Battle of the Belt 2015! Kansas Star Casino

February 7th 2015- Kansas Star Casino
New for this Year- Battle of the Belt Novice 6U, 8U and 10U! Championship Belts and custom medals for 2nd- 4th

Battle of the Belt Open
- 18" 10 lbs Bronze Team Trophy for each age division.
- 36" OW trophy for each age division
- Custom Championship Belt with 3 plates!

Please join us for the annual Battle of the Belt!
12 Full mats!
Awesome venue with plenty of seating and floor space!

Wrestlers are permitted to bring sealed water bottles, sealed sports drinks, and protein/shakes into tournament

Wrestlers are permitted to bring: Fresh fruit, Jerky, Cheese Sticks, Power/Granola bars, Yogurt, Lunch Meats, and Tortillas

Last year we had wrestlers from 9 different states and expect the same this year.

Pre-register at http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=147279009

For more info: www.maizewrestling.com

Pictures of the awards are now posted on www.maizewrestling.com website - under the Battle of the Belt tab. Belts for both Open and Novice, along with team trophy and outstanding wrestler trophy (Open division).

As of this morning we have registrations from 6 states! Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Its going to be tough!

Will there be satellite weigh ins?

Yes, there will be satellite weigh ins. The list will be posted in the next few days.

Could you post the satellite weigh ins? These locations will determine whether we can go to the tournament or not.

On Site Weigh-In

Kansas Star Casino
777 Casino Dr.
Mulvane, KS
(Enter S.E. corner of building where it says BOX OFFICE)
6:00-8:00 pm
Clint Pivarnik

Remote Weigh-In Locations 2015

Out of State

Amarillo, TX
Wesley Club Wrestling
1615 S. Roberts
Amarillo, TX 79102
6:00-7:30 PM
Tony Hernandez 806-681-4863
tonypitbull@yahoo.com

Denver, CO
Site to be Determined

Edmond, OK
3000 Miles Dr.
Edmond, OK
(Jerry Scott’s House)
5:30-7:30 PM
Jerry Scott 405-315-7666

Enid, OK
700 W. Elm Ave
Enid, OK
6:30-7:30 PM
Ben Freer 580-362-5041
freer.ben@yahoo.com

North Kansas City High School
620 E 23rd Ave North
Kansas City, MO 64116
5:30-6:30 PM
Missy Doolin 816-898-6351
teamnkcwrestling@yahoo.com

Omaha, NE
MWC Wrestling Academy
302 East Cary Street
Papillion, NE 68046
5:00-6:00 PM
Clayton Grice 402-203-2334
clayton_grice@yahoo.com

Tulsa Blue T
Tulsa Edison High School
2906 East 41st (Southeast entrance)
Tulsa, OK
6:00-7:30 PM
Bobby Lasater 918-313-7306
bluetpanthers@aol.com


In State

Andale
Andale HS Wrestling Room
700 Rush Avenue
Andale, KS 67001
6:00-7:00 PM
Jeff Martin 316-761-7139
jmartin@provisioned.net

Basehor-Linwood
Team Legacy
6th Grade Center
3102 N 155th Street
Basehor, KS 66007-9526
5:00-6:00 PM
Travis Phippen 913-669-4016

Chaparral
Chaparral High School
467 N. State Road 14
Anthony, KS
5:00-6:00 PM
Tiffany Asper 620-842-2128
ckwrestling1@hotmail.com

Con Kids
Concordia High School
436 W 10th
Concordia, KS
(Enter through loading dock doors on Cedar Street)
6:00-7:00 PM
James Strait 785-614-2424
conkids01@sbcglobal.net

Dodge City
Comanche Middle School- Basement, enter off 2nd Ave
6:00-7:00 PM
Scott Edwards 620-338-2987
Lizette Garcia 620-202-0802
lizette.2006@hotmail.com

Elk County
West Elk High School
1199 State Hwy 99
Howard, KS 67349
5:00-5:30 PM
Chad Koop 620-437-7728
elkcowrestling@hotmail.com

Greater Gold
909 Fulton Street
Garden City, KS
5:30-6:30 PM
Tessa Smith 620-290-0603
greatergoldsecretary@gmail.com

Hays Wrestling Club
Hays High School
2300 E. 13th
Hays, KS 67601
(Enter through the south east doors by the weight room and wrestling room)
6:00-7:00 PM
JB Harding 785-871-0273
Lance Geyer 785-650-1607
lancegeyer@gmail.com

Hoisington
Hoisington Activity Center
1200 Susank Rd.
Hoisington, KS 67544
5:30-6:30 PM
Amanda Loesch 620-617-6795
hoisingtonwrestling@yahoo.com

Hutchinson
Hutchinson High School Wrestling room – North Gym
1401 N. Severance
Hutchinson, KS
6:00-6:45 PM
Jennifer Henderson 620-694-9710
hkwcsalthawks@gmail.com

Independence Wrestling Club
Independence High School
1301 N. 10th St.
Independence, KS
5:30–6:30 PM
Rae Allen 620-714-1865
rallen@indyschoolcom

Junction City
1008 W 6th St (Above Goodwill)
Junction City, KS
(Enter on E. side of building through doors marked Junction City Baseball Academy go upstairs to wrestling room)
6:00-7:00 PM
Dan Roether 785-375-9994
Junctioncitywrestling@yahoo.com
roether9@yahoo.com

Liberal
Liberal High School
1611 W. 2nd Street
Liberal, KS 67901
6:00-7:00 PM
Alfredo Juarez 620-417-5119
alfredo.juarez@nationaldees.com

