2017 Eau Claire Holiday Tournament Dec. 29, 2017 Participating Teams: Eau Claire Memorial, Park High MN, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln, Menomonie Falls, Abbotsford/Colby, Mondovi, Superior, Independence, Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek, La Crosse Logan/Central, P-E-M MN, Mahtomedi MN, Ladysmith, Whitehall, Pine Island MN, and GET/Mel-Min Officials: Varsity officials will be; Mark Helgeson, Steve Antczak, Richard Hanson, Jeff Magneson, Matt Marusak, Paul Morrison, Jeff Ryba, Brayden Korpol, Brad Vanderveren. Dual Meet Format: Wrestling will be on 8 mats for 5 total rounds of Dual Meet Competition. We will wrestle in four, 4 team brackets for the first two rounds and then re-pool the teams into four team pools to wrestle a round robin bracket for 1st thru 4th, 5th thru 8th, 9th thru 12th and 13th thru 16th. We will take a break for lunch after the first two rounds at approximately 11:45 so we can set up the final brackets. Wrestling will be continuous until completion after the lunch break. After each round is finished in the final pools we will begin the next round immediately. (Some pools may finish early). We are anticipating the tournament to conclude by 4:30-5:00 PM. If you have any preference of who you would not like to wrestle in the preliminary bracket please let me know ASAP. We will try and honor those requests but cannot guarantee that in the later rounds. Team awards will go to the 1st and 2nd place teams in the Championship Bracket and the 5th place team in the Consolation bracket. Individual medals will be awarded to all undefeated wrestlers who go 5-0 or 4-0. We will also run 2 mats continuously for JV matches. We will set up four wrestler round robins for the JV wrestlers and try to get them all 3 matches. It is up to each individual coach as to how they want to wrestle their athletes but you will only be allowed to wrestle in one of the formats. Any wrestlers in the JV format must remain in that format unless they are removed because of an injury to a varsity member of their team and must be moved up. Once a wrestler competes in the varsity portion of the tournament they will not be allowed compete later in the JV tournament. Questions can be directed to Randy Belonga, rbelonga@ecasd.us 715-852-5223 (Work) 715-579-4516 (Cell) Eau Claire Holiday Duals Information and Timeline December 29, 2017 McPhee Center, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Corner of University Drive and Clairemont Avenue (HWY 12) on UWEC Upper Campus Athlete Drop off and pick up on University Ave in front of McPhee Building Bus Parking and fan parking in the large CVTC Parking lot on the South Side of Clairemont Avenue (no buses in the small lots or cars in the McPhee lot) These are University parking only and cars will be towed without proper permits. Entry Fee: $275 Team rosters and seeding criteria should be put in track wrestling by Dec. 21st at noon. Just a reminder if you see any of the teams in duals and would like to stay away from them the first 2 rounds make sure you put that in the seeding criteria. We will try to honor all those requests. We are trying to get the top 6 to 8 teams separated and not wrestling each other the first round. Weigh ins: Scales will be open at 7:15 am to check weight with weigh ins beginning at 8:00am in the Ade Olson Addition. Coaches meeting at 8:30 in the PE classroom when you come down to the lower level of McPhee between the stairwells. First Round will begin at 9:15 with the second round beginning immediately after. We will take a lunch break at approximately 11:45 for a ½ hour lunch and then continue with the last 3 rounds until completion. Pools 1, 2, and 3, will be wrestled on 6 mats in the main McPhee gym and Pool 4 and the JV on 4 mats will be in the Olson addition where weigh ins were held. Locker rooms will be available but locks will be needed. Coaches room for coaches and officials only. Questions can be directed to Randy Belonga, rbelonga@ecasd.us 715-852-5223 (Work) 715-579-4516 (Cell)