Tournaments Overview: The Forest Lake Freestyle/Greco Tournament will be held across two days as two separate events. All participants have the option of registering for both styles or one or the other for this tournament. See below for details. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

GRECO TOURNAMENT - FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026 (evening)

• Arrival: Enter through the Athletic Entrance (Door #33) DOORS WILL OPEN AT 4:45 PM. 
• Check In: 5:00 PM. – 6:15 PM.
• Wrestling Start: Wrestling is scheduled to start around 7:00PM (approximately) dependent on the completion of check-in process and bracketing completion by tournament officials. The goal is always to maximize the number of matches to make it a great experience. Wrestling is expected to complete around 10pm, depending on registrations numbers.
• NOTE: Greco Division registration limit set at 265 wrestlers due to capacity and time constraints. REGISTRATION NOW AT CAPACITY!

FREESTYLE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE - SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2026 (morning)

• NOTE: Registration has been capped for this event at 600 wrestlers total across the Saturday freestyle division (300 for 16U/Juniors and 300 for 14U and under)
• Arrival: Enter through the Fieldhouse door #33 DOORS WILL OPEN AT 7:30 AM.
• Session 1  - For age groups 16U (2010-2011 birth years) & Junior (9th-12th grade born after 9/1/06)
  • Session 1 - Check-In* & Weight Audits: 7:50am - 8:20am
  • Session 2 - Wrestling Start / End: Approximately 9:00-9:30am through to completion (around 1pm). Times may differ depending on registration numbers and complexity of bracket creation.
• Session 2 - For age groups 6U (2020-2022) & 8U (2018-2019) & 10U (2016-2017) 12U, (2014-2015) & 14U (2012-2013)
  • Session 2 - Check-In* & Weight Audits: 11:30 AM. – 11:50 AM. 
  • Session 2 Wrestling Start / End : Wrestling will start around 1pm, depending on completion time for Session 1 and bracketing completion. 
• *NOTE: All wrestlers MUST check-in as they enter the building, even if they are wrestling in a later session

Registration: All participants have the option of registering for both styles OR if they'd like to register for just 1 of each tournament. 

• REGISTER HERE - MN/USA Forest Lake Freestyle/Greco
• A current USAW card is needed to register and participate at the tournament.
• Pre-register with the link above. No on-site registration will be permitted.
• Entry Fee: $20 per Style or $40 for both styles (NO REFUNDS will be granted for any reason).
• Registration closes Friday, April 17th, 2026 @ 12:30 pm CST for the Greco tournament. 
  • NOTE: Greco Division registration limit set at 265 wrestlers. REGISTRATION NOW AT CAPACITY!
• Registration closes Friday, April 17th, 2026 @ 8pm CST for the Freestyle Tournament.
  • NOTE: Freestyle 16U/Junior Division (co-ed and girls) registration limit set at 300 wrestlers and 600 wrestlers for all divisions

Eligibility/Membership: All participants to register must have a USAW Athlete Membership. Open to all wrestlers across any state with a USAW card. No limited athlete memberships are allowed or single event memberships. 

Divisions: 

• Age Groups include: 6U (2020-2022) & 8U (2018-2019) & 10U (2016-2017) 12U, (2014-2015) & 14U (2012-2013), 16U (2010-2011), Juniors (Grades 9th -12th born after 9/1/06). 
• Divisions: Include co-ed (boys/girls combined) + Newly added GIRLS division as well! 
  • NOTE: Girls brackets will be bracketed as best as possible to maximize mat time. But, tournament officials may be offer options to change age (or join co-ed) divisions or expand weight classes (beyond the 10% threshold) to accomplish this goal and build brackets to create competitive opportunities. Let tournament officials work to create draft brackets and these examples will be called to the mat for consultation.

Weigh-Ins – Weigh Audits

• We will not be doing a full-blown on-site weigh-in of every wrestler.
• We will use the weight that the parents signed their wrestler up at during registration to pre-build all the brackets. We are using the “Honor System” with parents to correctly select their wrestlers’ weight class.
• We will be doing random weight audits of several brackets each session.
• During check-in, selected wrestlers will be sent over to weight audit. Their weight needs to be within 3% of whatever weight their parents pre-registered them at. For example, if the parent pre-registered their wrestler at 50 lbs., their wrestler can weigh no more than 51.5 lbs.
• If a wrestler is over-weight, the parent and wrestler must report to the head table immediately. The wrestler will then be removed from the tournament and no refund will be given.

Tournament/Bracketing:

• Our hope is that everyone will get as many matches as possible. Wrestlers will be grouped into Round Robins and brackets based on age and experience.
• All bracketing and tournament results/mat assignments will be run via usabracketing.com.

Admission

• Admission is $10 per person. We will be accepting cash and Venmo payments at the admissions table.
• Coaches with current USA Wrestling Leader Membership (coaching cards) may enter for free.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: If registered, but your wrestler decides not to wrestle in the tournament, please call the tournament director, Ashleigh Kolbow (amkolbow@gmail.com) so we are not waiting for your wrestler to start the session