school name on them. Teams will be allowed one for every 6 wrestlers. Additional wrist bands can be purchased for $20 each Divisions: Middle School 5th & 6th graders Weights: 61, 64, 67, 70, 73, 76, 80, 83, 86, 90, 93, 96, 100, 104, 108, 112, 119, 125, 135, 145, 165, 180, 210, 210+ Jr. High 7th 8th & 9th graders Weights: 70, 73, 76, 80, 83, 86, 90, 93, 96, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 138, 145, 155, 170, 190, 210, 210+ Other Tournament Information Admission cost is $12 for adults and $6 for kids, with children under 3 free, THIS FEE IS FOR THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT. Concessions will be available through the Sevier Valley Center. State championship T-shirts & hoodies, hats, and beanies will also be available for purchase. Seeding A minimum of 4 or ½ the bracket will be seeded in each weight class. All remaining wrestlers will be randomly drawn in. Seeding criteria is as follows; 1) Head to Head 2) Last years state placing 3) Season Record 4) Tie Breaker (2015 State placing) Friday at Noon a coaches meeting will be held for each division. Brackets will be preset by criteria, with the meeting held only for major errors or oversights. Tournament Format Friday: Round 1 will begin at 4 pm. 3 rounds of Championship and 3 rounds of Consolation will be wrestled. Saturday: Wrestling will begin at 9 am. Championship Round will be wrestled as soon as we get to it with a short delay to set-up. Friday at 3:45 there will be `Parade of Teams` please have all of your wrestlers in team apparel and wrestling shoes to run-out and represent your team. Friday night we will begin wrestling @ 4PM. 3 rounds of Championship and 3 rounds of Consolation will be wrestled. A weight class 4 or less wrestlers will not wrestle Friday. The tournament is of course, double elimination. ALL rounds are 1 minute 30 seconds. They will be wrestled on 10 mats. Five for the Jr. High, and five for the Middle School division. Matches will be scheduled by bout # through trackwrestling. All bout #`s will be posted on bracket sheets located on the upper deck. Each clock will show current bout # being wrestled. The only reason a wrestler should have his weight pass in the round without wrestling is if he/she has been beaten out of the tournament, he/she has a bye, or he/she is in the finals. The finals will be held Saturday as soon as we get to it. There will be a short break at this time to set up for the Championship round. Champion bios will be restricted to weight, Team/School, and participants name. The finals will begin with a parade of Champions, followed by the first four matches. The matches will be wrestled on four full-sized mats, two matches from each division at a time. All awards will take place at the end. We will continue this cycle of four and four until the finals are finished. After the finals, there will be a short break while the final team scores are tabulated, and then those awards will be given out. Only two coaches allowed per corner. No video, media, stat girls or etc will be allowed on the floor. Individual Awards Wrestlers will be placed 1st - 6th in each weight and awarded a custom medal. Champions will receive a T-shirt and a custom made bracket of their weight class. Team Awards The Middle School and Jr. High divisions will be combined for team awards. Team points will be calculated based on the highest placer in each of the 49 weights to give one overall state championship in each of the three classifications (1A, 2A, 3A). Schools or teams will only receive team points from your highest placing wrestler per weight class. Points for the highest placer in each weight class are as follows: 1st - 16, 2nd - 12, 3rd - 9, 4th - 7, 5th - 5, 6th - 3.