Volleyball Tournament Information
State Tournament
The State Volleyball Tournament will be held November 20- 22, 2014 in Minot with Mitch Lunde, Athletic Administrator for Minot Public Schools as manager.
Team seeding and drawing for State Class B Volleyball were announced today via conference call with qualifying schools. The top four teams were ranked through an online coach voting process with remaining teams chosen through random draw. Matchups for Thursday, November 20 in Minot:
12:00 Noon: #2 North Star vs. Thompson
2:00 pm: #3 Our Redeemers vs. Ray
6:00 pm: #1 Hankinson vs. Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter
8:00 pm: #4 Hazen vs. Grant County
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| Regions - A | ||||
| East | November 10, 14, 15, 2014 | Shanley HS | Randy Nelson | randy.nelson@fdjp2.k12.nd.us |
| West | November 13, 14, 15, 2014 | Dickinson | Guy Fridley | guy.fridley@dickinson.k12.nd.us |
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Regional Tournaments will be held at the following sites:
East Region – November 10 at site of upper seeded team, at Fargo Shanley November 14 and 15, Randy Nelson, Mgr.
West Region – Dickinson, November 13, 14, 15, Guy Fridley, Mgr.
First, second, third and fourth place winners advance to the state tournament. Third and fourth places will be determined using a cross-bracketing of semi-final losers to the consolation brackets semi-final round. All regional matches are to be played to conclusion. Failure to complete a match will cause a team to be ineligible for further competition. The WDA and EDC regions will set their own time and format for their regional tournaments.
Warm-up shall consist of 9 minutes teams share the court, no balls hit over the net. The remainder of the warm-up time will be: 4 minutes full court for the visitor team, 4 minutes full court for the home team, 4 minutes full court for the visitor team, and 4 minutes full court for the home team. During a team’s time on the court, they may choose the option of serving practice.
B REGIONAL PAIRINGS
November 10, 11, 13, 2014
First round matches on November 10 will be in one session beginning at 3:00 p.m. Each subsequent match will begin 25 minutes after completion of the previous match. Warm-up shall consist of 9 minutes teams share the court, no balls hit over the net. The remainder of the warm-up time will be: 4 minutes full court for the visitor team, 4 minutes full court for the home team, 4 minutes full court for the visitor team, and 4 minutes full court for the home team. During a team’s time on the court, they may choose the option of serving practice.
Pairings are (Click Links below for Brackets):
Region 1 – Lisbon, Pat Adair, Manager
District 2 - Team 1 vs. District 1 - Team 4
District 1 - Team 2 vs. District 2 - Team 3
District 1 - Team 1 vs. District 2 - Team 4
District 2 - Team 2 vs. District 1 - Team 3
Region 2 – Larimore, Patti Aanenson, Manager
#1 seed vs. winner of #8 seed and #9 seed
#2 seed vs. winner of #7 seed and #10 seed
Winner #3 seed and #14 seed vs. winner of #6 seed and #11 seed
Winner #4 seed and #13 seed vs. winner of #5 seed and #12 seed
Region 3 – Jamestown, Jim Roaldson, Manager
District 6 - Team 1 vs. District 5 - Team 4
District 5 - Team 2 vs. District 6 - Team 3
District 5 - Team 1 vs. District 6 - Team 4
District 6 - Team 2 vs. District 5 - Team 3
Region 4 - Devils Lake, Jason Wiberg, Manager
#1 seed vs. winner of #8 seed and #9 seed
#2 seed vs. winner of #7 seed and #10 seed
#3 seed vs. winner of #6 seed and #11 seed
#4 seed vs. winner of #5 seed and #12 seed
Region 5 Underwood, Kerrie Stansfield, Manager
District 10 - Team 1 vs. District 9 - Team 4
District 9 - Team 2 vs. District 10 - Team 3
District 9 - Team 1 vs. District 10 - Team 4
District 10 - Team 2 vs. District 9 - Team 3
Region 6 - Minot Auditorium, Alton Nygaard, Manager
District 12 - Team 1 vs. District 11 - Team 4
District 11 - Team 2 vs. District 12 - Team 3
District 11 - Team 1 vs. District 12 - Team 4
District 12 - Team 2 vs. District 11 - Team 3
Region 7 – Dickinson Trinity, Ken Keller, Manager
#1 seed vs. winner of #8 seed and #9 seed
#2 seed vs. winner of #7 seed and #10 seed
#3 seed vs. winner of #6 seed and #11 seed
#4 seed vs. winner of #5 seed and #12 seed
Region 8 – New Town, Chuck Hunter, Manager
District 16 - Team 1 vs. District 15 - Team 4
District 15 - Team 2 vs. District 16 - Team 3
District 15 - Team 1 vs. District 16 - Team 4
District 16 - Team 2 vs. District 15 - Team 3
First place from each region shall advance to the State Tournament.
