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Wrestling Advisory Minutes

WRESTLING ADVISORY MEETING
4/3/08

Attending were:  Mike Thingstad, Travis Lemar, Dave Dougherty and Scott Knowlen

Recommended A & B items:

1. Record only weigh-ins to the NWCA if tournament program “interfacing” isn’t in place
2. Re-instate the Spirit Award to help promote better sportsmanship
   1. The focus would be mainly on each school’s coaches, wrestlers, crowd and cheerleaders
   2. Region managers will secure one adult from his/her region to serve on the committee
   3. Wrestling Advisory Committee members will assist the NDHSAA in updating the guidelines used in the past
3. That each school receive 5 coaches’ passes
   1. Rationale; coaches are employed by the school and are involved all year
   2. Schools will pay for additional coaches

Recommended B items:

1. Adjust the hydration formula for kids who are over hydrated.
2. Allow a wrestler to wrestle up one weight class and allow him/her to return to his/her weight class for the next meet
3. Allow 30 matches for JrHi
4. When a post season state dual team qualifier is used in regions, wrestlers can have a maximum of 40 matches prior to that tournament making the individual competition regulation similar to a post season tournament in other sports
5. Allow one head coach to act as a recorder at the seeding meeting (a good experience for those who haven’t served)

Recommended A items:

1. Score and place 8 wrestlers at the state tournament
   1. Consistency with Class B
   2. More opportunities for quality wrestlers to achieve “State Place Winner”
   3. It will account for a more accurate representation of the team
   4. Greater incentive for the wrestler to “finish strong” on the final day

Discussion Items:

1. Indicated disappointment that wrestling was one of the activities omitted from the Centennial Logo
2. Ways to make weight classes work for the large schools and small schools.  Dave C sent further information to the NFHS rules committee for consideration
3. The possibility of a long term contract for the state program to reduce the chance for error
4. Discussed the structure of the state tournament.

Administrative:

1. Review the consecutive day allowance for wrestlers on the descent plan (in between weight classes)
2. Allow a little more time for skin checks and weigh-ins. There is plenty of time…..the afternoon break could be shortened. 
   1. Thursday - skin checks at 8:00, weigh-ins at 8:30 & wrestle at 10:30
   2. Friday – weigh-in 8:00 & wrestle at 9:30
   3. Saturday – weigh-ins at 8:00 & wrestle at 9:30
3. Class B Team Dual Pairings:
   1. 2009

1-1 vs. 4-2
3-1 vs. 2-2
2-1 vs. 3-2
4-1 vs. 1-2

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   1. 2010

2-1 vs. 1-2
3-1 vs. 4-2
1-1 vs. 2-2
4-1 vs. 3-2

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   1. 2011

4-1 vs. 2-2
3-1 vs. 1-2
1-1 vs. 3-2
2-1 vs. 4-2

Recommendations to NFHS:

1. Provide 14 weights with a 12-weight option to accommodate large schools and small schools.  A possibility is:
   1. Twelve classes could be 110, 118, 125, 133, 141, 149, 157, 165, 174, 184, 197 and 285.
   2. Fourteen classes could just add 103 and 215

State Tournament:

1.  State tournament: assigned (labeled) chairs for statisticians, tappers & trainers
2.  Address floor access for statisticians (holding area?)