All USAW - MWA tournaments will require wrestlers to have an active USAW card, limited folkstyle memberships are $20. If you do not have it you will need to purchase it here before you can complete your registration. Any issues with membership should be sent to [email protected] .

Coaches are encouraged to do a skin check on their wrestlers before each tournament.   Skin Checks will be done at weigh-ins.   Official doctor’s notes are required at weigh-in for questionable skin and/or health conditions.  MWA officials may exclude wrestlers from wrestling if there are skin and /or health-related concerns.

Coaches:

You must be a USAW Wrestling Leader to get a coaching band. You must have a coach’s band to be in the corner of a wrestling mat and/or enter areas designated for coaches.   There will be no more than two coaches in the corner at any time.   Teams warned more than two times for that day would have team points deducted for each additional violation.   No Exceptions!  Coaches must follow MWA rules for team scoring.  If a wrestler does not qualify to earn points for your program , you must disclose the wrestler and they cannot score points for your program.   This rule is only for calculating team standings. Violations of this rule may lead to a loss of your team award and/or a reduction in standings.

Wrestlers:

All wrestlers must stay in their designated warm-up area or in the stands while the tournament is in session.  During live wrestling, wrestlers must not be on the mats unless called for their bout because they are wrestling next.

MATCH RULES AND OVERTIME: We will follow 2023-24 NFHS  rules including those for overtime and take downs going out of bounds, with the following exception: At the U6-U10 State Tournament and Big East - All locking hands will be penalized with 1pt. No warning and no DQ for offending locking hand violations.

Athlete Eligibility :
All athlete must be with in the age range for their respective divisions. NO EXCEPTIONS!! Any mis-representations of age will result in disqualification and potential multiple year suspension.

Starting in the 2025-26 Season Athletes who compete for their HS Varsity team after 1/8/26 are ineligible for the MWA Youth Post Season. Competitions will be validated by results that are tracked in the Varsity seasons of the MIAA.       

Team Scoring:

Starting in the 2025-26 Season we will no longer have team scoring at out post season tournaments. 

Weigh-ins:

Starting in the 2025-26 season All tournaments except the U12-U15 Coed sections will be on site weigh-ins. Due to complexity of the U12-U15 multiple sites and balancing of data we are going to still do remote weigh-ins for U12-U15 sections. U12-U15 States will have ON SITE weigh-ins and no weight allowance. What ever weight you make for the sections you must make for States.

Parents: 

Parents must stay in the stands and outside of areas designated for coaches and competing wrestlers.   Please keep the first row of the stands open for wrestlers and coaches. If you are, videotaping you must have permission from the tournament director and be restricted to areas designated for videography.

For details on each tournament please visit the tournament pages under folk style or olympic style menus