2024 State Tournament Information
ANNOUCEMENTS!!
- WEATHER UPDATE:
- The current weather conditions and forecast is showing snow chances for this weekend. PLEASE plan accordingly and travel early and safely and use your own discretion on attending. The state tournament is on as planned and we will be watching the weather closely. We will send out an email to all participants via Trackwrestling if anything changes and also check back here (be sure to refresh your screen).
- ND USAW informed us on 3/13/2024 that they would like to give boys Cadets and Juniors a 3 lb. allowance due the short notice of it being a Team ND Qualifier. You are allowed to edit your registration up until the March 20th deadline by going to the registration site and entering your invoice number you received via email or by logging back in with the same account used to register. Thanks everyone.
- NO REFUNDS after you have submitted your registration
2024 ND USAW State Tournament Information
March 22nd and 23rd, 2024
Attached are the fliers for the 2024 State Folkstyle Individual Championship March 22nd & 23rd, the 2024 State Dual Tournament March 22nd, and the 2024 State GIRLS Championships on March 22nd!! The tournaments will be held at the Bismarck Event Center in the main ARENA. Please enter through the main arena doors for tickets, coaches passes, and weigh-ins. Save time in line by buying your tickets online, go to the Bismarck Event Center website or CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS!
YOU MUST REGISTER ONLINE AT TRACKWRESTLING.COM by March 20th at 8pm. Individual Tournament Registration: https://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/TW_Register.jsp?tournamentGroupId=245264132&TIM=1706900958098&twSessionId=dfzaqehnan
Dual Tournaments: Dual Teams must be registered by the Team Head Coach. Please email: info@matpacwrestling.org, by March 10th with your intent to be in Group 1, Group 2, or Group 3.
Once we have your confirmation, we will email you your login information for Trackwrestling by March 18th so you can enter your lineup before the deadline of March 20th, at 8 pm. Teams MUST provide 2 table workers (table workers do not require copper certification but must be trained and experienced in scoring using a trackwrestling computer). All dual team members must be paid members of a N.D. Club & registered under the same team in the individual state tournament.
Coaches: To abide with state rules, no floor passes will be sold nor will the tournament be seeded in anyway. The Bismarck Event Center will be providing the coaches passes at the ticket office starting on Friday morning and they will be provided a list of approved coaches, and you will need to provide a photo ID. To gain access to the floor you must have a current USA copper Coaches Card AND be on the list provided by the head coach (see flyer for details). DO NOT wait until the last week to get a card as it takes over a week to get your background check back and Safe Sport certification takes hours to complete. Copper certification can be found at https://www.teamusa.org/usa-wrestling/coaches/ncep-certification
Awards: MATPAC will once again be providing the best awards in the state to reward these kids for their hard work. Trophies will be awarded for 1st – 6th place. 32" 3 column 1st place Trophies and Granite team Trophies!! We will also be providing awards to the top three teams with 30+ wrestlers and those with less than 30 wrestlers.
Please see the links to the fliers below for detailed information.
Weigh ins!!
Please note that you MUST BRING A USAW CARD WITH YOU WHEN WEIGHING IN and come early. This is to help with weigh in times and to get kids through the line faster. Many of the kids can't speak up, don't know their names, etc... so you must bring a USAW printed card to assist with this so coaches please make sure you parents know this!!
2024 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
** All times and mat assignments are estimations, they can and will change during the tournament
** PARENTS: 6U and 8U in both the Boys & Girls ONLY will be marshalled to the mat and will stay at the mat until completed. All other groups will be expected to watch bout numbers on their bracket or the display screen and report to the Mat when they are in the hole or on deck ONLY. Parents are not allowed on the floor so if you need your wrestler, please contact your coach as they are your connection to your wrestler. If you need a marshaller to contact them, please go to the awards table and ask for a runner to assist you but your first contact should be your coach.
Friday:
- 9:00 am – Doors open for weigh-ins
- 11:30 am – Fans are allowed into the Arena seating area.
- 12:00 pm – First session of weigh-ins is closed.
- 1:00 pm – National Anthem – Braydon Huber – UMary Wrestler
- 1:05 pm – Dual team introductions
- 1:15 pm – Dual team wrestling begins - All mats Round 1
- Group 1 Teams will stay on Mats 1 – 4 the whole time but starting at approx. 2:30pm
- Group 2 Teams will stay on Mats 9 - 16 all night & at approx. 3:45 Mats 13 – 16 Only
- Group Prek Teams will be on Mats 1 - 8 and at approx. 2:30pm Mats 5 -8 only
- 5:00 pm – Girls – Mats 9 - 16
- PARENTS: 6U & 8U GIRLS will be marshalled to the MAT & stay there until completed
- 6:00 pm – Boys
- PARENTS: 6U Boys will be marshalled to the MAT & stay there until completed
- 6:30pm -- Juniors start (Freestyle for Juniors) – Full MATS as available.
- 7:00 – 7:30pm – 2nd Skin checks & weigh-ins time for individuals – North Entrance
Saturday:
- 7:00 am - Doors open for general admission.
- 8:55 am - National Anthem – Scott McGregor
- 9:00 am – 14U and 10U wrestling begins.
- 11:00 am – 8U and 12U wrestling begins.
- PARENTS: 8U Boys will be marshalled to the MAT & stay there until completed
- 3:00 pm – 16U (Cadet) (Freestyle) wrestling begins
Parents:
- Do NOT go to Marshalling unless your bracket has been called (ONLY 6U AND 8U are marshalled to the mat)
- Do NOT go to Awards unless their bracket has been called to awards or displayed on the board to go to awards – if your wrestler is missing we will call them. There is not room to stand and wait, we will call you
- Know your coaches cell phone number, they are your contact to your kid on the floor
- 10U and older wrestlers need to watch for their bout number on their bracket and the clock bout number and the Mat Assignment Display on the video screen to know when they are coming up. They should not be on the floor unless they are on the display. You can also watch the mat assignment on Trackwrestling.com.
- The Mat Assignment Display shows all of the matches assigned to a mat. Each match is color coded:
- Green: Currently on the mat.
- Yellow: On deck.
- White: Assigned but not on deck.
