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2008 Regional/State Tournament Information

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STATE TOURNAMENT
The State Volleyball Tournament will be held on November 20, 21, 22, 2008 in Minot, Pat McNally, athletic administrator of the Minot Public Schools, Mgr.

STATE TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
State Class A
Team 1 East vs. Team 4 West
Team 2 West vs. Team 3 East
Team 1 West vs. Team 4 East
Team 2 East vs. Team 3 West

State Class B
Region 1 vs. Region 4
Region 3 vs. Region 8
Region 5 vs. Region 7
Region 2 vs. Region 6

2008 STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE - NOTE, THE MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY DOME ALLOWS FOR DOUBLE COURT FOR ALL BUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
After first match of a session, the next match will begin 20 minutes after the completion of matches but not earlier than the scheduled time.

SESSION 1 Thursday, Nov. 20 (Double Court):
Time M# A-Court B-Court
12:00 #1 #1 East vs #4 West Region 1 vs. Region 4
2:00 P.M. #2 #2West vs #3 East Region 3 vs. Region 8
SESSION 2 Thursday, Nov. 20 (Double Court)
6:00 P.M. #3 #1 West vs #4 East Region 5 vs. Region 7 8:00 P.M. #4 #2 East VS #3 West Region 2 vs. Region 6

SESSION 3 Friday, Nov. 21 (Double Court):
CONSOLATION PLAY
12:00 P.M. #5 Losers of Matches 1 and 2
2:00 P.M. #6 Losers of Matches 3 and 4

SESSION 4 Friday, Nov. 21 (Double Court):
CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS
6:00 P.M. #8A Winners of First Round Matches (Upper Bracket)
8:00 P.M. #8B Winners of First Round Matches (Lower Bracket)

SESSION 5 Saturday, Nov. 22 (Double Court):
10:00 A.M. #9 7th Place Matches
12:00 P.M. #10 Consolation Championships
2:00 P.M. #11 Third Place Matches

SESSION 6 Saturday, Nov. 22 (Single Court):
6:00 P.M. #12 Class A Championship
8:00 P.M. #12 Class B Championship

All State Tournament matches must be played to conclusion. Matches will be played on double court or main court as indicated in the schedule. Only the championship matches will go on main court and the schedule has been adjusted from the original.

MATCHES
All Regional and State play will be best-of-five-game matches with rally scoring.

COACHES
Coaches with teams entered in the State Tournament will meet with the tournament manager and the attending NDHSAA official on Thursday prior to their scheduled pre-match to go over any questions they might have and for a briefing on the operation of the tournament.

OFFICIALS
Officials will be contracted by the NDHSAA. Assignment of officials for regional matches may be made by the NDHSAA or the tournament manager.
Officials working the State A Tournament will be the top three selections from each region. Officials working the State B Tournament will be the top selection state-wide from Regions 1, 3, 5, and 7 plus two at-large officials.
Assignments of these officials for State Tournament matches are made by the NDHSAA office one week prior to the tournament and officials will then be notified of their specific assignments. Only NDOA and reciprocity officials are eligible to work regional tournaments and only NDOA officials are eligible to work the state tournament.
A floor captain, statisticians, desk officials, ball return workers, ticket takers and sellers, ushers, etc., are to be obtained by the tournament manager. Desk officials are required to wear distinguishing uniforms so they can be readily identified.
It is recommended that registered officials be used as line judges. The NDHSAA will attempt to contract local officials as no mileage or per diem may be paid. These officials will receive two tournament passes plus a per-match fee.

PRACTICE SESSIONS
Regional and State Tournament
No practice will be allowed at the Regional Tournament site on the day prior to the start of the tournament or any time once the tournament has begun.
Tournament

WARM-UP
The scheduled 20-minute warm-up period on the playing court will be provided prior to each Regional and State match. While using double court, warm-up on court may begin immediately following the previous match. Warm-up shall consist of 4 minutes teams share the court, no balls hit over the net. The remainder of the warm-up time will be: 4 minutes full court for the visitor team, 4 minutes full court for the home team, 4 minutes full court for the visitor team, and 4 minutes full court for the home team. During a team's time on the court, they may choose the option of serving practice.

