01/24/25 – Wrestling Postseason Updates

January 24, 2025 Athletic Department Blog Updates

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The KHSAA wanted to update member schools about Wrestling postseason dates and sites.

While maintaining two seasons in Trackwrestling presents challenges for coaches and administrators, it is imperative that member schools continue to be diligent in maintaining accurate rosters in both TrackWrestling and Arbiter. Coaches should be listed and properly assigned in Arbiter to the teams they work with, as that list will be utilized for coaching passes in the postseason, and should meet all Bylaw 25 requirements.

Female student-athletes have a choice of which postseason to enter (Boys/Coed or Girls) but cannot enter both due to weight management/class requirements and the concurrence of the championship events. Any female entered in the girls’ postseason may not also be entered in the boys’ tournament, and vice versa. Once entered into the postseason, the student-athlete shall compete in that division for the remainder of the postseason.

Female student-athletes desiring to enter the girls’ wrestling postseason should have a profile in TrackWrestling and be entered in the school’s Arbiter roster as well. Ideally, female student-athletes recorded weigh-ins and match results in the girls’ season throughout the year, but results from the boys’ season can be used for certification into a weight class in the event nothing was entered in the girls’ season. The deadline to certify into a weight class is Feb. 1 for the girls’ postseason and Feb. 8 for the boys’/coed postseason.

A wrestler is certified into a particular weight class at any regularly scheduled match or tournament any time on or prior to this date by making base weight (including growth allowance after December 25) at an official weigh-in as long as that certified weight is not below the documented minimum weight and is at a time allowed by the minimum weight calculations. 

GIRLS’ WRESTLING REGIONS:

• Girls’ Region Wrestling Tournaments can be held Feb. 14-15.
• Tickets will be available for purchase in the coming days at http://khsaatickets.org/. Member schools that utilize GoFan during the year for their events will also be able to have patrons access tickets on that school’s home page.
• The following reflects hosts/sites for the upcoming events:

Qualifiers	Site	Date(s)
Region 1 (1-2)	Central Hardin	Feb. 15
Region 2 (3-4)	North Oldham	Feb. 15
Region 3 (5-6)	Walton-Verona	Feb. 15
Region 4 (7-8)	Taylor County	Feb. 15

• These hosts/sites, including contact information for the managers and TrackWrestling data entry person, are also archived at https://khsaa.org/wrestling/2025/regionmanagers.pdf
• The regional tournament postseason instructions are available on the Wrestling page at KHSAA.org (https://ly.khsaa.org/danq).
• Member schools are strongly encouraged to review the site selection plan and submit an update to the KHSAA office for future years.

BOYS’/COED WRESTLING REGIONS:

• Boys’/Coed Region Wrestling Tournaments can be held Feb. 21-22.
• The following reflects hosts/sites for the upcoming events:

Region	Host School/Site	Date(s)
1	Paducah Tilghman HS	Feb. 22
2	John Hardin HS	Feb. 22
3	Iroquois HS	Feb. 21-22
4	Woodford County HS	Feb. 22
5	Campbell County HS / at Campbell Co. Middle School	Feb. 22
6	East Jessamine HS	Feb. 21-22
7	Wayne County / at Corbin Arena	Feb. 22
8	Pike Co. Central HS	Feb. 22

• These hosts/sites, including contact information for the managers and TrackWrestling data entry person, are also archived at https://khsaa.org/wrestling/2025/regionmanagers.pdf
• The regional tournament postseason instructions are available on the Wrestling page at KHSAA.org (https://ly.khsaa.org/danq).
• Member schools are strongly encouraged to review the site selection plan and submit an update to the KHSAA office for future years.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS:

• The 2025 KHSAA State Wrestling Championships presented by UK HealthCare will take place February 27-March 1 at Alltech Arena in Lexington.
• The Girls’ State Wrestling Championship will take place on Thursday, Feb. 27, followed by the Boys’/Coed State Wrestling Championship on Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1.
• All tickets will be sold online via GoFan, the KHSAA’s official digital ticket vendor, with no cash sales available at the walk-up gate.
• Tickets will be available for purchase in the coming days at http://khsaatickets.org/
• After the first day of the boys’/coed state competition, each weight class will have a ONE-POUND growth allowance added.
• The KHSAA website will be updated as event details and schedules are finalized.

– KHSAA –

About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.

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