64.1.0        SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING

64.2.0        JAMBOREE - One takedown tournament or jamboree will be allowed following ten (10) days of practice and the takedown tournament or jamboree may count as the 11th or 12th required practice prior to the first match.  The total wrestling time may not exceed the time permitted in a dual contest per individual.

64.3.0        PLAYER/MATCH LIMITATION - Each and every match wrestled, whether in interschool matches, interschool scrimmage, exhibition matches, or two-day invitational tournament(s), must count as one of the twenty-nine (29) contests for the individual.

                   An individual will not wrestle more than twenty-nine (29) contests on sixteen (16) dates prior to any district tournament.

                   64.3.1                 A contest won by forfeit does not count in this maximum for the individual.

                                A.             An outing involving a cooperative wrestling program will equal one (1) team date (also refer to 4.7.0E.)

                   64.3.2                 Each day of competition will count as an outing.  Each individual is limited to five (5) matches in a day. 

64.4.0        SCHOOL LIMITATION -   A school will not schedule more than sixteen (16) team dates for wrestling competition.

64.5.0        WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION - NFHS weights apply.

64.6.0        WEIGHT CONTROL PLAN - Prior to the last Friday before December 25 of the season in which a participant competes, the family physician and/or school physician and/or medical authority licensed to perform a physical exam, shall determine the lowest weight class in which each participant may wrestle during the season.

                   64.6.1                 The certificate shall be dated and filed in the principal's office.

                   64.6.2                 Any participant who turns out after the above deadline must have a doctor's certificate prior to his/her first match.

                   64.6.3                 Minimum weight for 103 classification has been established at 88 pounds, and for 112 classification at 97 pounds.

64.7.0        PARTICIPANT LIMITATION - A student must wrestle in all post season tournament competition in or above the weight class in which the wrestler has weighed in for at least 50-percent of that wrestler's weigh-ins during the regular season.  For example:  If a wrestler weighs in 16 times during a season, then 8 or more weigh-ins need to be at the lowest weight an athlete plans on competing in during post-season competition.

                   64.7.1                 If a student makes weight for a contest and wins the contest by a forfeit, this contest will be counted toward satisfying the 50-percent requirement stated above.

                   64.7.2                 A contest shall be considered in the class for which the contestant made weight, even though the contestant may wrestle in another weight.  (Example:  Contestant weighs in at 119 pound legal weight for 119 class, the contestant then wrestles the match in the next class at 125 pounds.  This contest shall be considered a contest in the 119-pound class.)

                   64.7.3                 A student must wrestle a minimum of four (4) contests in interscholastic competition before the qualifying tournament and must conform to 64.6.1 and 64.6.2.

                                A.             A contest won by forfeit does not count in satisfying this requirement.

                                B.            Any interschool contest counts as one (1) of the four (4).

64.8.0        WEIGHING-IN OF CONTESTANTS - In all contests except tournaments wrestlers shall have the opportunity to weigh in shoulder-to-shoulder on the host team's scales at a designated times which is a maximum of one (1) hour and a minimum of one-half (1/2) hour prior to the first contest.

                   64.8.1                 The host team is responsible for providing a certified scale for the weigh-in.

64.9.0        STATE TOURNAMENTS - The state shall be divided into four (4) regions for each classification. Regional tournaments shall be conducted as eight-place tournaments unless otherwise directed by the WIAA Executive Board. The WIAA Executive Board shall determine regional placement of entries from WIAA Districts.

                   64.9.1                 Two (2) wrestlers from the same school may qualify in the same weight class.

 

64.61.0    MIDDLE LEVEL SCHOOL WRESTLING

Total Season Including Practice	Minimum Practice Days Per Individual	Regular Season Team Contest Limit	Individual Contest Limit
12 weeks	12	10 + Jamboree	13

64.62.0      SEASON - The starting date is determined by each league but no middle level season may start before the date established for senior high school fall sports.

64.63.0      JAMBOREE - A wrestler in a jamboree may not wrestle in excess of time permitted in a dual contest.

64.64.0      MATCH LIMITATION - A school may not schedule more than ten (10) team dates. An individual may not wrestle more than thirteen (13) contests per season. 

                   64.64.1               There shall be no more than two (2) contests per week per team and no more than four (4) contests per week per individual.  The only exception is described in A and B below:

             A.             A one (1) day culminating wrestling tournament will count as one (1) team outing.  A wrestler may wrestle no more than four (4) matches in the tournament.

                B.            For the purposes of rule 63.64.1, a team is limited to one (1) tournament of this type per season.

                   64.64.2               Length of Matches - There shall be a maximum of three 1 1/2-minute rounds (90 seconds).

                   64.64.3               Extra Contests: Extra contests may be held.

                   64.64.4               The mat shall not be less than 20 feet by 20 feet.  The recommended area is 24 feet by 24 feet or a 28-foot circle.  It is recommended, but not required, that the mat covers be marked as indicated in the NFHS Wrestling Rules Book.

64.65.0      WEIGHT CONTROL PLAN - Prior to the first contest the family physician and or school physician shall certify the lowest weight class in which each participant may wrestle during that season.

                   64.65.1               A participant may wrestle only one (1) weight division higher than their actual weight.

                   64.65.2               The minimum weight for 75 pounders is established at 64, and 82 pounders at 70.  In addition, all wrestlers in the Unlimited weight class must be within thirty (30) pounds of each other.  For example, if one (1) wrestler weighs 178 pounds, the opponent may not weigh more than 208 pounds.

64.66.0      WEIGH-IN PROCEDURES - Wrestlers shall have the opportunity to weigh in shoulder-to-shoulder on the host team's scales a maximum of one (1) hour and a minimum of one-half (1/2) hour prior to the first contest.

                   64.66.1               No time should be allowed after this weigh-in to make weight.

                   64.66.2               Conferences of leagues may allow weigh-ins to occur after practice the day before the contest or before lunch on the day of the contest at the respective schools.  The weigh-in must be certified in writing by an administrator of the school.  This certification must be placed in a sealed envelope and presented to the referee and coach of the opposing team prior to the beginning of the contest.

                   64.66.3               The host team shall be responsible for providing a certified scale for the weigh-in.

             A.             Schools should make every effort to have scales certified by a professional scale-certifying expert.

             B.            Where it is impossible to get a professional scale certifying expert, the scale should be certified by district, league, school or officials associations.

             C.            Where scales cannot be or are not certified, the home scales (certified or not) shall be considered official.

                   64.66.4               Contestants with artificial limb(s) must weigh in with their artificial limb(s) for all contests.

64.67.0      WEIGHT ALLOWANCE - Beginning January 1 and continuing until February 1, two (2) additional pounds will be allowed in each weight class.  Beginning February 1, and continuing for the remainder of the season, one (1) additional pound shall be allowed in each weight class.  This will make a net increase of three (3) pounds beginning February 1.  There shall be no additional weight allowance.

                   64.67.1               Where leagues have other seasons than January 1 - March 1, leagues are to use appropriate monthly weight plans.

                   64.67.2               Weight divisions - There may be up to twenty (20) weight divisions that are to be determined by the individual leagues.  Each league has the authority to determine by vote of league members fewer weight divisions.

64.68.0      UNIFORM VARIANCE - Wrestlers shall wear any shoe deemed appropriate by the coach, activities coordinator, and/or wrestling official.

 

 

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