Green River-Wolves Stadium 320 Monroe Avenue (next to Lincoln Middle School) Green River, Wyoming 82935 Phone: (307) 872-4752 Fax: (307) 872-4759 E-mail: beardsa1@swcsd2.org TO: FROM: Athletic Directors Head Soccer Coaches Tony Beardsley Activities Director, Sweetwater County School Dist. #2/Green River 4A West Soccer Regional Tournament Director Green River High School will be hosting the 4A West Regional Soccer Tournament May 10-12, 2018. Please review the following information and contact me with any questions. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Tournament matches will take place at Wolves Stadium (next to Lincoln Middle School). Thursday s matches will be determined following the conclusion of the regular season. We will follow the schedule as outlined on the enclosed brackets. AWARDS Regional plates will be presented to the first, second, and third place teams. 20 first place medals will be presented immediately following each championship match. TEAM PICTURES AND ROSTERS Official Roster Forms and Team Record Forms should be filled out and sent to Tony Beardsley at beardsa1@swcsd2.org and Scott McCash at smccash@whsaa.org on Sunday by 11:00am, May 6 th so we can seed the tournament and have brackets ready to go. The Official Roster Form (R4) and Soccer Team Record Form (S2) can be found in the Forms Section of the WHSAA website (www.whsaa.org) as well as attached to this Information Packet. Team Pictures along with a Caption must be emailed to Ruth DeWick at dewickr@swcsd2.org by Monday, May 7th, 2018 at 3:00pm. We can forward the picture and caption to the State Tournament Director for you. COACHES PACKETS Coach s information packets will be available upon arrival. Coaches passes, player passes, and bus driver passes will be included in the coaches packet. LOCKER ROOMS It is recommended that players are dressed prior to arrival as school may still be in session, however, we will have one locker room provided for changing purposes. Equipment bags and belongings may not be left in the locker room during matches. GRHS/LMS and SWCSD2 assumes no liability for valuables that are lost or stolen. NO CLEATS ARE TO BE WORN INSIDE BUILDINGS PLEASE.
WATER We will provide water, ice, and cups for all tournament matches. ATHLETIC TRAINIER A licensed athletic trainer will be available. Also, see attached Emergency Action Plan. BUS PARKING We have a large parking lot behind Lincoln Middle School and next to Wolves Stadium. Buses can drop off teams in this parking lot near the stadium and park in the parking lot without any issues. Please see Bus Parking Map attached to this information. GAME MANAGEMENT Administrators will be assigned for supervision during each match. WARM-UP PERIOD A minimum of 20 minutes will be provided for warm-up prior to your scheduled match. WHSAA TICKET PRICES Adult Student Thursday $4.00 $3.00 Friday $4.00 $3.00 Saturday $4.00 $3.00 All Session Pass $10.00 $7.00 High School students must present their WHSAA identification card or high school ID card in order to purchase tickets at the student price. If no ID 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 fans. HOME TEAMS ON BRACKETS Once the Brackets for the Regional Tournament are finalized, please note that the Home Team will be the higher seeded team on the bracket for each match. ALL-CONFERENCE COACHES MEETING The head coaches meeting will be Friday morning at 10:30am in the Wolves Stadium Press Box. The agenda will include: 1) Select All-Conference Team, 2) Select Conference COY, 3) Other business as needed. The All-Conference Selection will be determined in accordance with the following guidelines: 1. Please fax or email your All-Conference Nominations to Tony Beardsley at 307-872-4759 or beardsa1@swcsd2.org by 4:00pm on May 7 th. Please list your nominations by first name, last name, grade level, and position (see positions below in #3). Feel free to add past honors as well. 2. The Head Coach may nominate his own players, but may not vote for them. 3. Positions selected for the All-Conference Team shall be as follows: a. 3 Goal Keepers b. 6 Forwards c. 8 Midfielders d. 8 Defenders
4. Any player nominated for All-Conference must have played that position at some point during the season. The All-State Selection Meeting will take place in Jackson during the Wyoming 4A State Soccer Tournament. This meeting is scheduled for 6:15pm (or after the conclusion of the last match on Thursday evening, May 17 th, 2018) in the Commons Area of Jackson Hole High School. **Please see the by-laws listed starting on the next page of this document for more information. WHSAA RULE 7.11.41.5 WHSAA REGIONAL/STATE SOCCER TIE GAME PROCEDURE When the score is tied at the end of the regulation time, the referee will instruct both teams to return to their respective team boxes. There will be five minutes during which both teams may confer with their coaches. The head referee will instruct both teams as to proper procedure: 1. There shall be two full ten-minute overtime periods (note not sudden