First Ever State Girls Wrestling Tournament This Saturday

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 -- 12:44 PM

The first-ever WIAA State Girls Individual Wrestling Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 29 at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. – Preliminaries through semifinals
6:30 p.m. – March of Champions, Championships, Third-Place & Fifth-Place matches

The championship final matches of all 12 weight classes will be aired live on Bally Sports Wisconsin.

The girls State Tournament features 12 weight classes.  The weights of the classes and the number of competitors entered in the bracket at each weight class in parentheses are 100-pounds (21), 107-pounds (32), 114-pounds (31), 120-pounds (26), 126-pounds (23), 132-pounds (27), 138-pounds (20), 145-pounds (19), 152-pounds (17), 165-pounds (21), 185-pounds (15) and 235-pounds (9).

There will be champions crowned in 12 weight classes in a single division. There are 261 wrestlers entered in the tournament representing 115 programs. Milwaukee Reagan has entered the most wrestlers in the tournament with 19. Holmen is next on the list with 14. Martin Luther has the third-most competitors with nine; Muskego has eight; and Merrill and Oregon have six. 

Access results through the WIAA website by navigating to the wrestling homepage and selecting the Tournament Information option in the right column or by accessing the Trackwrestling.com website.

This is the first year the WIAA has sponsored a separate girls tournament. According to an article published in the High School Today by the NFHS, at least 31 state associations sponsor a separate girls State Tournament, most of them since 2018. 

Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.