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The IKWF State Series is governed by the National Federation of State High Schools Associations rules with the exceptions written in our by-laws. |
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| Dates | All regional tournaments must be wrestled and completed on February 23rd and/or 24th. |
| Team Eligibility | All teams must be chartered with the IKWF by the postmark deadline of February 1st of each season. A team's primary practice site must reside within the borders of the State of Illinois. |
| Wrestler Eligibility | All wrestler's must be Illinois
residents, a member of an IKWF chartered club, and meet the age
and weight class requirements as defined by the IKWF by-laws (see
Divisions). A wrestler's membership
application and age verification must be submitted to the IKWF office by
the postmark deadline of 21 days prior to the start of regional
competition. Note: "Unattached" wrestlers are not allowed to compete in the IKWF State Series. |
| Entry Fee | $12 per wrestler. Due at the
conclusion of your seeding meeting. Bracket changes: If a coach moves a wrestler from the weight class and/or division the wrestler was originally entered to a new weight class and/or division, there is a $10 fee associated with this move. This fee will be assessed each time a change is made. This fee is in addition to the $12 entry fee. Example: Wrestler moved from Senior 84 to Novice 89. |
| Regional Tournament Locations | Member teams shall be notified as to which regional it will be competing in by its Sectional Director (see Directors). |
| Regional Entries |
A wrestler may enter only one division and one weight class for regional competition. Each member team may enter an unlimited number of wrestlers in each weight class. Teams are limited to two (2) scoring wrestlers at each weight class. If more than two (2) wrestlers are entered at a given weight class, the scoring wrestlers must be declared at the seeding meeting. |
| Team Scoring | Bantam - none Midget, Novice, and Senior - as defined by the NFHS (see Rule 9 starting on page 44 of your NFHS rule book). Note: If the actions of a coach or wrestler were to cause a deduction of team points in one division, team points will also be deducted from the other divisions as well. Example: Wrestler in the senior division is disqualified from a match for flagrant misconduct - deduct three (3) team points from the team's totals in the senior, novice, and midget divisions. |
| Seeding Meeting | Time and location determined by regional tournament host. |
| Bracketing click here for sample bracket |
Bantam - 4-man blocked weights. Midget, Novice, and Senior - Double elimination bracket with wrestlebacks to 3rd place. Bracket size dependent on number of entries at each weight class. Duplicate bouts in regional tournaments will not occur. The result of the first bout will be used if two wrestlers meet again in the regional tournament. |
| Allowable weight classes | A wrestler is eligible for only two weight classes. The weight class they weighed-in and one weight class above. Example: Senior 74 lbs. wrestler weigh-ins at 73 lbs., he is eligible for 74 and 79 lbs. only. |
| State Series Participation | If a wrestler is disqualified from any regional, sectional, or state tournament competition for flagrant misconduct (see NFHS penalty chart, page 42 and 43) or forfeits a match in any regional, sectional, or state tournament competition their participation in the IKWF State Series has ended. |
| Advancement to Sectionals | Bantam - none Midget, Novice, and Senior - In Sectionals with two (2) regional qualifying tournaments - 6 per weight class per division. In Sectionals with three (3) regional qualifying tournaments - 4 per weight class per division. |
| Awards | Bantam - medals for all participants. Midget, Novice, and Senior - In Sectionals with two (2) regional qualifying tournaments - medals will be awarded to the top six (6) place winners and plaques will be awarded to the top three (3) teams. In Sectionals with three (3) regional qualifying tournaments - medals will be awarded to the top four (4) place winners and plaques will be awarded to the top two (2) teams. |
| Weigh-ins | All contestants, including those in the 275 lbs. weight class, are required to weigh-in wearing a competition singlet. Each wrestler must make scratch weight. No weight allowance will be given for the first day of competition. Wrestlers are given two (2) consecutive attempts to make weight. Upon entry to the weigh-in area, wrestlers may not leave until their attempt(s) have been made. Each participant shall be named to their respective weight class at the time of weigh-ins. |
| Day before weigh-ins | If all teams are in agreement, a
regional may require weigh-ins the day before the regional tournament.
This will be determined by a vote of all participating teams. The
purpose of this procedure is to eliminate repairing the brackets when
seeding is held before weigh-ins. With the above procedure, the seeding
meeting would be held after the weigh-ins. Note: Under no circumstances may weigh-ins occur more than one day prior to the regional tournament. |
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The above information can also be found in the National Federation of State High Schools Associations rules book and IKWF handbook mailed to the primary contact of each chartered club. |
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