victory). a. A coin toss shall be held as in Rule 5.2.2 (e). b. At the end of the first ten-minute overtime period, teams shall change ends. 2. If the score still remains tied, a representative from the coaching staff of each team, officials, and team captain shall assemble at the halfway line to review the procedure as outlined below: a. The head referee shall choose the goal at which all of the kicks from the penalty line shall be taken. b. Each coach will select and identify to the officials any five players, including the goalkeeper, on or off the field (except those who may have been disqualified) to take the kicks. c. A coin toss shall be held as in Rule 5.2.2 (e). The team winning the coin toss shall have the choice of kicking first or second. d. Teams will alternate kickers. There is no follow-up on the kick. e. The defending team may change the goal keeper prior to each penalty kick. f. Following five kicks for each team, the team scoring on the greatest number of these kicks shall be declared the winner. g. Add one goal to the winning team score and credit the team with a victory. An asterisk (*) may be placed by the team advancing to indicate the advancement was the result of a tie-breaker system. 3. If the score remains tied after each team has had five kicks: a. Each coach will select five different players than the first five who already kicked to take the kicks in a sudden victory situation, wherein, if one team scores and the other team does not score, the game is ended without more kicks being taken. b. If the score remains tied, continue the sudden victory kicks with the coach selecting any five players other than the previous five to take the next set of alternating kicks. If a tie still remains, repeat 3-a.
WHSAA RULE 7.11.42 CONFERENCE STANDINGS The following criteria will be used to determine conference standings: a. 3 points will be given for each win, 1 point for each tie, and 0 points for each loss in division play. 1 point will be given for a team that loses in overtime. b. If two teams tie, the team with the better head to head record is declared the winner. If a tie still exists, compare the records of the tied teams against the record of the highest-ranking non-tied team. Continue through the Division Standings until the tie is broken. If a tie still exists, compare the tied teams records against nondivision opponents. This criteria is to be used only if the site of the competition was at home for all tied teams or at the common opponent s home site for all tied teams. If a tie still exists, the team with the fewest goals allowed during divisional play will gain the advantage. Should the tie remain after this consideration, the WHSAA Commissioner will flip a coin. c. If three teams tie in the league standings and one did not lose to the other two teams, it would be given the advantage. If one team lost to both of the other teams involved, it would lose the advantage. At this point, apply the tie breaking procedures outlined in b above. d. If any other multiple tie exists, the WHSAA Commissioner will resolve the conflict. **By-laws for 4A Soccer All-Conference/All-State Meetings j. The coaches will select an All-Conference team at the Regional Tournament. This meeting will be at 10:30am on Friday of the Regional Tournament. The coaches will select an All-State team the Tuesday following the state tournament. The meeting will be held in Casper and will be run by the commissioner of that sport. The all-conference selection will be determined in accordance with the following guidelines: 1. All Conference nominations shall be submitted to the commissioner by Wednesday prior to the State Tournament. 2. The Head Coach may nominate his own players, but may not vote for them. 3. Positions selected for the All-Conference team shall be as follows: a. 3 Goal Keepers b. 6 Forwards c. 8 Midfielders d. 8 Defenders 4. Any player nominated for All Conference must have played that position sometime during the season. 5. 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. This will be done for each position.
6. There will be only one (1) ballot. Each head coach shall vote for 25 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. If there are three positions to be selected, voting will be 4-3-2-1. If there are six positions to be selected, voting will be 7-6-5-4-3-2-1. If there are eight positions to be selected, voting will be 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Point totals will be tabulated with the highest total being First Team and all other point recipients being Second Team. 7. A press release of All Conference and All State players shall be made on the Wednesday following the State Tournament. Coaches will distribute medals to their All Conference players after the press release. k. Coaches will select a Coach of the Year by ballot, which will be voted on at the All Conference/All State meeting. l. Conference standings and tiebreaking procedures will follow WHSAA Rule 7.11.42. m. The Regional Tournament will follow WHSAA Rule 7.11.0.