Road to Hershey

Now that the Bullet dual season is over, the wrestlers’ focus shifts to the pursuit for an individual state title in Hershey. For our fans new to wrestling, here is a summary of how wrestlers move on at each step.

PA is divided into 4 regions.  We are in the South East region which is comprised of District 1, 3, and 11.  We are in District 3. District 1 is close to Philly and District 11 is the Lehigh Valley area.   Geographically speaking, District 3 covers Berks County west toward Harrisburg and south toward the Maryland border.  There are 26 AA schools in District 3.  District 3 is split into 2 Sections, 13 schools in each.

This year the Sectional Tournament will be held at Hamburg High School on February 16.  BHHS will be joined by Hamburg, Kutztown, SV, Tulpy, Wyo, Annville-Cleona, Columbia. ELCO, Lancaster Catholic, Northern Lebanon, Pequa Valley and Bishop McDevitt high schools.  It’s a one day tournament and session 1 starts at 10:30am.  The top 6 wrestlers in each weight class advance to the District 3 tourney.

The District 3 tournament is always held in Hershey at the Old Arena.  Wrestling will start at 10am on Friday, February 22 and the champions are crowned on day 2, February 23.  All 16 District 3 schools that had wrestlers qualify will be represented.  It is a two day tournament with the top 5 wrestlers moving to the Regional Tournament. 

The Regional Tournament will be held at Wilson High School in Reading on March 1 and 2nd.  All qualifying wrestlers from District 1, 3 and 11 will be represented at the tournament.  The top 5 wrestlers from each weight class get to move on to the State Tournament in Hershey.  The size and the number of schools in the region determines how many wrestlers get to advance to the State tournament.  The South East Region gets to send the top 5 wrestlers from each weight class.

What a road but well worth the time to travel it.  GBG.