55thANNUAL 2022 CIAC WRESTLING INFORMATION

CIAC WRESTLING RULES INFORMATION FOR 20221. Only institutional members of the Conference may enter these tournaments.2. Matches with non-member of CIAC schools will not be considered in the seeding. Matches with out-of-state schoolsWILL NOT count for seeding. Matches against teammates (in events that allow double-entries) WILL NOT COUNT.3. The 2022 CIAC Wrestling Tournament will be operated in four (4) divisions. Placement of schools has been based onthe 2020-21 boy enrollment in grades 9-12 and the actual entries the year before. A listing of tournament divisionsis available on the wrestling page at ciacsports.com.LL – 729 and overL – 535 to 728M – 377 to 534S – up to 3764. An Open Tournament will be held a week after the division tournaments. Open Meet participants will be composedof the top six (6) wrestlers in each weight class.5. a. In compliance with the 2021-22 National Federation Rule Book each wrestler shall be required “to establish hiscertified weight via a state association weight control program.” DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS OUTLININGTHE CONNECTICUT WEIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM ARE INCLUDED WITH THISTOURNAMENT INFORMATION.b.Wrestlers who have not been weight certified by the CIAC weight control program are ineligible to participate ininterscholastic wrestling meets or tournaments. UNCERTIFIED WRESTLERS MUST NOT COMPETE.INELIGIBLE WRESTLERS MAY NOT COMPETE.c.Weight Class in State Tournament – Each wrestler is required to have at least 33% of his weigh-ins during theseason at or below the minimum weight he will wrestle during the state tournament series. Although wins andlosses against out-of-state competition are not included in determining seed points, any and all weigh-ins forvarsity competitions do count. For example, a dual meet against an out-of-state team DOES count for weigh-ins,but not for seed results, while attending an out-of-state individually bracketed tournament counts for a weigh-in,but results against non-CIAC opponents do NOT count toward won/loss record for seeding purposes.d.Overall records of wrestlers and only meets with Conference member schools are to be counted for seedingpurposes for divisional tournaments.6. a. To be eligible to compete in the divisional tournaments each school team must have competed in at least eight (8)varsity meets during the 2021-22 season, and each wrestler must be entered in a weight class consistent with thefindings of the weight control program.b. Entry fee – One person teams - 100.00. Teams with four or more wrestlers - 100 per team plus 10.00 foreach wrestler entered as well as each alternate entered. Teams will be permitted to enter a maximum of fourteenwrestlers and fourteen alternates – maximum per team 300.00. All those above the twenty-eight wrestlers andalternates permitted will pay the normal admission fee. Entry must be mailed to CIAC, 30 Realty Drive,Cheshire, CT 06410.If a school needs an invoice in order to pay its tournament fee, one can be downloaded by using the “GenerateTournament Invoice” link under the wrestling options in the password-protected online eligibility center.4

CIAC Late Entry Policyo No tournament entries will be accepted after the established deadline except those approved by theCIAC Board of Control.o Corrections requested by a school to an entry form that was submitted by the established deadline, but prior toseeding/pairing data being published on the web site, will be assessed a fee of 50 per correction to amaximum of 250.o All requests for corrections must be submitted on a support ticket via the online eligibility center. No phonerequests will be considered.Tournament Regulation Violations – If a school fails to comply with tournament regulations and such requiresthe CIAC tournament sports committee, central office staff, or the CIAC Board of Control to redo any portion ofthe tournament pairings or such non-compliance adversely impacts the management of the tournament, anadministrative violation fee of 500 will be imposed upon the school before entry into the tournament will beallowed.7. Competition during the regular season, state tournaments, and the New England Tournament, will be held in thefollowing weight classes: 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220, 285.8. Awards – Medals will be awarded in each Division Tournament and in the Open to the first, second, third, fourth,fifth and sixth place winners in each class. Plaques will be given to the winning team and the second place team ineach Division and the Open Tournament. MEDALISTS MUST BE PRESENT AT AWARDS CEREMONY TORECEIVE AWARDS.9. Team Scoring – Will be according to National Federation Rule Book.10. Rules – All bouts will be governed by the National Federation Rules for 2021-22.11. Medical Examination – At the time of weighing in for all tournaments the designated on-site health-care professionalmust be present to examine all contestants for communicable diseases and shall disqualify any contestant who inhis/her judgment will endanger other contestants. The health-care professional’s decision is irrevocable.(Health Care Professionals – A.R.P.N., Physician’s Assistants, M.D.’s, D.O.’s)Rule 4-2-4 reads as follows – If a designated on-site meet appropriate health-care professional is present, he/she mayoverrule the diagnosis of the appropriate health-care professional signing the medical release form for a wrestler toparticipate or not participate with a particular skin condition.Rule 8-2-5 reads as follows – A designated, on-site, appropriate health-care professional who determines a wrestlershould not participate, shall not be overruled.12. Admission Prices * (Per day)(Subject to change)Children five (5) and underSenior Citizens (age 65 and older)Students (Grades 1-12)Adults (All others not in the above categories)Military in uniform or with IDFree 5.00 5.00 10.00FreeAll ticket sales for CIAC tournament games will be sold and redeemed via digital ticketing.13. Tournament DatesDivision FinalsOpenNew EnglandsFebruary 18, 19, 2022February 25, 26, 2022March 4, 5, 20225