STATE TOURNAMENT
The State Volleyball Tournament will be held on November 20, 21, 22, 2014 in Minot at the Minot State University Dome. Mitch Lunde, athletic administrator of the Minot Public Schools, Mgr.
State B
The head coaches of the eight qualifying teams will use an electronic process to seed the top four teams for the state tournament. An NDHSAA-approved designee will randomly draw the opponents for the top four seeded teams.
The quarterfinal pairings are:
#2 seed vs. Second Random Draw
#3 seed vs. Third Random Draw
#1 seed vs. First Random Draw
#4 seed vs. Fourth Random Draw
2014 STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
NOTE, THE SCHEDULE WILL BE DOUBLE COURT FOR ALL BUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.
After first match of a session, the next match will begin 30 minutes after the completion of matches but not earlier than the scheduled time.
SESSION 1 Thursday, Nov. 20 (Double Court):
Time # A-Court B-Court
12:00 PM #1East vs #4 West #2 Seed vs. Random Draw
2:00 PM #2 West vs #3 East #3 Seed vs. Random Draw
SESSION 2 Thursday, Nov. 20 (Double Court):
6:00 P.M. #1 West vs #4 East #1 Seed vs. Random Draw
8:00 P.M. #2 East VS #3 West #4 Seed vs. Random Draw
SESSION 3 Friday, Nov. 21 (Double Court):
CONSOLATION PLAY
12:00 P.M. Consolation Semi-Final (Upper Bracket)
2:00 P.M. Consolation Semi-Final (Lower Bracket)
SESSION 4 Friday, Nov. 21 (Double Court):
CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS
6:00 P.M. Championship Semi-Final Matches (Upper Bracket)
8:00 P.M. Championship Semi-Final Matches (Lower Bracket)
SESSION 5 Saturday, Nov. 22 (Double Court):
10:00 A.M. 7th Place Matches
12:00 P.M. Consolation Championships
2:00 P.M. Third Place Matches
SESSION 6 Saturday, Nov. 22 (Single Court):
6:00 P.M. A Championship
8:00 P.M. B Championship
All State Tournament matches must be played to conclusion. Matches will be played on double court or main court as indicated in the schedule. Only the championship matches will go on main court.
MATCHES
All Regional and State play will be best-of-five-set matches with rally scoring.
COACHES
Coaches with teams entered in the State Tournament will meet with the tournament manager and the attending NDHSAA official on Thursday prior to their scheduled pre-match to go over any questions they might have and for a briefing on the operation of the tournament.
OFFICIALS
Officials will be contracted by the NDHSAA. Assignment of officials for regional matches may be made by the NDHSAA or the tournament manager.
Officials working the State A Tournament will be the top three selections from each region. Officials working the State B Tournament will be the top selection state-wide from Regions 1, 3, 5, and 7 plus two at-large officials. The sit-out rule is in effect.
Officials will meet with NDHSAA designee prior to their first assignment on Thursday.
Assignments of these officials for State Tournament matches are made by the NDHSAA office one week prior to the tournament and officials will then be notified of their specific assignments. Only NDOA and reciprocity officials are eligible to work regional tournaments and only NDOA officials are eligible to work the state tournament.
A floor captain, statisticians, desk officials, ball return workers, ticket takers and sellers, ushers, etc., are to be obtained by the tournament manager. Desk officials are required to wear distinguishing uniforms so they can be readily identified.
It is recommended registered officials be used as line judges. The NDHSAA will attempt to contract local officials as no mileage or per diem may be paid. These officials will receive two tournament passes plus a per-match fee.
PRACTICE SESSIONS
Regional and State Tournament
No practice will be allowed at the Regional or State Tournament site from the time the brackets are set to once the tournament has begun.
Class B hit-arounds have been reinstated. The schedule will be as follows
Game 1 - 8:00am Ct A & B Game 3 - 9:00am Ct A & B
Game 2 - 8:30am Ct A & B Game 4 - 9:30am Ct A & B
A coin toss will determine which school will receive which court.