Linn County
Linn County Twisters Club
Prairie View High School in wrestling room
13667 KS Hwy 152
LaCygne, KS 66040
5:30-6:30 PM
Robert Blanck 816-853-3619
rblanck@ironhandllc.com

MAC Wrestling Club
210 N. Elm St.
McPherson, KS
5:30-6:30 PM
Lance Engel 620-755-5738
lanceengel@gmail.com

Newton
Newton Wrestling Club
Old Washington Elementary School
400 South Main
Newton, KS
6:00-7:30 PM
Josh Clanton 316-727-6172
jjclanton@cox.net

Ottawa Mat Masters
3326 Marshall RD
Ottawa, KS 66067
6:00–7:00 PM
Scott and Sara Hornbuckle 785-242-4793
hornbuckleframing@hotmail.com

Pratt
Pratt High School
401 S Hamilton St
Pratt, KS
(Enter building on far north side near football field)
6:30-7:30 PM
Dustin Teasley 620-388-3330
teasley4@yahoo.com

Salina
Salina South High School Wrestling Room
730 E. Magnolia
Salina, KS
(Enter in through doors south of softball fields)
5:30-7:00 PM
Rich Zimmerman 785-823-3987
richzimmerman@salinawrestling.com

Scott City
Scott Community High School
712 Main
Scott City, KS
(Enter on the East side of school)
5:00-6:00 PM
Quinten Wheeler 620-214-1615
qjwheeler@wbsnet.org

Topeka
1836 SW 65th Street
Topeka, KS 66619
5:00-6:30 PM
Greg Murray 785-925-1642
greg.murray@sbcglobal.net

Winfield
Winfield Middle School Wrestling Room
130 N. Viking Blvd.
Winfield, KS
(Enter on backside of school. East side near the track)
6:00-7:00 PM
Kennie Ledford 405-406-7564

Are you allowing any weight allowance? Can they do both open & novice?

There will be no weight allowance.

Wrestler may enter only one weight class and only one age group.

Wrestlers are permitted to bring sealed water bottles, sealed sports drinks, and protein/shakes into tournament.

Wrestlers are permitted to bring fresh fruit, jerky, cheese sticks, power/granola bars, yogurt, lunch meats, and tortillas into tournament.

Satellite Weigh-In locations have been updated. See above

Satellite Weigh-In locations have been updated. See above

"Wrestlers are permitted to bring sealed water bottles, sealed sports drinks, and protein/shakes, Fresh fruit, Jerky, Cheese Sticks, Power/Granola bars, Yogurt, Lunch Meats, and Tortillas into tournament."

With this being posted are we allowed to bring said items in a small cooler into the tournament or will there be a designated area that they are stored? Thanks!

When are you guys going to release brackets? I know the deadline says 4am on track but I would like to make out my brackets earlier as a coach to make it a lot less crazy in the morning that's why I am asking

They can bring them in a small cooler, a wrestler will have to carry it in not a parent.

We will release brackets as soon as we can. The seeds have been saved, but we are waiting to build brackets until after everyone has weighed in and we confirm their correct age/weight/division placement. Unfortunately, I would not expect it to be before midnight.

Thank you for getting back to me Derek! Excited for tomorrow!

The Maize Wrestling Club would like to thank everyone who attended our tournament yesterday. It was a great atmosphere with some stellar wrestling!

We would greatly appreciate any feedback, both positive and negative, so that we can build on the tournament in years to come.

Good luck to everyone on the remainder of their seasons.

Thank You,

Maize Wrestling Club

Thank you for the great Tournament lots of tough competition. Only a few things I think could make this tournament a little better is #1 Wrestle for a true champion. This use to be done at all tournaments when many of us coaches were wrestling but for some reason we have changed this because parents seem to thank that it makes it to long of a tournament. The only ones that are really saying this is the parents who's kid had second then lost it to the 3rd placer. Top tournaments like Battle of the Belt need to bring this back. If not then there needs to be a seeding meeting before the tournament.
#2 Move the table where the kids picked up their Belts and medals. With it butted up to the mat and the older kids wrestling while they were still passing out the awards was asking for trouble. Glad no little kid was hurt or a move stopped because there were kids in the wrestling area. Also since this is a such a great tournament and bringing in kids from not only around the state but from other states there needs to be a stand where the kids can have their pictures taken with all the placers.
#3 And the least important and also maybe the hardest to change. Even though it was able to get food inside for the kids. We should be able to take the kids to the great Buffet at the Casino after the tournament. If they have to go through a back door because they are not allowed on the main floor that would be ok. But there should be a way to get them to eat there. Even in Vegas kids can walk through and around the gaming machines.

Back to back weekends great tourneys, Salina and Maize. I really enjoyed the fact ages were split, made for a much shorter day. No complaints here, competition was great and facility is top notch.

The only complaint I have about this tournament was the novice division. Some of the kids from out state should not have been in the novice division because they have been wrestling for longer than 2 years or they placed in the state tournament. The true novice kids got cheated because these other kids wanted to cheat. It was an awesome tournament other than that.

This is the 1st time attending The Battle of the Belt, and I have to say it was a good experience. Venue was top notch with plenty of room to move around and coach. The event security were very polite and helpful if needed. The coaches chairs were a great touch you don't see that much at kids tournaments. The competition was great, officials appeared to be good from what I seen. On things that could possibly improve this tournament, I feel at a tournament of this caliber coaches should be required to show a USA coaches card before they can obtain a coaches band. I think you still could charge the $15 for extra bands, but just make sure they are coaches with background checks completed. And the other thing is too many advanced wrestlers in the novice division. I know this is next to impossible to enforce, because there are always going to be those families/clubs that are trophy hunting rather than competition hunting. But overall great tournament and we will be back.

Lance Geyer
Hays Wrestling Club