Jarvis Carter (L) of McAdory on his way to 171 title over Nick Stone of Fort Payne. (KDPSportsPhoto)
   
News & Information  

Weight Management Testing begins Oct. 17 for high school and junior high/middle school wrestling programs with the first testing scheduled at Fultondale High School. Pre-scheduled time slots will be used. Schools need to call Coach Doug Barfield at 334-467-8067 to reserve a time slot. Encore Rehabilitation Corporation has been approved to fill this need. 
     The six testing dates with sites/locations are listed below. The times will begin at 9 a.m. at each site and will be set up in half-hour intervals ending at noon.
The test dates and sites:
Oct. 17-Fultondale HS
Oct. 24-Auburn HS
Oct. 31-Pell City HS
Nov. 7- Bob Jones HS
Nov. 14-Homewood HS
Nov. 21-St. James HS, Montgomery
     The coach must bring a complete listing of the athletes’ names along with the complete payment for the team’s processing fees. Coaches and complete teams should be at the testing site no later than 30 minutes before the assigned weigh-in time.

   
State Meet Schedule  

Thursday (Feb. 11)                                        

10:00 a.m. - Officials Meeting

11:00 a.m. - Coaches Meeting (6A)

11:30 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Class 6A Weigh-In

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Class 6A Prelims

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Class 6A Consolation Round 1

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Class 6A Quarter-Finals
Friday (Feb 12)

8:00 a.m. - Coaches Meeting (all classes)

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Weigh-In (all classes)

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Class 6A Consolation Round 2

                                    Class 5A Quarter-Finals

                                    Class 1A-4A Quarter-Finals
                              Break

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Consolation Quarter-Finals (all classes)

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Break

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Championship Semi-Finals

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Consolation Semi-Finals
Saturday (Feb. 13)

7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. - Weigh-In

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Consolation Finals
                                Class 6A 5-6th Place Round

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Championship Finals (3 mats--each 
                                  division on a mat)
Quick Dates, Facts  
VARSITY
Contests Allowed: 14
     Dates Plus Tournaments
2009-10 Season
Sept. 15--Schedules Due
Oct. 26—First Practice
Nov. 16--First Contest
Playoffs
Feb. 6-Sections
Feb. 11-13--State Tournament
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May 1—2010-11-09 Declaration 
           Form Due

JH/MIDDLE SCHOOL
Contests Allowed: 8 Dates 
           Plus Tournaments
2009-10 Season
Oct. 19--First Practice
Nov. 9--First Contest
Feb. 6--End of Season
 
Wrestling Committee
Sportsmanship  
Sports Safety  
Eligibility  

Age Rule - A high school student who has reached his/her 19th birthday before Aug. 1 is ineligible. Any junior high (ninth grade) student who has reached his/her 16th birthday before Aug. 1 is ineligible. Any middle school student who has reached his/her 15th birthday before Aug. 1 is ineligible.
More Basic Eligibility Rules

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Championship Program  
History  
Rules  

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee  emphasized risk minimization and standardized procedures to assist both coaches and referees through 16 wrestling rules changes for the 2008-09 school year. Rules changes were made by the committee at its annual meeting in Indianapolis  and subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

2008-2009 Wrestling Rules Changes

Records