An official scarcity at the highschool stage all through the nation has been effectively documented in recent times.
Wrestling has confirmed to be no completely different.
At Thursday’s MIAA Wrestling Committee assembly, committee consultant Nate Monteiro spoke of the growing difficulties in scheduling officers for twin meets on Wednesday night time. Monteiro spoke of touring to Concord-Carlisle (3:30 p.m.), Wayland (5 p.m.) and Marlboro (7 p.m.) to officiate three meets to ensure that the matches to go off.
“With the low number of officials, we just can’t survive,” Monteiro stated. “On a Wednesday night, there were 69 dual meets and we had 76 officials and 19 were not available. There is going to have to be some adjustments or we’re just not going to be able to cover Wednesday night meets.”
MIAA wrestling committee liaison Phil Napolitano has seen the development and is hoping that his proposal may help alleviate the issues down the street. His proposal, which was unanimously accepted by the dedication, would take away a few of the language in Rule 84.2.4, which states {that a} double-dual, triangular, quadrangular or event meet have to be scheduled on a day previous a non-school day (Friday, Saturday, the day earlier than a trip or vacation, or throughout faculty trip intervals).
Allowing faculties the flexibility to schedule these varieties of matches on per week night time would definitely go a great distance in making issues simpler for the officers. Like all different MIAA rule modifications proposals, it must undergo the conventional channels earlier than it reaches the Board of Directors for last approval. If accepted, the rule change would go into impact in time for the 2025-26 wrestling season.
The committee launched a pair of recent event administrators. Ryan Madden will run the Division 1 event, whereas Andy Meier takes over Div. 2. The venerable Scott Tremlett stays because the Div. 3 and All-State event director.
“We are in great hands with them,” stated Wakefield athletic director Brendan Kent, who doubles because the MIAA Wrestling Committee chairman. “We are very fortunate to have Andy on board and Ryan has hosted many tournaments when he was the athletic director at Milton. We are very grateful to them for jumping on board.”
The postseason begins with the sectionals on Feb. 10. They shall be contested on the following websites: Div. 1 North (Methuen), Div. 1 South (Taunton), Div. 1 Central/Metro (Newton South), Div. 1 West/Central (Springfield Central), Div. 2 North (Burlington), Div. 2 South (Stoughton), Div. 2 Central (Bellingham), Div. 2 West (Northbridge), Div. 3 North (Tewksbury), Div. 3 South (Foxboro), Div. 3 Central (Ashland) and Div. 3 West (Mt. Greylock).
The motion resumes the next week (Feb. 16-17) with the two-day state event. Newton South will host the Div. 1 event, Algonquin will deal with Div. 2 and Wakefield would be the venue for the Div. 3 states. The All-States shall be contested at Salem, Feb. 23-24, with the 58th annual New England Wrestling Championship returning to the Providence Career and Technical Academy, March 1-2. The inaugural New England Girls Wrestling Championship may also happen that weekend.
In addition to the New Englands, there shall be a women divisional state championship for the primary time. The prime 4 women in every weight class will qualify for the ladies All-State championship. Any woman who chooses to compete within the mixed-gender state event would robotically qualify for the Girls All-States in the event that they determine to go that route.
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