23rd Annual
COLUMBIA HICKMAN
VARSITY WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
January 18-19, 2013
To:Coaches and Athletic Directors: Blue Springs South, CBC, Fort Zumwalt North, Hickman, Jefferson City, Joplin, Lee’s Summit North, Northwest, Oakville, Parkway South, Rock Bridge and Rockwood Summit
From:JD Coffman - Head Wrestling Coach and Doug Gordon - Tournament Manager
Hickman High School
Re:Tournament Information
Friday, January 18
Session I
3:00Scales AvailableBoys locker room
3:30Weigh-InsBoys locker room
4:00Scratch MeetingHospitality Room
5:00First Round Pools
6:30 (approx.) Second Round Pools
8:00 (approx.) Third Round Pools
Saturday, January 19
Session II
6:45Scales Available at Hickman
7:30Weigh-ins at Hickman High School***
9:00 Fourth Round Pools
10:30 (approx.)Fifth Round Pools
Noon Lunch Break
12:45 Championship Semi-Finals (2 mats)
Consolation Semi-Finals (2 mats)
2:15 (approx.) Warm-up time
2:30 (approx.) Championship, 3rd, 5th and 7th place matches (4 mats)
Format:
This year we will 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 two pools of 6 wrestlers based on the criteria that we have entered with Trackwrestling. The athletes will wrestle all opponent’s in their pool either A or B. At the conclusion of pool wrestling the top two wrestlers from each pool will advance to the championship semi-finals where the number 1 wrestler from pool A will face the number 2 wrestler from pool B and vice versa. The winner of these semi-finals will wrestle for 1st place and the losers will wrestle for 3rd place.
The consolation semifinals will be for the 3rd and 4th place wrestlers from each pool. It will proceed in a similar fashion with 3A wrestling 4B and vice versa. The winners of the consolation semi-finals will wrestle for 5th place and the losers will wrestle for 7th place. Remaining wrestlers will be done at the conclusion of the pool rounds. If the pools are full your wrestlers will be guaranteed five matches and up to seven if they advance out of the pools.
Seeding Criteria:
Head to Head
Season Record Winning Percentage
State Qualifier or Place in 2012
Hickman Invitational Champion or Runner-up in 2012
Team scoring:
Will based on the activity points earned throughout the Pool rounds, Championship and Consolation Semi-finals rounds as well as the Placement points.
Activity points:
Fall, Default, Disqualification or Forfeit 4 points
Tech Fall3 points
Major Decision2 points
Decision1 point
Placement points:
NFHS Rules handbook p.47 - 8 places
1st- 16 points 2nd- 12 points 3rd-9 points 4th- 7 points
5th- 5 points6th- 3 points 7th- 2 points 8th- 1 point
Weigh-Ins:
Weigh-ins will be held Friday beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the Boys locker room. The scales will be available at 3:00 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 weigh-in. 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: Carl Fudge, Matt Zietz, Kyle Lewis, Barb Brummet, Nathan VanLoo and Ross Kasmann
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:
Boys Locker Rm: Blue Springs South, CBC, Fort Zumwalt North, Hickman, Jefferson City, Joplin,
Lee’s Summit North, Northwest, Oakville, Parkway South, Rock Bridge and Rockwood Summit
Locker rooms are located just below the 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:
Doug Mirts, 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:
JD Coffman, Tournament Manager
Cell: 573-219-2739
Fax: 573-214-3056
1104 N. Providence Road
Columbia, MO 65203