BALLS
Practice Balls
Each participating team will furnish its own practice balls at regional sites. Practice balls will be furnished by the management at the state tournament site.
Game Balls
Game balls are furnished through the NDHSAA office and sent to all Class A and B regional and state tournament managers: upon completion of the tournament, balls may be awarded to the schools at no cost (one per school) with first chance going to the first place team, second to the second place team, etc.

PLAYERS IN UNIFORM
In Regional and State Tournaments, schools may have a 15 player roster and the maximum number of players dressed for a match is also 15.
If disciplinary action of a player is taken by a coach removing a player because of violation of any Association rules, a player may be replaced by someone else for the tournament. If disciplinary action is taken by the coach for reasons other than

NDHSAA rules and regulations, a player may not be replaced. Any changes in the roster must be cleared with the tournament manager beforehand.
It is not necessary to use the same players in Regional and State Tournaments.

PASSES
A maximum of twenty-eight passes shall be given to competing schools in regional and state tournaments, plus cheerleader passes (maximum of 8 which includes the mascot). Schools are to notify the tournament manager as to the number of passes needed. Each player, student manager, coach and school official must present a pass or ticket for admission to any and all sessions. Additional passes must be requested from the tournament manager. The cost of these additional passes will be deducted from the team payment at the rate of $12 per pass.

TEAM ALLOWANCE
Regional Tournament and State Tournaments
Check at the end of the school year.

HOUSING
State Tournament managers will make motel arrangements for the out-of-town schools.

PROTESTS
Protests as to eligibility status of individual contestants will be considered by the Board of Directors prior to or after the completion of a tournament, but not while said tournament is in progress.

SOLICITATIONS
No solicitations for any purpose shall be permitted at any Association-sponsored tournament regardless of the merit of such a venture.

CONCESSIONS, PROGRAMS, HOSPITALITY WILL BE THE HOST CITY RESPONSIBILITIES
TROPHIES AND AWARDS
Regional
Team awards are provided for 1st and 2nd, place winners for Class A and 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place winners for Class B.
State
Team awards are provided for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and participation. Only trophies provided by the NDHSAA or an approved affiliated organization will be presented at the tournaments.
Individual awards are also provided for the State Tournament. Eighteen individual plaques will be provided for each 1st and 2nd place team members. Places 3 through 8 shall each be provided with 18 participation medals. Sportsmanship awards are provided to those schools participating in the Sportsmanship Challenge Program and their committee indicating their student fans, teams and coaches followed their program's expectations on and off the court.

VIDEO TAPING OR FILMING
Regulations prohibit the use of video equipment by schools except for the match they are playing. This does not prohibit stations that have contracted for the televising of tournaments from video taping or filming for delayed telecasts.
Private individuals may use video recorders at NDHSAA-sponsored events provided they do not interfere with other people's view of the game. Tournament managers will determine if individuals are causing any viewing problems.

INSURANCE
Each tournament will be protected by a Master Personal Liability and Property Damage Insurance Policy.
All tournaments will be protected against Inside Robbery and Outside Messenger Service and Burglary Insurance to a maximum of $2,000 for each tournament.

All Regional Tournament managers are bonded with a $10,000 Fidelity Bond and State Managers with a $75,000 bond.
ADMISSION PRICES
Regionals Adult Student
Season Ticket (3 day) $16.00 $10.00
Each Individual Session $6.00 $4.00
Class A Pre-Quarters
(one match) $5.00 $4.00

State
Season Ticket
Adult: $22.00 + $1.50 venue charge = $23.50
Student: $10.00 + $1.50 venue charge = $11.50
Daily Pass
Adult: $8.00 + $.50 venue charge = $8.50
Student: $4.00 + $.50 venue charge = $4.50
Note: All regional and state tickets are unreserved.