14. Postponement Schedule – Check CIAC web page and local radio, TV and newspapers.Divisional Championshipsa. If the Divisional Championships have to be postponed on Friday, February 18, 2022, the DivisionalChampionships will be conducted on Saturday, February 19 and Sunday, February 20. Times TBA.b. If the Divisional Championships have to be postponed on Saturday, February 19 after Friday’s session washeld, the remainder of the Championship will be conducted on Sunday, February 20 – starting at 12:30 p.m.and Monday, February 21 – starting at 5:00 p.m. NOTE: February 21 is President’s Day.c. The Open Championship postponement will be the same format as the divisional.15. Tournament Sites and Starting TimesLL--Trumbull High SchoolMeet Director – Mike KingCell – (203) 610-2084Email – kingm@trumbullps.orgL--Guilford High SchoolMeet Director – Bob SwanCell – (203) 641-2838Email – rswan@east-haven.k12.ct.usM--TBA (Possibly East Haven)Meet Director –Cell –Email –S--Killingly High SchoolMeet Director – Dave NowakowskiCell – (860) 705-2629Email – nowakowski@sbcglobal.netOpen--Floyd Little Athletic Center Fieldhouse, New HavenMeet Director – Dave NowakowskiCell – (860) 705-2629Email – nowakowski@sbcglobal.netOpen Starting Time – Friday – Estimated 3:00 p.m. / Saturday – Estimated 9:00 a.m. (Times subject to change)New England -- TBD (Preliminarily scheduled for Providence, RI)16. Multi-team Meets Include – Tri, quads and tournaments – the maximum number of multi-team meets permitted perseason is eight (8). (Conference/league tournaments do not count.)Schools sending wrestlers to more than one varsity competition on the same day must maintain weekly and seasonallimitations, except for the “elite” exception.6

If the tournament sponsor considers the tournament varsity level, all participants must consider it a varsitycompetition.In multi-dual events, the sequence determined by the draw will be followed for that day’s subsequent meetcompetition; the subsequent dual meet shall begin one weight class beyond the starting weight class of theprevious round.If a dual meet or a multi-meet is cancelled because of weather, participants in that cancelled meet mayreschedule a dual meet or a multi-meet, and the rescheduled event may be against any CIAC member school,or other states association wrestling teams.17. Elite High School Programs / Individual Wrestlersa. A coach is permitted to send up to four (4) “elite” level wrestlers to an elite tournament two times during theseason. Teams are permitted to attend a total of two elite tournaments.b. A wrestler may attend an elite level tournament while the remainder of the team attends either a dual meet ora multi-meeting at the same time.c. All team members and teams must abide by weekly, seasonal and multi-event limitations currently requiredby the CIAC for the sport of wrestling.d. In order to be considered an “elite level tournament”, the contest needs to have a minimum of sixteen teamscompeting from a minimum of three states and must be a NFHS sanctioned competition.e. Connecticut wrestlers in all tournaments must continue to follow NFHS match limitations.f.Individual results must be counted in all tournaments.g. All tournament competition must be completed before any wrestler is permitted to compete in another event.h. All wrestlers in all events must be accompanied by a coach in possession of a State of Connecticut coachingpermit and approved by the school district, with approval of coach, athletic director and principal.18. Seeding – The CIAC Tournament Director will be responsible for seeding all entries. Losers in the round of 16 willwrestle back.The entry list for the Open which notes first through sixth place in each Division will be the basis for drawing for theOpen.Seeding Criteria – Seeding for all divisions will take place at the CIAC Office, Cheshire on the following dates.Any school that does not register their athletes into their respective Flo tournament online or does not submitseeding information via the CIAC web site – www.ciacsports.com – on or before 3:00 p.m., Monday, February14 and have a designee appear with duplicate materials, their score books and weigh-in forms at the seedmeeting MAY NOT be allowed to enter the tournament. A 50 fine will be assessed for missing information.Tuesday, February 15Tuesday, February 15Wednesday, February 16Wednesday, February 165:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.SMLLLCOACHES OR THEIR DESIGNEE MUST BE PRESENT AT THE SEED MEETING.7

