1A, 2A, & 3A JR. High State Championships January 31st & February 1st Sevier Valley Center 100 South 800 West Richfield, Utah 5th- 9th grade only. No 4th graders. No wrestlers who have wrestled a high school match are eligible to compete. Tournament Format Friday: Round 1 will begin at 4 pm till complete. Saturday: Round 2 will begin at 9 am. Championship Round will be wrestled as soon as we get to it with a short delay to set-up. At 3:45 there will be a `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 wrestle all pigtail matches into 8 and 16 man brackets, one round of championship matches for every weight and a second round of Championship for all 32 man brackets. A weight class with only two wrestlers will not wrestle until the finals. The tournament is of course, double elimination. ALL rounds are 1 minute 30 seconds. They will be wrestled on 12 mats. Six for the Jr. High, and six 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. Wrestlers in smaller brackets will wrestle their first rounds along with the rest of the larger brackets. 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 at 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. 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. The weigh-in sites will be at the below listed locations. All weigh-in sites are to open Thursday January 30 @ 6 PM and close @ 7:30 PM. It is not permissible for them to start early or close down early. No Exceptions. Representatives will be at all sites to verify weights. Although measures to lose weight at the weigh-in sites should be discouraged, wrestlers have the 6-7:30 window to make the weight. Bear River @ Bear River High School Cedar City @ Cedar High School St. George @ Red Storm Wrestling facility, 700 East 400 Fillmore @ Millard High School Monticello Monticello High School North Summit @ North Summit High School Price @ Carbon High School Roosevelt @ Union High Wrestling Room Nephi @ Juab High School Panguitch @ Panguitch High School Salina @ North Sevier High Wrestling Room The registration deadline is Tuesday @ midnight. It will be open Wednesday & Thursday at a double registration fee. http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=113347009 Contact info: Barry Smith - barry.smith@seviersd.org Blake Turner - blake.turner@m.millard.k12.ut.us 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=113347009 Cost is $15. The registration deadline is Midnight (MST) Tuesday January 28th, 2014. 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 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 30th at 6 pm: Bear River, Cedar City @ Cedar High, St. George, Fillmore @ Millard High, Monticello, North Summit, Price, Roosevelt, Nephi, Panguitch @ Panguitch High and Salina @ North 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 or faxed 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. 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. THESE ARE THE ONLY WEIGH-IN SITES. DO NOT ASK TO ADD A WEIGH-IN SITE. A list of your coaches needs to be sent by Tuesday January 28th. Wristbands will be made in advance with their name and school name on them. 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 $8 for adults and $5 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 (2012 State placing) Only tournaments that post advanced division results will be counted toward seeding so that information can be verified. Results can be easily posted at www.utahwrestling.org. 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 till complete. Saturday: Round 2 will begin at 8 am. Championship Round will be wrestled as soon as we get to it with a short delay to set-up. At 3:45 there will be a `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 wrestle all pigtail matches into 8 and 16 man brackets, one round of championship matches for every weight and a second round of Championship for all 32 man brackets. A weight class with only two wrestlers will not wrestle until the finals. The tournament is of course, double elimination. ALL rounds are 1 minute 30 seconds. They will be wrestled on 12 mats. Six for the Jr. High, and six 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. Wrestlers in smaller brackets will wrestle their first rounds along with the rest of the larger brackets. 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 at 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. 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 The separate divisions are for individual placing only. 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 will be presented to the top three teams in each classification. 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 or 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.