Athletic Director or Coach,

 

Thank you for choosing to attend the 2013 Pioneer Invitational.  Our new name tournament sponsor elected to return to our original name and we will stay with this until the foreseeable future.  In our fifth year, we are continuing to stay with a bracket tournament style and hope to avoid the dreaded "sixth match" dilemma.  It will run similar to a one-day sectional event and help our wrestlers prepare for such. Please read the instructions carefully.

 

Seeding

 

There will be no seeding meeting.

·  Rosters must be submitted online using the link to the left

·   Roster MUST be entered by January 3rd at 4:00 PM

·    Emergency changes may be entered up until January 4th at 7:00 PM

·   The following criteria will be used.  There is space to enter your criteria on the roster form.

1.     State Champ

2.     State Placer

3.     State Qualifier

4.     District Place-winner

5.     District Qualifier

6.     Current record

 

** Enter head to head in criteria, will be used within common sense realms.

 

 

Participating Teams

 

See link to left.

 

Extras can fill in brackets, as needed.

 

Mats, Food and Locker Facilities

 

Teams will be assigned to a locker room, with space available for those who wish to bring locks and store their gear.  Gear bags may also be placed in the warm-up room (weight room).

 

A Medina Board will be used to let the wrestler know when they are warming up, in the hole, on-deck and wrestling.  Match numbers will be used.  P.A. announcements will be kept to a minimum.

 

There will be minimal electrical outlets available in the cafeteria, however, each team will be provided a table to stage their food and drink.  A full concession menu will also be available for purchase.

 

 

Weigh-ins, Passes and Start Time

 

The scales will open at 6:30 AM (to check) with weigh-ins beginning at 7:00 AM. We will weigh in by weight class.  Please bring a copy of your statewide Alpha weight certification sheet.

 

The first session will begin at 9:00 AM.  There will be a short break before finals, allowing staff to reset the gym.  In lieu of clearing the gym and re-charging, we will only charge one entrance fee of $8 (adult) and $6 (student/seniors).  Children under 5 are free.  All teams will be provided passes for the wrestlers competing, coaches and three statisticians.

 

 

Tournament Style and Placing

 

The tournament will be run using a double elimination bracket.  We will seed top six using the established criteria.

 

The bracket will only be redrawn in the case of a #1-#4 seeds scratching.  A wrestler who misses weight on the day of the tournament will be scratched and his spot will become a forfeit.  That wrestler will not be able to move into a higher weight division.  If a wrestler fails to show to the scale, the line he previously inhabited will become a bye.

 

Team points will be awarded to 6^th place, however awards will only be given to 4^th place.

 

 

Tournament Fee

 

If you have not yet submitted your team entrance fee, please do so as soon as possible.

 

Please contact either one of us with any questions or concerns you may have.  See you on January 5^th.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

John Betz Athletic Director 740.657.5110

Brian Nicola Head Coach 614.260.4512