Laramie High School Activities 1710 Boulder Drive, Laramie WY Phone: Fax:

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1 Laramie High School Activities 1710 Boulder Drive, Laramie WY Phone: Fax: TO: Activities Directors and Basketball Coaches 4A East FROM: Laramie High School Activities Jeremy Qualls DATE: Februay 21, 2018 RE: 4A East Regional Basketball Tournament Laramie High School is proud to host the 4A East Regional Basketball tournament on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 1, 2, and 3. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the tournament, please don t hesitate to call me at (307) ext or our Activities Administrative Assistant, Nicole Wilson ext SEEDING Please fax the Team Record Report Form for Regional Tournament Seeding (WHSAA Form S1) to the Laramie High School Activities Office at or it to jqualls@acsd1.org and nwilson@acsd1.org by Monday, February 26, 2018 to facilitate seeding. TEAM PICTURES AND ROSTERS Please send your team picture and roster including name, jersey #, grade, height, and coaches and managers by Friday, February 23rd for the program to jqualls@acsd1.org or nwilson@acsd1.org. We will do our best to make any late changes to your roster in the program. Also, please post your team roster to the WHSAA site as soon as possible. Each Activities Director has been sent the information for entering school rosters. Please contact the WHSAA office if you need this information. WHSAA Rule Rosters for Basketball Tournaments: No more than twelve (12) players can be in uniform for any tournament contest. The twelve players whose names are entered in the official scorebook for the first tournament contest, shall be the only players used for the entire tournament. Violation of this provision shall cause forfeiture as per WHSAA Rules and To upload team photos for the Regional Events or State Culminating events, go to Type in the password whsaa0708 (that s zero seven zero eight), click Login, browse to find your file and Send. Please include your school s name in the title of your file (i.e. Laramie_GBB.jpg).

2 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE All games will be played at Laramie High School in our Main Gym THURSDAY 4:00 pm (Game 1) #4 vs #5 Girls 5:30 pm (Game 2) #4 vs #5 Boys 7:00 pm (Game 3) #3 vs #6 Girls 8:30 pm (Game 4) #3 vs. #6 Boys FRIDAY 4:00 pm (Game 5) #2 vs #3/#6 Girls 5:30 pm (Game 6) #2 Seed vs #3/#6 Boys 7:00 pm (Game 7) #1 vs #4/#5 Girls 8:30 pm (Game 8) #1 vs #4/#5 Boys SATURDAY 10:00 am (Game 9) Loser Game #7 vs Loser Game #5 Girls 11:30 pm (Game 10) Loser Game #8 vs. Loser Game #6 Boys 1:00 pm (Game 11) Winner Game #7 vs. Winner Game #5 Girls 2:30 pm (Game 12) Winner Game #8 vs Winner Game #6 Boys LOCKER ROOMS LHS is hosting STATE CLUB SWIM on Friday and Saturday starting at 8 am. As such, we will have two locker rooms available for changing. Please, have your team take all personal possessions to their bench. Locker rooms will be assigned before each game on both days, and a list team names will be put outside the locker rooms in the order they play. We will be alternating genders in these locker rooms, so please pay attention to signs. Teams can dress after halftime of the game before them, and should not enter the locker room until the team before them has exited. This being said, please do not return to locker rooms prior to halftime of your game as other genders might be changing. Albany County School District will not be responsible for lost or missing items. Locker rooms will be available 45 minutes prior to the first game. Laramie High School will not provide towels. ATHLETIC TRAINING ROOM The athletic training room will be open and available for use throughout the tournament. A certified athletic trainer will be available for all matches. Please bring your own training supplies. WATER Laramie High School will provide water and cups for the tournament. HOME TEAM DESIGNATION The highest seed in any game will be the home team. The home team will start on the right of the scoring bench and will be the designated as HOME team on the scoreboard. WARM-UP PERIOD Ten (10) minutes will be allowed for warm-up.

