Home Rooms, Colors & Divisions
Each school will be assigned a home room that they can use on the day of the tournament for materials storage, team meetings, etc. Eating and drinking will be allowed in these rooms.
Colored wrist bands will be provided at registration. Competitors must be wearing a wrist band to gain entry to and compete in events. (No wristband is required for trial events.) A guide explaining wrist band colors will be posted to the website and emailed to coaches.
Wristband Color Guide
- All schools will receive 1 orange wristband per competitor to distribute to the members of your team
- If you have more than one team, please give orange wristbands to all members of your first team
- Schools with a second team will receive 1 yellow wristband per competitor to distribute to the members of your second team only
- Schools with a third team will receive 1 black wristband per competitor to distribute to the members of your third team only
The following rules will be strictly adhered to regarding these wristbands:
- All event supervisors will check participants' wrists to ensure that all members of each competing team are wearing the same colored wristband
- If your school has two or more teams, you can not mix participants from different teams in the same event
- Students without an orange, yellow or black wristband will not be allowed to compete
- Alternates should not be given an orange, yellow or black wristband
- Teams will be allotted one wristband per team member; extra wristbands will not be given out
- If a participant's wristband needs to be replaced for any reason, they must bring the original wristband to the registration desk (first floor of Savannah, outside the gym doors) or judges hospitality room (Savannah 205) to swap out for a new/correct color wristband
- Trial and pilot events do not require an orange, yellow or black wristband to compete - alternates are enthusiastically encouraged to participate in these events!
- Blue wristbands must be given to all individuals - including team members, coaches, and adult chaperones - who have not returned a signed photo release form.
- Blue wristbands do not indicate eligibility to compete!
- Please request the required number of blue wristbands at registration
- There is no restriction on the number of blue wristbands that a team can receive, and these can be requested at any point during the day of the tournament
A printed guide will be given to each team at registration along with their wristbands.
Homeroom assignments are listed below. This information will also be emailed to coaches in advance of the tournament. (HH = Hawthorn Hall; RH = Raintree Hall)
Chesterton High School HH 332
Crown Point High School HH 400
Frankfort High School RH 201
Griffith Jr. High RH 151
Griffith Sr. High RH 149
Grimmer Middle School HH 203
Hal E. Clark Middle School RH 204
Hammond Acad. S&T HH 107
Highland High School HH 428
John Adams High School HH 460
Lowell High School RH 145
Marian High School HH 454
Merrillville High School HH 469
Mishawaka High School RH 109
Our Lady of Grace HH 410
Portage High School HH 416
River Forest Middle School HH 329
Robert Taft Middle School HH 330
St. Thomas More HH 331
Westchester Middle School HH 221
Whiting High School HH 103
Please reach out to the tournament director if you have any concerns about your homeroom assignment.