WARM-UP
A scheduled 25-minute warm-up period on the playing court will be provided prior to each Regional and State match. While using double court, warm-up on court may begin immediately following the previous match. Warm-up shall consist of 9 minutes teams share the court, no balls hit over the net. The remainder of the warm-up time will be: 4 minutes full court for the visitor team, 4 minutes full court for the home team, 4 minutes full court for the visitor team, and 4 minutes full court for the home team. During a team’s time on the court, they may choose the option of serving practice.
BALLS
Practice Balls - Each participating team will furnish its own practice balls at regional sites. Practice balls will be furnished by the management at the state tournament site.
Game Balls - Game balls are furnished through the NDHSAA office and sent to all A and B regional and state tournament managers: upon completion of the tournament, balls may be awarded to the schools at no cost (one per school) with first chance going to the first place team, second to the second place team, etc.
PLAYERS IN UNIFORM
In Regional and State Tournaments, schools may have a 15 player roster and the maximum number of players dressed for a match is also 15. If disciplinary action of a player is taken by a coach removing a player because of violation of any Association rules, a player may be replaced by someone else for the tournament. If disciplinary action is taken by the coach for reasons other than NDHSAA rules and regulations, a player may not be replaced. Any changes in the roster must be cleared with the tournament manager beforehand. It is not necessary to use the same players in Regional and State Tournaments.
PASSES
A maximum of twenty-eight passes shall be given to competing schools in regional and state tournaments, plus cheerleader passes (maximum of 8 which includes the mascot). Schools are to notify the tournament manager as to the number of passes needed. Each player, student manager, coach and school official must present a pass or ticket for admission to any and all sessions. Additional passes must be requested from the tournament manager.
SCHOOL RESPONSIBILITY
PART TWO, SECTION V of the NDHSAA Constitution & By-Laws states: “Contesting schools shall each have present an authorized faculty representative who shall be responsible to his/her school for the conduct of its participants and students throughout the contest and the visiting team’s stay away from home.”
The NDHSAA Board of Directors, in response to a recommendation of the District Chairpersons, adopted the following policy: “An appropriate shirt is required at all NDHSAA sponsored district, region and state events”. An appropriate shirt is to be determined as per local school policy. Also, there shall be no body paint. Face paint is allowed.
TEAM ALLOWANCE
Regional Tournament and State Tournaments
Team payments will be distributed at the end of the school year.
HOUSING
State Tournament managers will make motel arrangements for the out-of-town schools.
PROTESTS
Protests as to eligibility status of individual contestants will be considered by the Board of Directors prior to or after the completion of a tournament, but not while said tournament is in progress.
SOLICITATIONS
No solicitations for any purpose shall be permitted at any Association-sponsored tournament regardless of the merit of such a venture.
CONCESSIONS, PROGRAMS, HOSPITALITY WILL BE THE HOST CITY RESPONSIBILITIES
TROPHIES AND AWARDS
Regional
Team awards are provided for 1st and 2nd, place winners for A and 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place winners for B
State
Team awards are provided for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and participation. Only trophies provided by the NDHSAA or an approved affiliated organization will be presented at the tournaments.
Individual awards are also provided for the State Tournament. Eighteen individual plaques will be provided for each 1st and 2nd place team members. Places 3 through 8 shall each be provided with 18 participation medals.
VIDEOTAPING OR FILMING
Regulations prohibit the use of video equipment by schools except for the match they are playing. This does not prohibit stations that have contracted for the televising of tournaments from videotaping or filming for delayed telecasts.
Private individuals may use video recorders at NDHSAA-sponsored events provided they do not interfere with other people’s view of the match. Tournament managers will determine if individuals are causing any viewing problems.
INSURANCE
Each tournament will be protected by a Master Personal Liability and Property Damage Insurance Policy.
All tournaments will be protected against Inside Robbery and Outside Messenger Service and Burglary Insurance to a maximum of $2,000 for each tournament.
All Regional Tournament managers are bonded with a $10,000 Fidelity Bond and State Managers with a $75,000 bond.
ADMISSION PRICES
Regional - Adult Student
Daily Individual Session Adult - $8.00 / Student - $5.00
A Pre-Quarters
Adult - $7.00 / Student - $5.00
Note: All regional and state tickets are unreserved.
State Season Ticket
Adult: $30 + $6 venue charge Student: $15 + $6 venue charge
Daily Pass
Adult: $12.00 + $2 venue charge Student: $6.00 + $2 venue charge
Previous Volleyball Champions
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