21st ANNUAL RICK LINK INVITATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT Welcome to the 21st annual Rick Link wrestling tournament held at Union Local High School. Participating teams this year are: Union Local, Barnesville, Geneva, Indian Creek, Buckeye Local, Paden City, Fort Frye, Beallsville, Linsly, Weirton Madonna, Edison, Wirt County, Meadowbrook, Bridgeport,Shenandoah, River, and Tri-Valley. The format will be a pool style tourney with each weight’s pools being determined at the close of the entry window. We will do our best time wise to give all wrestlers 5 matches. If a weight class is not full we will insert JV wrestlers to fill up brackets. Breaks between rounds will be minimal. Date: Saturday, December 7, 2019 Price: $150.00 per team of 5 or more or $25 per wrestler if 4 or less wrestlers on a team. There will be no other prorated fee. Please Make All Checks Payable To: Union Local Athletic Dept. 66779 Belmont-Morristown Rd. Belmont, OH 43718 Starting Times: The first round will start ASAP after weigh-ins, NO EARLIER THAN 9:30 am. Each following round will take approximately two hours. We will run the rounds as soon as possible after the previous round is done. Finals will start ASAP, approximately 30-45 minutes after the final round. WEIGH-INS: 8:00 am Saturday, December 7th ----- BY TEAM Coaches: Note, no crock pots, cookers/roasters, etc will be permitted. Thanks! Seeding Meeting: There will be no seed meeting. Seeding will be based on Baum’s Page criteria. Entries: All entries will be made through Baum’s Page. Entry Window Opens Monday 12/2/2019 at 11:00am. Entry Window Closes Thursday 12/5/2019 at 9:00pm. Include all JV wrestlers. Wrestlers will NOT be allowed to change weight classes after the entry window closes. IF YOUR LINEUP IS NOT ENTERED AT THE CLOSE OF THE ENTRY WINDOW YOUR TEAM WILL NOT BE ENTERED! Awards: First and second place team, Outstanding Wrestler, and 1st -4th place weight class awards will be presented. ******* MAKE SURE you check your alpha weights before the seeding meeting. You must bring a state weigh in sheet printed from your alpha website to the tournament. This will also allow you to make sure that each wrestler is legal. *********** Questions and lineups: Coach Smo Union Local High School 66779 Belmont Morristown Rd. Belmont, OH 43718 School Phone – (740)782-1181 School Fax – (740)782-1346 Cell – 740-827-4809 E-mail- wsmolira@ulschools.com