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Tournaments
The greater portion of competitive events for wrestling, fall under the guise of tournaments. Typically held on weekends these events begin early in the morning and continue late into the evening. They require a dedication and sacrifice of time that many athletes are not willing to forgo. In some cases these tournaments can extend over a two day period depending upon their size. Wrestling tournaments are categorized as either Pool (Team Tournaments) or Individual Tournaments. (see below)
Fluvanna County High School is scheduled to appear in eight tournaments this year. Six of these tournaments are pool our dual team tournaments. On Dec. 6th we will be competing in a team tournament at Broadway High School in Broadway , Virginia.
On Dec. 13th the Flucos will travel to Montross, Virginia to participate in the Washington and Lee Individual Tournament ( The Motrossity). Washington and Lee and Fluvanna started their programs in the same year. Coach Wilkerson has some local ties having coached at FUMA. He has put together a good field of A, AA, and AAA schools. In their second season Coach Wilkerson took a handfull of wrestlers to the state tournament I am interested to see how our program stacks up.
The following weekend Dec. 19th & 20th the Flucos travel to Marion, Va. to compete in The Marion Brutal Clash. Sponsored by McDonalds this tournament boasts a line up of teams from 7 surrounding states. Their is no entry fee for this tournament and the host team provides lodging for visiting teams. Teams are selected through a rigorous application process and we are delighted and honored to have been chosen to represent Central Virginia at this event.
Home for the holidays and then back at it on Dec 29th The Flucos are headed to Bedford to participate in The Bedford Brawl hosted by Liberty High School.
The New Year begins with a journey north to The Madison Duals. This will be our third year at the Duals. The tournament will be held Jan. 3rd.
One weekend to breath and rest and then we are off to a tournament at nearby Powahattan High School on Jan. 17th
The Big Blue. Do I need to say any more. On Jan. 23rd and 24th we will be traveling into the sacristy of Virginia High School wrestling as The Flucos will be participating in a 32 team individual tournament held at Christiansburg High School in Southwest Virginia. For the past six seasons Christiansburg High School has been the AA State Champs and a nationally ranked high school team. Using their clout and reputation Christiansburg has assembled a field of teams from N. Carolina , Delaware , Ohio , West Virginia and Virginia . The competition will be fierce and will encompass some of the best wrestlers in the state.
Before heading into the postseason tournament Fluvanna will finish off the month (Jan. 31st) with an event hosted by New Kent. Under the direction of Coach Mike Faus, this tournament will be a good test for our wrestlers.
Pool Tournaments
Teams are placed in pools. Teams compete in dual meet competition against every team in their pool which determines the rank of teams in each pool. Teams from each pool wrestle against the same-ranked team(s) from the other pool(s) to determine team placement. These types of tournaments guarantee wrestlers a certain number of matches, barring forfeits.
Individual Tournaments
Individual tournaments are of the double elimination type. A double-elimination tournament is a competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimination tournament, in which only one defeat results in elimination.
A double-elimination tournament is broken into two sets of brackets, the Winners Bracket and Losers Bracket ( W and L Brackets for short; also sometimes Upper Bracket and Lower Bracket , respectively). After the first round, the winners proceed into the W Bracket and the losers proceed into the L Bracket. The W Bracket is conducted in the same manner as a single-elimination tournament, except of course that the losers of each round "drop down" into the L Bracket.
As with single-elimination tournaments, most often the number of competitors is equal to a power of 2 (4, 8, 16, etc) so that there are an even number of competitors at every round.
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