CLASS A REGIONS
Scroll down to specific regions for regional brackets

Regional Tournaments will be held at the following sites:
East Region - Devils Lake, November 13, 14, 15, Kent Dennis, Mgr.
CLICK HERE for East Region Bracket

West Region - Jamestown, November 13, 14, 15, Jim Roaldson, Mgr
CLICK HERE for West Region Bracket

First, second, third and fourth place winners advance to the state tournament. Third and fourth places will be determined using a cross-bracketing of semi-final losers to the consolation bracket's semi-final round. The entire tournament bracketing will be as previously.
All regional matches are to be played to conclusion. Failure to complete a match will cause a team to be ineligible for further competition.
The WDA and EDC regions will set their own time and format for their regional tournaments.

CLASS A REGIONAL PAIRINGS
Pairings for each region will be set up according to season records using the formula adopted by each region. Regional first-round matches to reduce the region to 8 teams shall be played no later than Monday prior to regionals.

CLASS B REGIONAL PAIRINGS - November 10, 11, 13, 2008
First round matches on November 10 will be in one session beginning at 3:00 p.m. Each subsequent match will begin 25 minutes after completion of the previous match. Pairings are:

Region 1 - Lisbon, Pat Adair, Manager
CLICK HERE for Region 1 Bracket

District 2 - Team 1 vs. District 1 - Team 4
District 1 - Team 2 vs. District 2 - Team 3
District 2 - Team 2 vs. District 1 - Team 3
District 1 - Team 1 vs. District 2 - Team 4

Region 2 - Mayville State University, Mike Moore, Manager
CLICK HERE for Region 2 Bracket

District 4 - Team 1 vs. District 3 - Team 4
District 3 - Team 2 vs. District 4 - Team 3
District 4 - Team 2 vs. District 3 - Team 3
District 3 - Team 1 vs. District 4 - Team 4

Region 3 - LaMoure, Joel Bickford, Manager
CLICK HERE for Region 3 Bracket

District 6 - Team 1 vs. District 5 - Team 4
District 5 - Team 2 vs. District 6 - Team 3
District 6 - Team 2 vs. District 5 - Team 3
District 5 - Team 1 vs. District 6 - Team 4

Region 4 - Langdon, Rich Rogers, Manager
CLICK HERE for Region 4 Bracket

District 8 - Team 1 vs. District 7 - Team 4
District 7 - Team 2 vs. District 8 - Team 3
District 8 - Team 2 vs. District 7 - Team 3
District 7 - Team 1 vs. District 8 - Team 4

Region 5 Underwood, Toni Cottingham, Manager
CLICK HERE for Region 5 Bracket

District 10 - Team 1 vs. District 9 - Team 4
District 9 - Team 2 vs. District 10 -Team 3
District 10 - Team 2 vs. District 9 - Team 3
District 9 - Team 1 vs. District 10 - Team 4

Region 6 - Minot Auditorium, Alton Nygaard, Manager
CLICK HERE for Region 6 Bracket

District 12 - Team 1 vs. District 11 - Team 4
District 11 - Team 2 vs. District 12 - Team 3
District 12 - Team 2 vs. District 11 - Team 3
District 11- Team 1 vs. District 12 - Team 4

Region 7 - Hazen, Brad Foss, Manager
CLICK HERE for Region 7 Bracket

District 14 - Team 1 vs. District 13 - Team 4
District 13 - Team 2 vs. District 14 - Team 3
District 14 - Team 2 vs. District 13 - Team 3
District 13 - Team 1 vs. District 14 - Team 4

Region 8 - New Town, Mike Pusc, Manager
CLICK HERE for Region 8 Bracket

District 16 - Team 1 vs. District 15 - Team 4
District 15 - Team 2 vs. District 16 - Team 3
District 16 - Team 2 vs. District 15 - Team 3
District 15 - Team 1 vs. District 16 - Team 4

First place from each region shall advance to the State Tournament.

2008 District Volleyball Tournament Information

Tournament brackets, where available, may be downloaded in pdf form from the table below.