19. 2021-22 Modified Connecticut Wrestling Seeding Criteria – This method is intended to reward strength ofschedule and the defeating of quality opponents, while diminishing the value of forfeit wins and wins over opponentswith lower win percentages. By removing out-of-state opponents from seed point determination, there is greaterincentive to seek high-caliber competition. There is a slightly reduced value in rewarding scheduling an extremelyhigh number of matches. All seed points will be automatically calculated through the Flo database. Please be sure to“uncheck” the “varsity” box for any matches against teammates in multiple entry events, any out-of-state opponentsand any schools who are not CIAC members (prep schools). League tournament events do not count toward seedingrecords (See 18.a.3.). Non-sanctioned weight classes do not count. Matches against teammates do not count.a. Base Points – Base points are simply determined by (# of wins) x (winning percentage) with maximum # ofwins for calculating purpose capped at 20. Therefore, an undefeated wrestler (i.e. 29-0) would earn 20 basepoints (20 wins x 1.0), while a 15-15 wrestler would earn 7.5 points (15 wins x 0.5 win pct), and a 20-10wrestler would earn 13.33 points (20 wins x 0.67 win pct). Maximum wins capped at 20 in an attempt toreduce the benefit of over-scheduling, and in consideration of teams that schedule considerable out-of-statecompetition.b. Place Points – State tournament place points have been increased to maintain their prior relative value to the“base points” (Divisional States 6-5-4-3-2-1 for 1st through 6th, State Open and New England 12-10-8-6-4-2for 1st through 6th). Maximum place points for returning NE/Open/Div Champion would be 30 points(12 12 6). 2021-22 Exception: As there was no 2021 state tournament, placement points earned fromthe 2020 season will be counted for 2022 seeding purposes. (Previous year of statewide competition to becounted.)c. Net Points – For Net Points, add wrestler’s base points to place points (i.e. The undefeated wrestler abovewho was 2nd at class divisional and 4th at Open would have 20 base points plus 13 place points for a total of 33Net Points). The maximum Net Points would be 50 (20 base points plus 30 place points).d. Win Points – Additional win bonus points are earned for each victory over Connecticut opponents, based on10% of each defeated opponent’s “net points”. A maximum of the 20 “best” wins will be used to determinewin points, with the highest bonuses earned counted first. Therefore, having 30 wins, but beating 20 wrestlerswith winning records would earn more “win points” than a wrestler with 30 wins for whom 17 were forfeitsand 8 were against sub-.500 wrestlers. Win bonus points would range from 0 points (for a forfeit or a victoryvs an opponent with 0 wins) up to approximately 4 points for beating a State Open champ/NE finalist withonly 1 loss. An “average” win over a .500 wrestler is worth between 0.5 to 1 point and a win over a “quality”wrestler who is a returning state place winner worth around 2 points. Wrestlers only receive “win points” for20 highest win point victories, so as not to unfairly reward over scheduling of matches.e. Therefore, each wrestler has a “value” assigned that is earned for any win over them (calculated automaticallyas part of Flo database), as 10% of their “net points”. This number will change throughout the season, as thewrestler’s wins and win percentage (and net points), change constantly.f.The former bonus point for 18 or 28 wins has been eliminated.g. For each wrestler’s final point total, add base points and place points, as well as their highest 20 “win points”,which could earn a wrestler anywhere from a point or two, up to 15-20 points if beating numerous highquality wrestlers.h. While more matches won would generate more “win points” (up to 20 wins), the net gain for beating marginalopponents is minimal, such that beating 10 wrestlers with sub-.500 win percentages would only generateabout 3-4 bonus points which is about what you could earn by beating 2 state place winners.i.For 2021-22, we will retain current seeding meetings to break any ties but with such detailed points, therewould be very few (if any) ties in need of breaking, so meetings should be 30-45 minutes. Tie-breakprocedure:8

