NEW UPDATES, PROCEDURES & POINTS OF EMPHASIS

MAT CLASSIC XIX

 

1.       Time Schedule:  For Mat Classic XIX will be:                Saturday Morning:  10:00 am

Friday Morning:  10:00 am                                                Saturday consolation finals:  3:00 pm          

              Friday Afternoon:  4:00 pm                                 Saturday finals:  5:00 pm

NOTE:  With the addition of the 1B/2B Boys and Girls State Tournaments, sessions one, two and three will run longer this year to accommodate the additional matches to be wrestled.  SEE ATTACHED TOURNAMENT FLOW CHART

                                               

2.       Weigh-ins:  The Federation weigh-in rules require that all wrestlers must be present at the start of the weigh-ins, which will be 8:00 am each day, and that weigh-ins will be completed immediately following the weigh-in of all wrestlers.  Approximate times to complete weigh-ins are:  Friday:  30 minutes, Saturday 15 minutes.

     NOTE:  Girls weigh-ins at the same time in Locker room C

 

3.       Coaches during weigh-ins:  We will be asking all coaches to please sit in the bleachers during the weigh-ins rather that congregating on the mats while you wait for your athletes to complete the weigh-in process.  The mats have already been mopped and disinfected the night before, and we want to do everything possible to limit the spread of any skin disorders as a result of dirty wrestling mats.

 

4.       All Athletes need Picture Identification for Weigh-ins:  Coaches please work with your athletes to guarantee that every wrestler has picture identification for the weigh-in process.  If you plan ahead, there would be no reason for an athlete to not have picture identification.

 

5.       PASS ABUSE:  The misuse and abuse of tournament passes by coaches and athletes will not be tolerated.  Persons caught misusing passes will be turned over to the Tacoma Dome Security for possible prosecution and the school administrators contacted.

 

6.       Reminder about the Mat Area:  Only two persons per wrestler in the mat area.  This includes scorekeepers or anyone with a video camera.  Violations will be penalized as unsportsmanlike conduct and result in forfeiture of the pass and loss of team points.  Each Head Coach is responsible to see that all of his coaching staff and all team-affiliated personnel follow these rules.  We thank you in advance for your cooperation.

 

7.       Finals Wrestlers:  Coaches, when you have a wrestler make the finals, immediately following their semi-final match, please be sure they go to the Northwest corner of the dome, near the 4A head table area, to get their picture taken for the awards bracket.

 

8.       Parade of Athletes:  We ask athletes to assemble at 4:30 pm in the Southwest Corner of the Tacoma Dome for the Parade of Athletes.  Cheerleaders will assemble in the Southeast corner of the Tacoma Dome at 4:30 pm.

 

9.       New 1B/2B Boys Championships:  As a result of the additional classification, there will be a 1B/2B Boys State Championship this year.  It will be an 8 entry tournament as part of Mat Classic XIX.

 

10.    Girls State Championships:  There will be an official Girls State Wrestling Championship as part of Mat Classic XIX.  The girls will be part of the entire Mat Classic including the Parade of Champions and the Awards presentations.  The girls tournament will be an 8 entry tournament.  .  At state the 25 schools that met the team definition (5 or more girls wrestlers) will be treated as separate teams for the purposes of parking passes and coaches passes.  Those schools who did not meet the team definition will have the boys and girls combined for the purposes of parking passes and coaches passes.

 

11.    Note:  No passes will be issued to coaches for schools that have no entries or alternates qualified for the tournament.

 

12.    Additional parking passes will be $12.00 this year, and will be sold from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm ONLY on Thursday February 15th.  Limit one additional pass per School.