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Editor’s Notes ; National College Regionals explained and a look at girl’s wrestling in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Exciting growth in wrestling opportunities.
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Everything You Need To Know About Women’s College Regionals
Prepare for the women’s college postseason with updated regional and conference allocation information. The post-season is upon us, with regional and conference tournaments determining NAIA and NCAA postseason berths. Below are each division’s dates, locations, teams, and qualification procedures. 
NCAA
The National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships are March 7-8 in Coralville, Iowa. Click here for tickets, schedule, hotel, and other relevant information.
This is the final year for the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships before the NCAA takes over. Each team can send a maximum of 15 wrestlers to regionals (two per weight).  There are eight regions, and the top four competitors in each weight class qualify for the national championships. A true fourth-place match occurs if the fourth- and fifth-place wrestlers have not faced each other during the tournament.  At the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships, each bracket features 32 women, but only the top wrestler from each team earns points. The venue, host institution, competition date, and link to results for the 2025 NCWWC Regionals are:
Region 1 – Murray Athletic Center, Elmira College, Elmira, New York, Sunday, February 23
Teams: Alfred State, Buffalo State, Centenary, D’Youville, Elmira, Felician, Maine Maritime, New England, New Jersey City, Sacred Heart, Utica, Western New England
Region 2 – Koehler Fieldhouse, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Sunday, February 23
Teams: Alvernia, Cedar Crest, Delaware Valley, East Stroudsburg, Lock Haven, Marymount, McDaniel, Misericordia, Muhlenberg, Penn State Altoona, Ursinus, York
Region 3 – Shaw Athletic Center, Emmanuel University, Franklin Springs, Georgia, Saturday, February 22
Teams: Allen, Bluefield State, Emmanuel, Emory & Henry, Greensboro, Huntingdon, King, Lincoln Memorial, Newberry, Presbyterian, Randolph, Southern Virginia, Mount Olive, 
Region 4 – Heminger Center, Tiffin University, Tiffin, Ohio, Saturday, February 22
Teams: Baldwin Wallace, Bethany, Frostburg State, Gannon, Hiram, John Carroll, Manchester, Mount Union, Otterbein, Tiffin, Trine, Waynesburg, West Liberty, 
Region 5 – Merillat Sport and Fitness Center, Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan, Saturday, February 22
Teams: Adrian, Albion, Alma, Aurora, Carthage, Concordia, Davenport, Elmhurst, Grand Valley State, Lakeland, North Central, Northern Michigan
Region 6 – Hyland Arena, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri, Sunday, February 23
Teams: Blackburn, Eureka, Fontbonne, Illinois Wesleyan, Lindenwood, McKendree, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Quincy, Westminster, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Region 7 – Cowles Fieldhouse, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, Saturday, February 22
Teams: Augsburg, Augustana, Buena Vista, Central, Cornell, Dubuque, Iowa, Loras, Simpson, Sioux Falls, Upper Iowa, Wartburg
Region 8 – Kitty Magee Arena, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, Saturday, February 22
Teams: Adams State, Chadron State, Colorado Mesa, Fort Hays State, Linfield, Minot State, Pacific, Schreiner, Simon Fraser, Texas Woman’s, William Jewell … more at … https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/13740733-everything-you-need-to-know-about-womens-college-regionals
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Louisianna HSAA wrestling tourney will make history, other dynamics add some mystery
History will be made when girls competitors step on the mats for the first time at the LHSAA state wrestling tournament Friday morning. Who makes history by garnering championship trophies and claiming top individual honors? That won’t be known until Saturday night when the two-day event at Bossier City’s Brookshire Grocery Arena ends. Plenty of possibilities exist, including a bid by Baton Rouge High to become the first girls champion sanctioned by the LHSAA. The Bulldogs enter the meet with competitors in 11 of the 12 weight class and multiple competitors seeded among the top three. “Having numbers to fill 11 weight class is an advantage,” BRHS coach Paige Russell said. “The only other team with 11 girls this year is Chalmette. “That does not guarantee anything. You still have to go out and perform round after round to score points. We plan to take it one round and one match at a time.”
Competition begins 9:30 a.m. Friday. With 205 girls entered, the LHSAA event is believed to be the largest girls wrestling event in the South this season. … more at … https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/high_schools/girls-debut-only-part-of-story-for-lhsaa-wrestling-tourney/article_01a544ea-ea30-11ef-b161-13c138d2c054.html
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Edmond North (Oklahoma) girls wrestling team reinstated after OSSAA lifts season suspension
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — The Edmond North High School girls wrestling team is no longer suspended for the rest of the season. They’ve officially been reinstated. The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) made this unanimous decision at a board of directors meeting today. An OSSAA official says a parent went on the wrestling mat and acted like a coach during one match, and another parent cursed at a ref at a different event.
The school says it handled those situations accordingly. “They shouldn’t have been suspended in the first place,” Edmond North parent Ronnie Hishaw said. … more at … https://okcfox.com/news/local/edmond-north-high-school-girls-wrestling-team-reinstated-no-longer-suspended-for-rest-of-season-oklahoma-secondary-school-activities-association-ossaa-ronnie-hishaw-parents-wes-ruth-debreon-davis-principal-dandy-peeler-suspension-playoffs-2025-athletics
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Girls high school wrestling participation surges in Wisconsin as opportunities grow
In its fourth year as a championship sport, girls wrestling has grown from just a few hundred wrestlers to nearly 2,000 in Wisconsin.
BOSCOBEL, Wis. — The sport of girls wrestling in Wisconsin has seen a rapid increase in the number of students participating across the state.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, girls had to wrestle boys to take part in conference or state tournaments, as there wasn’t a standalone girls event for them to compete in. As a result, only a few hundred girls took up wrestling as a varsity sport. According to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, or WIAA, 227 girls wrestled in 2017-18. Coaches and administrators saw an opportunity for growth in the sport, however, as other states began sanctioning girls wrestling. Wisconsin, which has been slower to adopt changes to high school sports than other states — multiple measures to add a shot clock to basketball, or name, image, and likeness rules, as two recent examples, have been voted down despite neighboring states adopting those policies — also lagged behind other states in adding girls wrestling as a sport. Girls wrestling was sanctioned in 2021-22, … more … https://civicmedia.us/news/2025/2/10/girls-high-school-wrestling-participation-surges-in-wisconsin-as-opportunities-grow

February 25, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | sports