(1) When there is a two-way tie implement step 1, if this does not break the tie implement step 2, if this doesnot break the tie implement step 3, etc.§§§§Step 1 – Most Wins – Head-to-head (any and all matches including tournaments)Step 2 – Number of Higher Ranked Opponents BeatenStep 3 – Number of WinsStep 4 – Coin Toss(2) When there is a multiple tie (more than two implement step 1, if this does not break all who are tied,implement step 2 for those still tied, if this does not break all who are tied implement step 3 for those still tied,etc.§§§Step 1 – 1 point for each of higher ranked opponents beatenStep 2 – Number of WinsStep 3 – Coin TossThis plan will also eliminate the step of allowing wrestlers to improve their seed by virtue of wins over thoseabove them, as they have essentially already earned those points through the “win points”. However, we willcontinue to implement the final step of allowing “direct flips”. After a weight bracket is seeded, any wrestlerwho has defeated the next higher seeded wrestler during the season will interchange places with that wrestler.A wrestler moving up may interchange again if the next higher wrestler was beaten during the season. Thismay be repeated as warranted. Repeat this process until you have gone through the bracket once. Thisprocess will start at seed one and work down. If the two wrestlers have evenly split their matches, nointerchange will occur, but winning a majority of those head-to-head contests (i.e. 2 out of 3) will permit theflip. If a wrestler has beaten a wrestler more than one place higher the interchange may not take place (unlessall wrestlers in between the 2 have also been defeated).j.As all wrestlers will have a “point value”, all wrestlers will be seeded. All entrants will be entered directlyinto the Flo portal for seeding, just as with regular season events, with the ability to list alternates. Alternateswill still be permitted to be entered in case of scratches of seeded wrestlers at the Class tournaments. Theywill be placed where their total points prescribe, with no ability to move up by having beaten the wrestlerabove them. However, the option of changing weight classes at the seed meeting is now eliminated. Allentrants must be entered into the Flo portal by 3:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the seeding meetings (3:00p.m., Monday, February 14, 2022). Entries will be locked at that time, and weight class changes will not bepermitted. Coaches must enter their expected primary varsity wrestler. Your post-season roster, includingentries and alternates (up to a maximum of 28 athletes) will still be submitted to CIAC, for purposes ofdetermining entry fee and apparel printing.See sample data below for bonus points, as well as sample seedings. Sample data for determining bonuspoints for wins against opponents.NameJoe SmithBill JonesMark AllenForfeitJohn CurryMike atoonSaskatoonWon1812401632Lost21216041Win Pct.900.500.2000.00.800.970Base Pts16.26.00.8012.819.49Place Pts8000214Net Pts24.26.00.80.014.833.4Pts Earned for Win Vs wrestler2.420.600.0801.483.34

Sample seed data of those same wrestlers (now shown on different teams in same weight class)NameSchool Won Lost Win Pct Base Pts Place Pts Net Pts Sample Win Pts Earned vs Total Seed Pts20 top Beaten OpponentsJoe Smith A18 2.90016.2824.27.0831.28Bill Jones B12 12 .5006.006.01.207.20Mark Allen C416 .2000.800.80.681.48John Curry D16 4.80012.8214.83.5618.36Mike Lala E32 1.97019.41433.49.6443.04k. REPLACEMENT WRESTLERS – Once a wrestler is entered in a weight class at registration by Monday,February 14 at 3:00 p.m., the wrestler must wrestle in that weight class and may not change weight classes. Areplacement wrestler will be seeded as their points determine, and if tied, immediately following thosewrestlers having the same point total, with no ability to improve their seed by virtue of having beaten anyoneabove. A zero point replacement wrestler will be placed last. Once replacement wrestlers have been seeded,all in the bracket bump-up accordingly. With scratches all wrestlers in the bracket move up.20. Divisional Tournament Seeded Entries and Alternates – All entries and alternates must be entered online viaCIAC and into Flo by the required date of Monday, February 14 at 3:00 p.m.a. Once a wrestler is entered at a specific weight class at the seed meeting, that entered wrestler MAY NOTchange weight classes. However, changes of entrants may be made at the seed meetings, while changes maybe made after the seed meeting and at the event only in accordance with the following guidelines.b. An alternate may replace any seeded wrestler at any weight class for which he or she is qualified, and thismay be done at the seed meeting or at the divisional tournament. However, an alternate MAY NOT beinserted into a weight class that was left vacant by the school at the seed meeting.c. Coaches and athletic directors are responsible for the submission of correct information, including thewin/loss record and placement points of each wrestler. With the exception of egregious data entry errors, nochanges will be made at the seed meeting. Any and all determination of correctable data at the seed meetingis at the discretion of the CIAC.d. It is the responsibility of coaches to attend the seed meetings, and to state any results that impact the seedingof

2020-21 NFHS WRESTLING RULE CHANGES 4-1-1c Note Clarified when a female wrestler wears a suitable undergarment. 4-1-3 Clarified how to address when a shoe comes off during wrestling action. 4-2-1 Modified the ha