David Garrison, Activities Director Cheryl Friesz, Admin. Assistant david.garrison@nkcschools.org cheryl.friesz@nkcschools.org 47th Annual Winnetonka Varsity Wrestling Invitational January 19 & 20, 2018 Participating Schools: Blue Springs Central - St. Joseph Eureka Francis Howell Central Kearney Lafayette (Wildwood) Liberty Nixa North Kansas City Oak Park Odessa Ozark Park Hill Park Hill South Raymore-Peculiar Rockhurst Seckman Staley Timberland Troy-Buchanan Winnetonka Wrestling in the Main Gym - 138-285 Wrestling in the Aux Gym - 106-132 TOURNAMENT / SEEDING NOTES: The tournament is using the trackwrestling.com program so each coach will enter their rosters, as well as, the head to head wins/loses over the other participants in the tournament on the program. * * Deadline for submitting all entries is midnight on Thursday, January 17. * * Each coach will receive an email and password from the tournament director to complete their team?s information and seeding criteria. There will be no coaches seeding meeting for the tournament! COACHES: you MUST put your information into TrackWrestling for a wrestler to be considered for a seed (head to head, commons and last year?s state results). Per the seeding criteria, we will seed the Top 8 wrestlers and place them into 4 pools of 5 wrestlers, while the other competitors will be drawn into the 4 pools. The top 2 placers in each of the 4 pools will advance into a Championship 8-man Double elimination bracket. The 3rd & 4th placers will advance into a Consolation 8-man Single elimination bracket. The 5th place pool wrestlers in each of the pools will be eliminated from the tournament. We will have a brief coaches/scratch meeting in Room E6 (Drafting room) on Friday after weigh-ins to confirm pools. This will NOT be a seeding meeting, as this is completed by the data in trackwrestling.com and confirmed by the tournament committee. The following seeding criteria will be used: 1) Head to Head competition, 2) 2017 State Medalists, 3) 2017 State Qualifiers, 4) 2017 Winnetonka Tournament Placers 5) Committee vote. Wrestlers must also be at the same or adjacent weights to complete the seeds from previous years. IMPORTANT: For any changes to your line up on Friday please email Ila Grass, ilagrass@sbcglobal.net before you leave your school (Please don?t wait to inform us of changes when you arrive at our school). The tournament director is the only person who will make late scratches or substitutions to the tournament. You may make lineup changes up until weigh-ins. Arrival/Parking: The gyms and wrestling room will be available for teams at 12:30 pm. Please DO NOT arrive before then as school will be in session. Buses should park in the East parking lot and enter the SE doors located near the gymnasium. Spectator parking and gym entrance is on the West side of the building. Official Weigh-ins & Weight: Friday afternoon: 1:30 p.m. Saturday morning: 8:00 a.m. SCRATCH + 2 POUND GROWTH & CONSECUTIVE DAY COMPETITION ALLOWANCE The scales and weigh in room will be open before official weigh-ins beginning at 12:30 pm. and 7:30 a.m. each day. We will have multiple scales available for weigh-ins. ***Please be sure to bring your official weigh-in forms and official NFSHSA Skin Forms! Coaches Meeting: There will be a brief coaches meeting held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, and at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, in Room E6 for all coaches and officials. This meeting will be used to discuss any changes or procedures for the day?s activities and for answering questions, which need addressed. Awards: TEAM: First place: Traveling trophy the ?Dale Ewing Memorial Cup? TEAM: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place: Individual team trophies INDIVIDUAL: Champions: Trophy & T-shirt 2nd & 3rd, 4th, 5th: Medals INDIVIDUAL: 1) ?Tournament?s Outstanding Wrestler? Trophy -- (coaches vote) 2) Don Giannola Award Trophy -- (most overall takedowns/stats) 3) Gregorian Award Trophy -- (most falls in least amount of time) ***To be eligible and to win an individual award, the wrestler must qualify and wrestle in the Championship Bracket vs. the tougher competition! *** Dressing Rooms: All teams will dress in the visitor?s locker room. They will