GMVWA Holiday Tournament
GMVWA Holiday Tournament Seeding Criteria
An impartial committee will seed wrestlers in accordance with the
criteria listed below. If credentials merit, there will be up to 8 wrestlers and 1
alternate seeded per weight class.
- State Champ
- State Placer
- District Champ
- District Placer
- GMVWA Champ
- GMVWA Placer
- Sectional Champ
- Sectional Placer
- Must be District Qualifier Top 4 places only
- Last Years Won-Lost Winning Percentage
- (15 match minimum must be at least 60%)
- Varsity records only!
- For outstanding freshmen with qualifying credentials
- Must have placed in the Top 3 at the Junior
High State Tournament or Top 8 at National Tournament
sponsored by USA Wrestling
- Submit only their last season's Junior High record
on the online entry template to get their name on the seed nomination list.
- E-mail Randy Thome at Randy.Thome@pepsico.com
with additional credentials before Thursday, December 20 at 1:00 PM..
- Include tournament name, date, location, place, and weight
- The committee will consider the merit and place wrestlers on the seed
list equivalent to a 5th or 6th district placer.
Additional notes for out of State Teams:
- The Ohio State Tournament series goes through three qualifying
rounds on three consecutive weekends: Sectional, District and State.
- If out of state qualifying tournaments are named differently,
please use the appropriate Ohio categories for each round when submitting seeding data.
- Wrestlers will be sorted and seeded by criteria only.
Deadline for seed nominations: 1:00 PM on the day before the
tournament begins
- Please use the Online Roster and Seed Form at www.baumspage.com to submit rosters and seed
nominations!
- All accounts from previous year are retained, but all associations
with school and teams were cleared.
- Returning coaches should login using their e-mail address and
password from last year.
- If you changed e-mail accounts, login with the old e-mail address
first, then use My Account
| My Tools | Update Account
Information to change it.
- New coaches will need to Apply for a new account for the current
school year!
- For step-by-step instructions click the Help link on the Login Page and print the Online Entry Instructions for Wrestling.
- If you have problems check the Help Page first!
- For immediate help, use the Contact Us link
or call 513-594-6154 or 740-517-0195!
- Submit an intended roster early! Return anytime before
deadline to make changes!
- Use Coaches
| Select Teams
to claim your school and team.
- Highlight your team and click Get Available School Teams
- Click Select Sport on the dropdown and select Wrestling
- HS | click Make me the Coach.
- Use Coaches
| Modify Athletes
to enter your athletes names and grades into the database.
- Use Coaches
| Submit Rosters
to enter wrestlers into their weight classes
- Click Submit Rosters to submit your tournament entry
form.
- Click Get Printable Roster to print a copy for your
records.
- You may make changes to your line-up when you check-in.
- Check all data carefully! It will import "as is"
into the tournament computer program!
- Enter one wrestler per weight.
Leave criteria blank if not up for
seed.
- To nominate for a seed:
Enter tournament criteria, and record as
applicable.
- If you have problems with the Online Entry Form, click the Contact
Us link first.
- In an emergency, call Gary Baumgartner at 513-594-6154
or Terry Young at 740-517-0195..
- Barring unforeseen difficulties, seed nominations will be posted
on the web by 4:00 PM the day before the tournament.
- Hit update or refresh to view the most current data!
Corrections to seeds may be made by phone or e-mail to Gary
Baumgartner.
Final seeding will be completed before weigh-ins begin on the
first day..
The criteria for seeded wrestlers that change weight class before
weigh-ins begin will apply in the new weight class.
After weigh-ins begin, if a seeded wrestler does
not make weight or changes weight class:
- The other seed nominees will be rotated upward and the seed nominee
will be randomly drawn into the bracket.