Post-Season Info - Wrestling - PIAA District IV

Contact Information

Hal Stockdill - Chairman/North Section & District Tournament Director
Cell: (570) 447-4415
stochal@sulcosd.k12.pa.us

Mike Snyder - Central Section Director
Cell: (570) 279-6650
msnyder@montasd.org

Jim Zack - Southern Section Director
Cell: (570) 765-0079
jzack07@gmail.com

Sean McCann - AA District Co-Director
Cell: (570) 220-8024
smccann@wasd.org

Justin Simpson - AAA District Director
Cell: (570) 274-0667
jsimpson@seal-pa.org

Past Championship Brackets

Important Dates

Friday, October 14, 2022:
Deadline for inputting team schedules into the OPC Calculator.

Friday, October 21, 2022:
First day for Minimum Wrestling Weight (MWW) Certification.

Friday, November 18, 2022:
1st Day of Practice.

Saturday, November 25, 2022:
1st Scrimmage Date.

Monday, November 28, 2022:
Last Day for Minimum Wrestling Weight Certification.

Friday, December 12, 2022:
1st regular season contest date.

Saturday, December 24, 2022:
2lb Weight Allowance.

Saturday, January 28, 2023:
Team Seeding Deadline.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023:
Individual Seeding Deadline.

Friday, February 17, 2023:
MWW Deadline.

Team Wrestling

Class AA Schedule

2 teams to States

Pig-Tail Round (17 or more Teams) Monday, January 30, 2023:

Home team is the higher seed.
Weigh-ins: 6:00 p.m.
Wrestling begins: 7:00 p.m.

Round of 16: Wednesday, February 1, 2023:

Home team is the higher seed.
Weigh-ins: 6:00 p.m.
Wrestling begins: 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 4, 2023 — Milton HS:

Weigh-ins: 10:00 a.m.
Round #1-Quarterfinals: 11:00 a.m.
Round #2-Semi-Finals & 1st Rd. Cons.: 1:00 p.m.
Round #3-Consolation Semi-Finals: 3:00 p.m.
Hall Of Fame: 4:45 p.m.
Round #4-Consolation & Champ Finals: 5:00 p.m.
Round #5-True 2nd(if needed) following Finals

Class AAA Schedule

1 team to States

Saturday, February 4, 2023 - Jersey Shore HS

Weigh-ins: 10:00 a.m.
Round #1—Quarterfinals: 11:00 a.m.
Round #2—Semi-Finals: 1:00 p.m.
Hall Of Fame: 2:45 p.m.
Round #3—Finals: 3:00 p.m.

Qualification Procedures

A team must have at least a .500 record to qualify for the District team tournament.

Teams must declare their intent to either participate or not to participate in the District IV team tournament by email to the District IV wrestling chairman by noon on Friday, January 27, 2023. (Email Hal Stockdill stochal@sulcosd.k12.pa.us or call (570) 447-4415.

Only matches wrestled on or before Saturday, January 28, 2023 will be counted toward seeding.

Seeding Procedures

All seeding will be done by the District IV wrestling chairman on Sunday, January 29, 2023.

Participating teams, AA and AAA, will be seeded by their won/loss percentage in matches wrestled on or before Saturday, January 28, 2023.

If participating teams have the same won/loss percentage, the higher seed will go to the team who won the dual meet between the two teams involved.

If participating teams have the same won/loss percentage, the higher seed will go to the team with the greater number of victories.

If participating teams have the same won/loss record and did not wrestle each other, the higher seed will be determined by a flip of a coin.

If the number of participating schools is not a power of 2, the highest seeded teams will receive byes in the quarter-final and semi-final rounds as necessary to complete the bracket to a power of 2. (Highest seeded = #1, #2, etc.)

**NOTE** District team championship bouts do count on an individual wrestler's overall record, but DO NOT count toward individual seeding points for sectionals or districts.

PIG-TAIL ROUND: (AA only) - if necessary

If more than sixteen teams participate, a pig-tail round will be held on Monday, January 30, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. to reduce the field to sixteen teams.

Matches will be wrestled at the higher seeded school. (Higher seeded= #1, #2, etc.)

PRELIMINARY ROUND: (AA only) - if necessary

Matches will be wrestled at the site of the higher seeded team on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 7:00 PM to reduce the field to 8 schools.

If the number of participating schools is not a power of 2, the highest seeded schools will receive byes in the quarter-final round. (Highest seeded= #1, #2, etc.)

AA QUARTERFINAL, CONSOLATION ROUND, CONS, SEMI ROUND & FINALS:

Will be wrestled on Saturday, February 4, 2023 at Milton H.S.

11:00 AA Team Quarterfinals (4 mats)

1:00 AA Semi-finals, Consolation Quarterfinals (4 mats)

3:00 AA Consolation Semi-final (2 mats)

5:00 AA Finals and 3rd place (2 mats)

Following finals true 2nd if needed

AAA QUARTERFINAL, SEMI-FINALS & FINALS:

Will be wrestled on Saturday, February 4, 2023 at Jersey Shore H.S.

11:00 AAA Team Quarterfinals (3 mats)

1:00 AAA Semi-finals (2mats)

3:00 AAA Finals (1 mats)

ADVANCEMENT:

For 2023, District IV will advance two (2) AA teams and one (1) AAA team to the State team championship tournament.

Team States:

February 9-11, 2023: Giant Center Hershey

AA District 4 Champ vs. 10-2 or 7-4.

AA District 4 Runner-up vs District 3-1.

AAA District 4/9 Champ vs District 7-2.

EXPENSES / PROCEDURES: District team wrestling tournament

The responsibility for preparing the site, arranging for sufficient help, security, and medical personnel will rest with the host school for each District team tournament match.

The District IV wrestling committee will issue contracts for officials for the District team tournament.

The wrestling committee will assign a game manager for each match wrestled in the District team tournament.

No Rental Fee will be assessed by host schools in preliminary rounds. District IV will pay for a Game Manager, Site Manager, and the Contest Officials. Host schools are responsible for paying all other workers (including a trainer).

All ticket sales will be done online through Hometown Ticketing. The school administration is responsible for notifying parents and fans how to access tickets. No cash sales at the door. More information regarding online ticket sales is forthcoming. District IV will charge $6 for all tickets (plus additional fees set by Hometown Ticketing).