**This is a Freestyle/Greco Combo Tournament, meaning all registrants must participate doing both styles (must do Greco to do Freestyle)**

Location: NEW LOCATION IN 2026 for this event - St. Paul Highland Park High School, 1015 Snelling Ave S, St Paul, MN 55116

Arrival: Doors will open at 7:30am. Please park in the high school parking lot. There is overflow parking along the street.

Schedule: 

• 7:30am - 8:30am: Check-In / Skin-Checks / Weight Audits (for both styles). 
  • Consistent with other MN/USA open tournaments, all wrestlers must by pre-registered by 8pm on the night before the event and check-in within this timeframe.
  • Late arrivals will be scratched to ensure the event starts on time. 
  • Skin Checks: All wrestlers will do a skin check. 
  • Weigh-Ins (Weight Audits): Random weight audits will be used. If a wresterl has been selected randomly to weight audit, they will go to the scales and must be within 3% of their registered weight or will be scratched from the event. See Weigh-Ins tab for more information.
• 9:00am Greco competition start time (approximately)
• Freestyle competitioin will begin approximately 15 minutes after the Greco competition concludes (approximately 11am depending on numbers)

Format: Wrestlers will be bracketed into 4-person round robin brackets by registration weight when possible.

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

Divisions: 

• Co-Ed Age groups listed are consistent with USAW's usawmembership.com/age_group_weight_chart
• Competition divisions will include co-ed and girls only divisions

Registration: 

• REGISTRATION LINK (usabracketing.com): MN/USA East Side Wrestling Freestyle/Greco Combo
• Registration is required online via usabracketing.com and cost is $40 and will close the night before the tournament @ 8:00 PM on 4/24/26.
• Click Register Now on the main page. Create an account in USA Bracketing if you do not have one already and add your wrestler information. If you have an existing account, choose your wrestler to register. Be sure to enter their actual weight to be used in case of a weight audit (see weigh-in tab for more information). Be sure to complete payment to ensure registration is complete. 

Admissions: 

• Admissions cost of $5 for all spectators. Coaches with USAW Coaches Leader Membership card get in for free.
• Cash/check/venmo/paypal/CC accepted at the door.

Questions? Contact Tournament Director, Cisco Cole (cole.cisco@gmail.com).