PIAA Executive Meeting- Summer 1998
District
IX
courtesy of Tom Elling
1. Amendment Article XII - PENALTIES...
The "soccer" rule will apply to wrestling.. if wrestler or coach is
ejected, he must sit out next contest. This applies to dual meets. The
current rules will apply to tournaments.
2. Twenty-five team championship medals will be awarded; there will be 8
placers at the 1998-99 PIAA Tournament.
3. The weight classes will remain as is.. the same 13 as we have used the
past several years.
4. There is NO recertification.
5. The 2-pound growth allowance is still in effect.
6. There will be a "floating" date for weight classification in each
District. This date shall be the first "post-season date" each district
starts either team or individual championships? And once the wrestler
weighs in, that is the lowest weight he may participate in for the PIAA
INDIVIDUAL championships. He may, of course, wrestle one weight above
this weight the rest of the time, BUT must weigh in at the lower weight.
7. The procedure for relief from clerical error in miminum weight
certification on certificate of eligibility is the same as last year..
clerical errors may be corrected up to the 34th day after the first
practice day. The head coach must initial each certification on the
eligibility sheet. Use the weight classes.. there is no "heaveyweight"
class.. so do not certify a wrestler there. Also, there is no 132 class,
so if a wrestler has been certified at 132.. that certification becomes
the next higher weight class (135).
8. The Team Championships dates and details are still being refined.
Bob Lombardi and Tom Elling are working in this area. (See below.)
OTHER
MAJOR WRESTLING RULES CHANGES FOR 1998-99
Rule 1-3-2: Change "should" to "shall" at the end of the first
sentence and between a. and b., change "or" to "and."
Rule 4-2-3: If documentation is needed it shall be provided at the
weigh-in or prior to competition.
Rule 4-4-4: Add "At anytime" at the beginning of this article.
Rule 6-1-2: In consolation matches the first period may be one or two
minutes.
Rule 6-6-1: Add unsportsmanlike conduct to items not deleted during
bad time.
Rule 7-5-3 & 5: These two articles will now say prior to, during and
after a Match
Rule 7-5-6: Spectators may now be removed for the duration of the
event.
Rule 8-2-1: Injury time is now a maximum of 1 1/2 minutes and only
two timeouts are allowed. If a second timeout is taken,
your opponent will have the choice of position on the
restart. He may choose up, down or neutral. If this occurs
in the tiebreaker there is no choice of position.
1998-99 National Federation (NFHS) Winter Sports' Rules Books and
Relevant State Association Adoptions and Modifications
Adopt the 1998-99 NFHS Wrestling Rules Book.
Pursuant to Rule 4-2-3, adopt the PIAA Communicable Skin Disease Form;
adopt Rule 4-4-1: The following thirteen (13) senior high school weight
classifications: 103 lbs., 112 lbs., 119 lbs., 125 lbs., 130 lbs., 135 lbs.,
140 lbs., 145 lbs., 152 lbs., 160 lbs., 171 lbs., 189 lbs., and 275 lbs.;
adopt Rule 4-4-5: Add a two (2)-pound growth allowance on or after January 15;
modify Rule 6-2-2, starting the match in dual meet competition, as follows:
The home team coach shall send his wrestler to the scorer's table first for
the even matches of reguar season dual meets only; and adopt the suggested
criteria to eliminate a tie score in dual meet competition.
Number of Entries, By District, or By Region to PIAA Winter Championships
Region District AA Entries per Wt Class Number of AA Entries
from Districts to Regions from AA Region to States
Class AA
NE AA 2 4
4 6
11 4
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14 5
SE AA 1 3
3 5
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8 4
NW AA 9 3
10 5
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8 3
SW AA 5 3
6 5
7 5 4
=== ===
13 16
Class AAA
NE AAA 2 4
4 3
11 6
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13 3
SE AAA 1 Self-contained Region 3
SC AAA 3 Self-contained Region 3
NW AAA 6 4
8 2
9 3
10 3
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12 3
SW AAA 7 Self-contained Region 4
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Schedule for 1998-99 PIAA Team Championships
Class AA
Monday Feb 15 Wed. Feb. 24 Wed. Feb. 24 Wed. March 3
ROUND 1 Round 2 Semis Finals
3-1 ----------------->>
1-1 ------------------------->>
11-1
2-1 ----------------->>
4-1
----------------
7-1 ----------------->>
5-1 ------------------------->>
9-1
6-1 ----------------->>
10-1
Class AAA
Monday Feb 15 Wed. Feb. 24 Wed. Feb. 24 Wed. March 3
ROUND 1 Round 2 Semis Finals
1-1 ------------------>>
4-1 ------------------------->>
2-1
11-1 ----------------->>
3-1
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9-1 ----------------->>
7-1
10-1 ----------------->>
6-1
NOTE: We are trying to establish a Feb. 23 & 24th site for the East and the
West championships. We will keep you updated.
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