2018 DISTRICT 4 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION SHEET Date: March 17th, 2018 Location: Belton Middle School / Freshman Center 107 W. Pirate Parkway Belton, MO 64012 Tournament Director: Jeremy Baker jbaker@bsd124.org Mail entries to: Trackwrestling is preferred Belton High School - ATTN WRESTLING 801 W North Ave Belton, MO 64012 Entry deadline: March 10th, 2018 Entry fee: $20.00 non-refundable Seeding Meeting: Tuesday, March 13th 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Belton Middle School / Freshman Center Cafeteria Club Representatives (and unaffiliated members) must present a valid 2017-18 MO/USA WRESTLING Competitors card for each wrestler not on the state provided spreadsheet before that wrestler can be entered into the tournament. This information must accompany the returned spreadsheet. No wrestler will be allowed to enter the tournament without this information, absolutely no exceptions! Unaffiliated wrestlers must compete in the district and region in which the club they purchased their card with is assigned; or individuals not wrestling with a chartered club will be assigned a district by the state chairperson, even if they are practicing or competing with a MISSOURI USA WRESTLING chartered club in another district or region. Accurate win/loss records must also be presented with the team entries for any wrestler to be seeded, records will not be allowed to be added during the seeding meeting. At least one coach, or club representative, must attend the seeding meeting in order for any wrestler to be seeded. If a representative is unable to attend the meeting, the wrestler will be drawn into the bracket. Exceptions will be left to the discretion of the District Representative, in consultation with the State Chairperson or Tournament Committee Chairperson. Only changes in weight classes may be submitted after the entry deadline of March 10th, but only up to 7:00 p.m. on March 13th with a $20.00 penalty fee. There will be no new entries allowed after the deadline of March 10th. WEIGH-INS: Friday, March 16th 6:30-8:00 p.m. 8 / 10 Unders - Belton MS / Freshman Center - Lower Gym 12 /14 Unders - Belton MS / Freshman Center - Upper Gym Saturday, March 17th 7:30-8:00 a.m. 8 / 10 Unders - Belton MS / Freshman Center - Lower Gym 12 /14 Unders - Belton MS / Freshman Center - Upper Gym Scratch Weight. Any wrestler who fails to make the weight at which they qualified at during the weigh-in period will not be allowed to wrestle. Absolutely no changes. Wrestlers will be allowed to weigh-in one time only on Friday night. If a wrestler is over-weight on Friday, than they will be allowed to weigh-in one time only on Saturday morning. Scales will be opened one-half (1/2) hour prior to the weigh-in times on Friday and Saturday to allow wrestlers to check their weight; after the weigh-ins begin, there will be no checking of weight. Wrestlers must be allowed to use any of the certified scales being used for the competition weigh-ins. Wrestlers who are overweight after their one time weigh-in on Saturday morning will not be allowed to wrestle. There will be no running, or other weight loss measures, allowed inside the wrestling facility. All wrestlers will be required to weigh-in wearing only a singlet with the straps pulled down; females will be required to wear their singlet with a sports bra, or other suitable undergarment. Each wrestler will be visually checked and if a participant is suspected of having a communicable skin disease, or any other condition that may make participation inadvisable, the wrestler must provide written documentation (which must be on the current years form. The 2017-18 Skin Condition Report can be located on the MISSOURI USA WRESTLING website (linked to the MSHSAA Form), dated and signed by a physician, within 14 days of the tournament, stating that the suspected disease or condition is not communicable and that the athlete?s participation would not be harmful to their opponent. They must also have attached a doctor?s letterhead or a sheet from the doctor?s prescription pad to the skin form. Physicians defined for the skin condition report form purposes are a D.O., M.D or Nurse Practitioner. This document must be furnished at weigh-ins. Covering a communicable condition shall not be considered acceptable and does not make the wrestler eligible to participate. All suspected skin conditions must be covered at all times while the competitor is on the mat. Further, that in the event said skin condition is not covered, becomes uncovered or is not coverable, then the competitor may be required to forfeit, at the discretion of the tournament director or host official. If a wrestler shows up to wrestle without the condition covered, the wrestler will be put on one of their injury time-outs to correct the situation. Coaches Meeting: 8:30 in upper gym Officials: All officials will be MSHSAA certified. Wrestling begins: 9:00 a.m. Tournament Format: Double elimination with no combining of brackets. Two, Three, and Four person brackets will be wrestled as round robins. The top six place finishers in each weight class and age division from the district tournaments qualify for the Regional Tournament. Admission: Adults $3.00 Students $1.00 Under 6 free Only coaches presenting a valid 2017-18 USA WRESTLING coaches card, with Certification of Bronze or higher and a picture ID will be admitted free. Any coach unable to produce both will be charged admission. The tournament host has the right to restrict floor access. Coaches Cards are not considered floor passes. Only coaches with a valid USA Coaches Card, with Certification of Bronze or higher, and a picture ID will be allowed to coach at matside. Match Times: 8U 3-1 minute periods 10U, 12U & 14U 3-1:30-minute periods, Backside 1:00, 1:30, 1:30 Overtime: Same as high-school rule book All participants will compete in the state tournament series at the age they are on December 31st, 2017. Absolutely no 6 and under wrestlers shall compete in the state series. No high school students, regardless of their age, and no out-of-state residents, even if they are members of a MISSOURI USA WRESTLING chartered club. 15 year olds may participate only if they have not reached 15 on, or before, January 1st of that tournament series year and if they are not in high school. &89; WEIGHT CLASSES 8 & UNDER 40-45-50-55-60-65-70-75-80-85-90-100-115-130-145-160-175-190-205-220-235-250-285 10 & UNDER 50-55-60-65-70-75-80-85-90-95-100-110-120-130-150-170-190-210-230-250-285 12 & UNDER 60-65-70-75-80-85-90-95-100-105-110-115-120-125-130-135-140-150-165-175-190-205-235-285 14 & UNDER 70-75-80-85-90-95-100-105-110-115-120-125-130-135-140-145-150-155-165-175-190-205-235-285 QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT The top six place finishers in each weight class and age division qualify for the Regional Tournament. Wrestlers that qualify to move on to the Regional Tournament must participate in the same age and weight class in which they qualified for at the District Tournament. The regional entry fee is $20.00 per wrestler. At the conclusion of wrestling at the district tournament, one club representative shall proceed to the regional tournament entry location with a complete list of regional qualifiers for their team and one check to cover the entry fee for their team. A regional tournament information sheet will be provided for each team, it is the team?s responsibility to distribute a copy of the information sheet to each of their qualifiers.