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.
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