West AAA Regional Brackets
Girls’ Central Regional at Milton HS
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Rule Changes
This season, wrestlers will be considered in bounds with only one point of by contact by either wrestler inside or on the boundary line.
“Without increasing risk, this change eliminates the subjectivity of the out-of-bounds call,” Elliot Hopkins, NFHS director of sports and student services and liaison to the wrestling rules committee, said in a statement. “The change also helps officials to call ‘out of bounds’ more consistently, and it provides wrestlers, coaches and spectators a better understanding of out of bounds.”
The other big changes are: three points for a takedown and more points for near falls (two points for a two count, three for a three count and four for a four count).
The committee also made the 10-foot circle at the center of the mat optional. Wrestlers will now be encouraged to stay in the middle of the mat instead of within the circle.
“The committee determined that the starting lines of a mat indicate the center of the mat and the 10-foot circle is no longer needed,” Hopkins said. “With the new mat designs that have a large mascot or logos, it gives a refreshing look to the mats. Wrestlers and officials know where the center of the mat is located without the 10-foot circle.”
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