26th Annual COLUMBIA HICKMAN VARSITY WRESTLING TOURNAMENT January, 22-23 2016 To: Coaches and Athletic Directors: Blue Springs South, Jefferson City, Northwest, Rock Bridge, Lee`s Summit N., Joplin, Oakville, Parkway South, Battle, Hallsville, Marshall, Parkview, Missouri Military Acd. Hickman From: Dan Pieper - Head Wrestling Coach and Doug Gordon - Tournament Manager Hickman High School Re: Tournament Information Friday, January 22 Session I 3:30 Scales Available Boys locker room 4:30 Weigh-Ins Boys locker room 5:00 Scratch Meeting Hospitality Room 6:00 First Round Pools 7:30 (approx.) Second Round Pools 9:00 (approx.) Third Round Pools Saturday, January 23 Session II 6:45 Scales Available at Hickman 7:30 Weigh-ins at Hickman High School*** 9:00 First Round (Championship and Consolation Brackets) 11:00 (approx.) Second Round (Championship & Consolation Semi-Finals) (Championship & Consolation Wrestlebacks) 1:00 Lunch Break 2:00 (approx.) Warm-up time 2:30 (approx.) Third Round (Championship, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, and 15th place matches) Reminder: School will still be in session until 4:05. There will be no where to park busses on the west side starting at 3:30PM. You might plan to drop off on the East side of the building and come to the backside gym entrance behind the stadium bleachers. Format: This year we will once again be using Trackwrestling to run our tournament online. We will not have a traditional seeding meeting as we have in the past. Each team will have a window on time to enter your athletes and their records. They will then be seeded into 4 pools of 4 wrestlers based on the criteria that we have entered with Trackwrestling. The athletes will wrestle all opponents in their pool. At the conclusion of pool wrestling the top two wrestlers from each pool will advance to the championship bracket the bottom two will be placed into a consolation bracket seeding for the Championship Bracket after pool play A1 vs B2 C2 vs D1 C1 vs D2 A2 vs B1 Then it becomes a traditional 8 man bracket, wrestling out to 8th place. Seeding for Consolation Bracket after pool play A3 vs B4 C4 vs D3 C3 vs D4 A4 vs B3 Then it becomes a traditional 8 man bracket, the best a wrestler could do if 9th the worst would be 16th. Entering and Seeding of Wrestler: Below are the windows of time for `Statisticians` to enter information about their wrestlers 1. Will have from January 15th-January 19th to enter their lineup. 2. Seeding criteria will be pulled from the MSHSAA data pool for head to head and season record winning percentage. 3. Will have from January 19th-January 21st. to enter other required seeding criteria (returning State Qualifier or places in the State tournament 2015 and Returning Hickman Invitational Champion or Runner-up 2015). Seeding Criteria: Head to Head Season Record Winning Percentage State Qualifier or Place in 2015 Hickman Invitational Champion or Runner-up in 2015 Team scoring: Will based on the activity points earned throughout the Pool rounds, Championship and Consolation brackets as well as the Placement points. Athletes in the Consolation bracket will only earn half the activity point for their team as an athlete in the championship bracket. Activity points: Pool and Championship Bracket Fall, Default, Disqualification or Forfeit 4 points Tech Fall 3 points Major Decision 2 points Decision 1 point Placement points: NFHS Rules handbook p. 47 - 8 places 1st- 16 points 2nd- 12 points 3rd-9 points 4th- 7 points 5th- 5 points 6th- 3 points 7th- 2 points 8th- 1 point Weigh-Ins: Weigh-ins will be held Friday beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the Boys locker room. The scales will be available at 3:30 for all to check weight. Weigh-ins on Saturday will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Hickman High. An additional one-pound allowance will be given for the second day of weigh-ins. Scales will be available at 6:45 a.m. Please notify me as soon as possible if your team will be competing on the Thursday prior to the tournament so that I can adjust the weight allowance and notify other schools. Officials: *************************************************************** Awards: Medals will be awarded to the top 4 place winners in the Championship bracket. Please have wrestlers in uniform for their award presentations that will be held after the following weight class has been completed. Team trophies will be awarded for the top 3 teams based on points scored in the Championship bracket. Locker Rooms: Locker rooms are located just below the old gym. Please bring your own soap, towels, etc. Please bring locks, as Hickman will not be responsible for lost or stolen items. Admission: $5.00 on Friday $10.00 for Friday and Saturday $6.00 for a Saturday pass Concession: A fully, stocked concession stand will be open both days. Breakfast options available on Saturday morning Hospitality Room: Will be open both days for all coaches, administrators, and adult table workers. Lunch will be served for coaches on Saturday at the break. Entry Fee: JD Coffman, Director of Athletic at Hickman High School will contact each school for the collection of entry fees. The fees will be divided between the schools in attendance. Questions: Doug Gordon, Tournament Manager Cell: 573-356-3703 Fax: 573-214-3056 dgordon@cpsk12.org 1104 N. Providence Road Columbia, MO 65203