The 2022-23 Iowa highschool wrestling postseason goes to look a tad completely different than it has lately.

Gone are the sectional tournaments, which have been used as the primary leg of the Class 2A and Class 1A postseasons. And the state twin championships are now not going to be held the day earlier than the three-day conventional state event.

These had been the highlights from the Iowa Excessive College Athletic Affiliation’s current Board of Management assembly, held Wednesday morning in Boone, the place a number of sport advisory suggestions had been permitted.

“The first goal was discovering a greater date for state duals,” Lewie Curtis, the IHSAA’s wrestling administrator, advised the Register. “In doing that, it required different issues to vary.”

Within the case of wrestling, most of the suggestions will shake up subsequent 12 months’s postseason.

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No extra sectional tournaments for Class 2A and Class 1A

Class 2A and 1A will now not have sectional tournaments, the place the highest two wrestlers would qualify for districts the next weekend. All three lessons will now use district tournaments to find out particular person qualifiers for the normal state event.

“Dropping the Class 1A and 2A Sectional tournaments addresses the extraordinarily low numbers in some weight lessons resulting in incomplete Sectional brackets,” IHSAA government director Tom Keating mentioned in a launch.

The IHSAA’s Board of Management additionally voted to develop the normal state event to 24 qualifiers per weight in all three lessons. How the district competitions will look in every class stays to be finalized.

Class 3A, for instance, will seemingly keep at eight districts, with the highest three finishers all qualifying for the state event, Curtis mentioned. However 2A and 1A might doubtlessly develop to 12 district tournaments, the place solely the highest two finishers would qualify.

“We’ll hammer all that out and take a suggestion to our board at our June assembly,” Curtis mentioned. “It should be a type of two, however every class is probably not the identical.”

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With the rise to 24 qualifiers per weight, the IHSAA additionally made the normal state event a four-day event, Feb. 15-18, Wednesday by Saturday. Curtis mentioned the schedule and format each have not been finalized, both.

“The rise to 24 qualifiers on the State Conventional Event will enable extra of our wrestlers to expertise the thrill of competing on the state stage,” Keating’s feedback continued.

State twin championships are now not the day earlier than the normal event

By eliminating sectional tournaments, the IHSAA freed up a Saturday on the calendar and plans to fill it with the state twin championships, which Keating mentioned is one thing Iowa highschool wrestling coaches have been “involved in for a number of years.”

The IHSAA introduced its postseason schedule for the 2022-23 wrestling season, and plans on the 2023 state duals championships to be held Saturday, Feb. 4, at a location that is but to be introduced.

The Iowa Ladies Excessive College Athletic Union introduced earlier this month that the 2023 ladies state wrestling event shall be held at Xtream Enviornment in Coralville on Feb. 2-3, a Thursday and Friday. Xtream Enviornment hosted the previous two ladies state tournaments sponsored by the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officers Affiliation.

“We’re thrilled that the state wrestling event shall be at Xtream Enviornment,” Erin Kirtley, the IGHSAU wrestling administrator, mentioned in a launch earlier this month. “The Xtream Enviornment workers have most of the assets we want already in place and have expertise internet hosting this occasion.”

Curtis mentioned the IHSAA has inquired about Xtream Enviornment’s availability for the Saturday of the state duals championships, however mentioned they may discover all accessible choices.

“That venue is sensible due to the women occasion,” Curtis mentioned. “However there’s additionally different good amenities that want to be thought-about.”

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Different adjustments for 2022-23 wrestling season

The IHSAA’s Board of Management additionally permitted two extra adjustments for the 2022-23 wrestling season and a 3rd suggestion for the 2023-24 season:

• Regional duals qualifiers, 24 per class, shall be decided by the IWCOA Twin Group Rankings
• A change within the seeding standards for the normal state event: The extra level for head-to-head wins over fellow state qualifiers has been faraway from the seeding level system
• The Nationwide Federation of State Excessive College Associations supplied states the choice of 12, 13 or 14 weight lessons, beginning in 2023-24, and the IHSAA opted to stick with 14

Key wrestling dates for 2022-23

• Oct. 31 — First day of follow for IGHSAU ladies wrestling
• Nov. 14 — First day of follow for IHSAA wrestling
• Jan. 31-Feb. 1 — IHSAA regional duals
• Feb. 2-3 — IGHSAU state wrestling championships
• Feb. 4 — IHSAA state duals championships
• Feb. 11 — IHSAA district tournaments
• Feb. 15-18 — IHSAA state championships

Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and highschool sports activities for the Des Moines Register. Comply with him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.