HALLS FRESHMEN, JV & GIRLS TOURNAMENT

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Monday, January 18, 2016 (Martin Luther King Holiday)

 

Halls High School

4321 E. Emory Road

Knoxville, TN 37938

 

Entry Fee: $8 per wrestler or $125 max per team

 

Weigh-ins: Weigh-ins will be from 8:00-9:00 am on a first come basis. Coaches can come to the head table to get weigh-in cards. Entry fees must be paid at this time.

 

Wrestling Begins: 10:00 am and will run continuously until completion. Coaches meeting will be immediately following weigh-ins.

 

Format: There will be a JV, Freshman and Girls division. You must be in High School to participate. We will use like weights and group athletes by ability and weight using 8 man double elimination brackets if possible.

 

Admission: $6 Adults and $3 students all day

 

Awards: 1^st – 3^rd in each weight group.

 

All wrestlers must have a coach on site to represent them. Parents will not be allowed on the floor to coach, video, or photograph.

 

Contacts:

Tournament Director: Chris Vandergriff

(Home) 865-922-7841 (Cell) 865-924-4600 (E-Mail) chris.vandergriff@gmail.com

Head Coach: Shannon Sayne (Cell) 865-659-1538 (E-Mail) sesayne@yahoo.com

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I HAVE HAD SEVERAL COACHES CONTACT ME ASKING HOW TO ENTER THEIR KIDS ON TRACKWRESTLING. WE DO THIS TOURNAMENT "OLD SCHOOL", NO COMPUTERS. THE BOYS DON'T EVEN HAVE TO "MAKE WEIGHT" (THE GIRLS DO).

 

WE MAKE THE BRACKETS AFTER THE WEIGH-IN. WHEN WE WEIGH THE KIDS WE WRITE DOWN THEIR EXACT WEIGHT ON THEIR "CARD". THEN WE TAKE ALL OF THE CARDS AND PLACE THEM IN NUMERICAL ORDER. THEN WE ESTABLISH THE WEIGHT CLASSES OR GROUPS. THE "CARD" IS THE KEY TO THIS TYPE OF TOURNAMENT. IT HAS THEIR NAME, TEAM, DIVISION, SKILL RANKING (1-VERY GOOD, 3-AVERAGE, 5-VERY WEAK). THIS CARD IS EVEN THEIR BOUT SHEET.

 

WE HAVE REGISTRATION AND WEIGH-INS FROM 8-9AM. AT 9 WE START THE COACHES MEETING AND THE COACHES HELP MAKE THE BRACKETS. WE USE NUMBERED FOLDERS FOLDERS (1-100). THE HEAD PAIRER WILL COME UP WITH THE FIRST WEIGHT GROUP. AND GIVE THOSE CARDS TO A "VOLUNTEERING COACH" THAT WILL MAKE 2-COPIES OF THE BRACKET (ONE FOR THE TOURNAMENT AND ONE TO HANG UP IN THE HALL WAY TO WRESTLERS AND FANS TO VIEW.

 

THE 8-MAN BRACKET IS THE GOAL. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT WORK IF THE WEIGHTS ARE TOO SPREADOUT. THE "VOLUNTEERING COACH" WILL SEED THE 8-MAN BRACKET (USING THE RANKING 1-5) AND TRY TO SEPARATE THE SCHOOLS. WE CAN USUALLY MAKE ALL OF THE BRACKETS IN 30 MINUTES AND BE READY TO "ROCK AND ROLL AT 10AM.

 

USING 8-MAN BRACKETS OR ROUND ROBINS YOU COMPLETE EVERYTHING IN 5 ROUNDS. THE LAST ROUND IS ONLY FOR 3 & 4 PLACE FOR THE 8-MAN BRACKET. 

 

THIS IS A GREAT SYSTEM AND IT WORKS EVERY WELL. COME AND HELP US CELEBRATE "MLK DAY" BY HAVING A GREAT DAY OF WRESTLING, WHERE EVERYONE IS TREATED THE SAME AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR RACE.

 

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