LATHAM, NY – The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has announced tickets are now on sale for both the 2023 High School Wrestling Dual Meet and Individual State Championships.
 
DUAL MEET STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS – January 28 at SRC Arena (Onondaga Community College):
The SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College will host the 5^th annual Wrestling Dual Meet State Championships on January 28^th where 24 teams will compete in two divisions for a team state championship. Each team will compete in three pool play matches with the top four teams in each division advancing to the semifinals. Each of the 11 sections in the state will send a representative to the state meet in each division (except Section VII in Division 1). There will also be two at-large entries for Division 1 and one at-large entry for Division 2 with various criteria as part of a formula to determine the berths.
 
Tickets are $11.50 each (includes fees) and available only online by visiting www.gofan.co/NYSPHSAA. The association has released its full schedule for this event, which is a one-session, one-day tournament.
   
INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS – February 24-25 at MVP Arena:
MVP Arena (previously known as the Times Union Center prior to January 1, 2022) will host the 58^th annual Individual State Tournament on Friday, February 24^th and Saturday, February 25^th.  Tickets can be purchased for one or multiple sessions at the box office in person or online at Ticketmaster at https://www.mvparena.com/events/detail/nysphsaa-wrestling-championships. Three ticket packages are being offered for the tournament including a “Premium Package” for $56 (includes fees) in which an attendee would receive a ticket for each of the first two sessions and a third ticket for the last session in a premium seating area within 15 rows of the floor (for finals only). Also available will be a one-session ticket for $12 (includes fees) as well as a three-session package without premium seating for $36 (includes fees). All seating is general admission except for premium seating for the finals. Premium seating will not be sold separately.
 
The Association has released its official competition schedule for the individual tournament and is as follows (more tournament information can be found at www.nysphsaa.org):
 
SESSION #1
Friday, February 24          9:30 am….……………………..…Parade of Champions/National Anthem
                                         10:00 am – 3 pm…..….………....Preliminaries: Division 1 and 2
                                         3:00 pm – 4:30 pm……………....Quarterfinals: Division 1 and 2
                                         4:30 pm – 8:00 pm…..……….....Wrestlebacks: Division 1 and 2

SESSION #2
Saturday, February 25    9:30 am…………………………...National Anthem/Special Awards
                                       9:30 am – 12:00 pm………...........Semifinals: Division 1 and 2
                                                                                             Wrestlebacks: Division 1 and 2
                                        12:00 – 2:00 pm……………….....Wrestlebacks/Consolation Semifinals: Division 1 & 2
                                        2:00 pm – 3:30 pm…………........Consolation Finals: Division 1 and 2

SESSION #3
Saturday, February 25    6:00 pm……………………………..Finals: Division 1 and 2 (2 mats only)

The 2023 Individual Championships are now in their 18^th year of a two-division format and will follow a similar schedule to last year’s event held at MVP Arena. In 2022, NYSPHSAA expanded to allow an additional 120 wrestlers to fill the byes in the brackets using a formula based on a wrestler’s current season and previous season’s performances. The at-large slots starting last year bring the total number of participants to nearly 500 despite the elimination of two weight classes in 2020.  Also in 2020, NYSPHSAA began to recognize the 7^th and 8^th place wrestlers on the awards podium for each weight class.  Qualifiers will hail from the 11 NYSPHSAA sections, as well as from the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) of New York City and the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA).  The MVP Arena has hosted this event 16 of the last 19 years.
 
To request a credential for either event, please contact Chris Watson, Director of Communications, at cwatson@nysphsaa.org.



HISTORY/VENUES OF NYSPHSAA INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
1963 – Cornell University, Ithaca
1964 – Walt Whitman High School, South Huntington (Long Island)
1965 – Ithaca College, Ithaca
1966 – Walt Whitman High School, South Huntington (Long Island)
1967 – Niagara University, Niagara Falls
1968 – Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse
1969 – George H. Clark Gymnasium, Rochester
1970-72 – Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse
1973 – Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica
1974-2003 – Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse
2004 – University at Buffalo, Amherst
2005 – Pepsi Arena, Albany (MVP Arena)
2006 – Nassau Veterans Coliseum, Uniondale
2007 – Times Union Center, Albany (MVP Arena)
2008 – Blue Cross Arena, Rochester
2009-20 – Times Union Center, Albany
2021 – Canceled due to COVID
2022-24 – MVP Arena, Albany (previously Times Union Center)
 

About NYSPHSAA (Twitter: @NYSPHSAA | Facebook: NYSPHSAA | YouTube: NYSPHSAASports):
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. is a non-profit, voluntary, educational service organization composed of public, parochial, and private schools dedicated to providing equitable and safe competition for the students of its member schools. The organization conducts 32 championship events and governs the rules and regulations of high school athletics in New York State. Membership is open to secondary schools providing interschool athletic activities for boys and girls in grades 7-12.