open at 1:00 p.m. on Friday and 7:30 a.m. on Saturday. Have your manager keep all valuables in a container and take them to the team bench. Pass Lists: All wrestlers and all cheerleaders in uniform will be admitted through the east side pass gate. All coaches and other school personnel must be listed on the pass list. Please e-mail pass list using the enclosed format to cheryl.friesz@nkcschools.org by Wednesday, January 17. Admission: Gates will open to the public at 2:00 pm Friday and 8:00 am on Saturday and is located at the West entrance to the gymnasiums. Admission is $5.00 per day. T-Shirts: Tournament T-shirts will be sold at the wrestling tournament, this will be provided by BLUE CHIP ATHTLETIC. Please notify your wrestlers and fans. Concessions: A Concession stand will be available throughout the day selling snack and food items. Hospitality: A hospitality room will be provided in room E4 for coaches, wives, administrators, bus drivers and tournament workers only! Please note: Due to school still being in session upon your arrival the hospitality room will not be open until after 3:00 p.m. on Friday, January 19.  Time Schedule: Times are tentatively based and may change accordingly! Friday, January 19 3:00 ? 4:15 Pool Play Round #1 Wrestling on all 6 mats ? both Main and Aux Gyms 4:15 ? 5:30 Pool Play Round #2 Wrestling on all 6 mats ? both Main and Aux Gyms 5:30 ? 6:00 BREAK ? DINNER BREAK 6:00 ? 7:15 Pool Play Round #3 Wrestling on all 6 mats ? both Main and Aux Gyms 7:15 ? 8:30 Pool Play Round #4 Wrestling on all 6 mats ? both Main and Aux Gyms Saturday, January 20 9:00 ? 10:15 Pool Play Round #5 Wrestling on all 6 mats ? both Main and Aux Gyms 10:15 - 10:30 BREAK #1 Set up & Print Championship & Consolation Brackets Round Robin Criteria: (once a 3-way tie is broken it goes back to head to head) 1. Most wins (best record) 2. Head to Head 3. Good Points 4. Most Falls 5. Least number of unsportsmanlike penalties 6. Most number of takedowns 7. Most number of near fall points 8. Least number of penalty points 9. Least amount of mat time 10:30 ? 11:45 Round #6 Championship Bracket Quarters ? Wrestling on all 6 mats ? both Gyms 11:45 ? 12:30 BREAK #2 LUNCH BREAK 12:30 ? 2:30 Round #7 Championship Bracket Semi?s & 1st Wrestle back on 4 mats in Main Gym Consolation Bracket Quarters on 2 mats in Aux Gym 2:30 ? 3:30 Round #8 Championship Bracket Consolation Semi?s on all 4 mats in Main Gym Consolation Bracket Semi?s on 2 mats in Aux Gym 3:30 ? 4:30 Round #9 Championship Bracket Place Matches 5th & 7th Place on all 4 mats Main Gym Consolation Bracket Finals on 2 mats in Aux Gym 4:30 ? 5:00 BREAK #3 Break down of mats & Championship Finals Awards Set up DINNER BREAK 5:00 Round #10 Championship Bracket Finals ? 1st & 3rd on 2 mats in Main Gym Awards Presentation - *Time Warner Cable Sports Channel is broadcasting the Championship matches; however, this year will not be a live broadcast. It will be on tape delay. Air times are listed in the Official Tournament Program SPORTSMANSHIP: Good sportsmanship is vital to the educational integrity of interscholastic activities. The purpose of this activity is to provide positive learning experiences and opportunities for personal growth of the participants. Coaches, wrestlers, officials, and spectators, can (and are expected to) assist in the promotion and achievement of good sportsmanship ideals by taking personal responsibility for keeping this contest at a high level of fair, wholesome competition. Winnetonka is excited about the opportunity to host the 2017 Winnetonka Invitational Wrestling Tournament. With cooperation from all schools participating, this will be an excellent tournament. This tournament is always a great opportunity for our fine young athletes to showcase their talents. Good luck to everyone! Only team personnel will be allowed on the gym floor. Managers, friends, and families must sit in the bleachers.  If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, please contact: David Garrison Winnetonka Athletic Director (816) 806 ? 8567 (C) david.garrison@nkcschools.org (816) 321 ? 4640 (W) Ila Grass: Tournament Director ilagrass@sbcglobal.net Scott Clark: Technology Director scott.bclark@yahoo.com Sincerely, David Garrison Activities Director