Wahawk Athletics

   Below is the information necessary for the tournament to be held on Saturday, September 27, 2008.

Site:     Two pools will be played at Cedar Falls High School (Pools A & B) and two pools will be played at Northern University High School (Pools C & D). (Map enclosed)  The championship bracket will be played out at Cedar Falls High School and the Consolation bracket will be played at Northern University High School. 

Time:          8:00 am - facility opens.
                    9:00 am - Pool play begins.
      Note:  There will be NO coaches meeting.

Admission: $5.00 for adults and $4.00 for students - Good for all day at both schools.

Locker rooms: Locker rooms will be available at both high schools.  Please bring your own towels and locks.  Cedar Falls High School and Northern University High School will not be responsible for lost or stolen articles. 

Concessions: Will be available.  Please do not bring food or beverages into the gym. There will be an area in the hallway for your team to set up camp.  Each team will receive free meal tickets for coaches. 

Warm-up balls: Volleyballs will be provided at each school, please do not bring your own. 

Line judges:      Will be provided by the host team.

Scorekeepers:  Scorekeepers will be provided for the championship and consolation round. During pool play, participating teams who are not playing will be asked to provide a scorekeeper, libero tracker, and a scoreboard operator. (see schedule)

Warm-up:            Teams playing at 9:00 will begin warm-up at 8:50. These teams will have a 4-3-3 warm-up. Teams playing the second match will also have a 3-3 warm-up on the net they will be playing on.  Ball handling for these teams must be done on the warm up nets.  After a team has played once, all ball handling will take place on warm up nets, hitting and serving will be 3 minutes  shared on the court you play on.  Coaches MUST be with their teams during warm-ups. 

Playoff warm-ups :       Warm-up for tournament play will be 3 minutes shared net hitting and one minute serving for the first game for each team.  After the first game for each team, play will begin immediately. 

Method of play:
  1.  There will be a coin flip for choice of serve and side.
  2.  Pool play will consist of each team playing the best two of
        three games to 21 (no cap). Third game to 15. The FIRST
        AND SECOND place teams in each pool will advance to the
        Championship bracket at Cedar Falls.  The THIRD AND
        FOURTH place teams will be in the Consolation bracket at
        NU High.        
  3.  Seeding within the pool will be determined by:
        1.  Overall win-loss record         
        2.  Head to head game record
        3.  Head to head defensive points
        4.  Overall defensive points  
  4.  Placement into championship or consolation bracket will be
        determined by:  
        1.  Overall win-loss record 
        2.  Head to head game record
        3.  Head to head defensive points
        4.  Overall defensive points
   5.  Bracket play will consist of each team playing the best two
         out of three games to 25 (no cap). Third game to 15. 

     POOL A             POOL B                POOL C              POOL D
1.  Cedar Falls     1.  Dike-NH            1.  NU High            1.  A-P
2.  Charles City    2.  Waterloo West  2.  Waterloo East   2.  Waukon
3.  Waukee          3.  Marshalltown     3.  Fort Dodge       3. WDM Dowl.
4.  DM East         4.  CR Washington  4.  Grundy Center  4. Columbus

Order of Play      Scorers                                      
      1-2                        4                                                                  
      3-4                        1
      3-1                        2
      4-2                        3
      4-1                        2
      2-3                        1

Championship(CF High) & Consolation Bracket (NU High)     Click Here
   Brackets will be played from top to bottom on the courts listed. We will flip for serve or side.   If teams have not arrived from the other gym, play may begin with the teams already available, if it is agreed upon by both coaches.