3 VIDEO TAPING Videotaping will be allowed ONLY at the corners of the balcony level and designated media areas. Please be courteous of spectators. AWARDS All-Conference Medals, Coach of the Year Plaques, and Conference Champion Plaques will be given at the head coaches meeting. The Regional Place Winner Plaque will be presented immediately following the Championship Game on Saturday. GAME MANAGEMENT Pep clubs, parents, and fans are reminded that pep posters, banners and noise makers are not allowed at Regional or State sites. Bands are allowed to play at Regional and State culminating events, but are reminded that they are not allowed to play during live ball situations. Administrators will be assigned for supervision during each session, but we would welcome any school administrator s assistance during their team s competition. TOURNAMENT PASSES/PACKETS Each team will receive an envelope containing the following items for the tournament: 12 player passes 2 manager passes 3 coach passes 1 bus driver pass 15 programs *Passes will be in the form of wristbands- coaches and drivers will receive different ones to allow entrance to the hospitality room Cheerleaders passes must be obtained by contacting the Tournament Director WHSAA TICKET PRICES ADULT STUDENT Thursday $5.00 $4.00 Friday $5.00 $4.00 Saturday $5.00 $4.00 All Session Pass $23.00 $20.00 High school students must present their WHSAA Identification Cards or high school ID card in order to purchase tickets at the student price. If no identification card is presented, adult prices will be charged. High school graduates and older are considered adults. Please pass this information on to your student body and your fans. CONCESSIONS Concessions will be provided throughout the tournament by the LHS Band.

4 BANNERS, SIGNS, FLAGS AND ARTIFICIAL NOISE MAKERS The items listed above are not allowed in the gym or at any time during the tournament. Please help us in getting this information to our teams and fans. T-SHIRTS Regional T-shirts will be available for purchase outside the Main Gym by Rocky Mountain Shirtworks of Laramie. HOSPITALITY ROOM A hospitality room will be set up in the Culinary Arts classroom. It will be for coaches, bus drivers, tournament workers, school administrators, and officials; please no students. COACHES MEETING The head coaches meeting will be Friday 3/2/17 at 1:00 p.m. in room 1039 at Laramie High School for the boys and the Hospitality Room for the girls. The meeting agenda will include: 1) Selection All Conference Team 2) Selection Conference Coach of the Year 3) WCA All-Star Game Nominees 4) Other business to be determined ALL CONFERENCE SELECTIONS The coaches will select an All-Conference team at the Regional Tournament. The All-Conference and All-State selections will be determined in accordance with the following guidelines: 1. All Conference nominations shall be submitted on Wednesday prior to the Regional Tournament to the Tournament Director. Only all-conference selections will be considered for the All-State team. 2. The Head Coach may nominate no more than five (5) players for all conference but may not vote for their own players. 3. At the selection meeting lots will be drawn to determine the order in which nominees are presented. Each coach will then, in turn, present their nominees. 4. There will be only one (1) ballot. Each head coach shall vote for fifteen (15) nominees. Coaches may not vote for their own players. Roll call voting for All Conference and All State will take place on a rotational basis by school and by descending point order. Since there are fifteen (15) positions to be selected, voting will be Point totals will be tabulated with the twelve (12) highest totals being First Team and all other point recipients being Second Team. 5. The conference tournament site will release a list of senior All-Star eligible athletes to the WCA Basketball sport rep by the Wednesday following the state tournament. 6. A press release of All Conference players shall be made on the Wednesday following the State Tournament by the Tournament Director to the 4A ADs of the appropriate conference. 7. Coaches will distribute medals to their First Team All-Conference players after the press release. Coaches will select a Coach of the Year by ballot (included), which will be voted on at the Regional Tournament.

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6 ALL CONFERENCE TEAM NOMINATIONS (GBB) List no more than five (5) nominees. SCHOOL COACH MEDIA FAX # FOR MEDIA RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY AFTER STATE BASKETBALL Nominations due Wednesday, 2/28/18 Fax to Jeremy or to jqualls@acsd1.org and nwilson@acsd1.org

7 COACH OF THE YEAR (GBB) Vote for One (Circle) Mitch Holst - Campbell County Glenn Kirkbride-Cheyenne Central Rusty Horsley-Cheyenne East Chad DeBruyn-Cheyenne South Laura Pollard- Laramie Larry Ligocki-Sheridan Braidi Lutgen -Thunder Basin Return to Jeremy Qualls at the beginning of the 1:00 PM Coaches Meeting on Friday 3/2/18 SCHOOL COACH

8 ALL CONFERENCE TEAM NOMINATIONS (BBB) List no more than five (5) nominees. SCHOOL COACH MEDIA FAX # FOR MEDIA RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY AFTER STATE BASKETBALL Nominations due Wednesday, 2/28/18 Fax to Jeremy or to jqualls@acsd1.org and

9 COACH OF THE YEAR (BBB) Vote for One (Circle) Bubba Hladky - Campbell County Tagg Lain-Cheyenne Central Jeff Bailey-Cheyenne East Jim Shaffer-Cheyenne South Travis Brown- Laramie Jeff Martini-Sheridan Rory Williams-Thunder Basin Return to Jeremy Qualls at the beginning of the 1:00 PM Coaches Meeting on Friday 3/2/18 SCHOOL COACH