NEXT UP: NORTHEAST REGIONALS
May 18 - 20
Pennsylvania will again be hosting the Northeast Regional Championships. This year's event will be held at Bloomsburg University. Juniors and Cadets may qualify for Fargo at both the PAWF State Championships and at the Northeast Regionals. Wrestlers qualifying at Regionals may move up or down in weight at Fargo. At PAWF States, you must place at the same weight you will wrestle at Nationals. Scholarship competition is at the State Championships only. To qualify for Kids Nationals, you MUST attend the Regional Championships.
CLUB DUALS AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY : RESULTS
Young Guns is the repeat Champion Team for 2012 in the KIDS Division, beating runner-up Bad Karma in the finals 59-28 on Saturday. As always, there were some outstanding matchups and an exciting day of wrestling.
On Sunday, Blair was again the Champion, defeating runner up Young Guns in an exciting final that included numerous lead changes. This one wasn't decided until the final match of the afternoon.
Both Kids and Junior winners received team jackets for their efforts. The details of both events are posted on the 'Schedule/Results' page. Special thanks are in order to the Bloomsburg University Wrestling Team for hosting this very special event. We are looking forward to returning here for the USAW Northeast Regional Championships, scheduled for May 18 -20.
TIFFIN DONATES MATS FOR PAWF
Tiffin Mats, Inc. has donated mats for our major events. Demo mats can be purchased at significant discount. Click here to see specials.
2012 USAW MEMBERSHIP
The 2012 membership year has begun. Our 2011 cards expired on August 31st, 2011. Athlete cards are available by mail. Please go to the 'Membership/Clubs' page and print out the 2012 PAWF/USAW Membership application. All Coaches and Officials cards must be obtained directly from USAW. Links are available on the same page.
FINAL QUALIFIER RESULTS POSTED
The results for both Saucon Valley and Wyoming Seminary are now available on the 'Schedule/Results' page. All qualifiers are now finished, and the results are final. All wrestlers who will be attending the State Championships on June 1-3 at Central Mountain HS are expected to check the 'Qualifier Results' section to make sure your name is listed. Go to the Qualifier where you first placed in the top four and make sure your name is listed AT YOUR AGE GROUP. If your name is not listed, you may not attend States. If you believe you have qualified, but your name is not in the results, contact the State Chairman.
You will be asked where you qualified at the Weigh In for States. Your name will be checked against these same results at that time.STATE FREESTYLE AND GRECO CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE AT CENTRAL MOUNTAIN HS
Central Mountain HS is located in Mill Hall, just outside of Lock Haven. Please note that Freestyle Weigh in will be at the MatTown USA club location at Piper Memorial Airport. Once you weigh in, you will proceed to the High School for the Men's Freestyle competition. Please Note that Friday's weigh in starts at 3:30PM. Some of the early fliers have the start incorrectly listed.
Women's Freestyle and Men's Greco weigh in are Sunday morning at the High School.
Preliminary Information is available on the tournament page. Please check back for updates!
Click here to VIEW/PRINT the detailed schedule.
WOMENS FREESTYLE STATE TOURNAMENT
PAWF has agreed to expand our State Championship Tournament on June 3rd to include five Women's Divisions. Intermediate through Junior. The top four place winners in the Cadet and Junior Divisions qualify for the Junior Nationals representing Pennsylvania.
More information including all Divisions and weights is available on the attached flier.
The PAWF Girls State Folkstyle Championship held March 11, was highlighted in an article written for Youth1. Follow the link to review the Youth1 report.
GRECO RULES UPDATE
Follow the link for a pictorial explanation of the 2012 Greco Rule modification. Starting with our first qualifier, if either wrestler scores a point in the first 90 seconds of any Greco period there will NOT be a Clinch in THAT period. If the score is 0-0 at 90 seconds, position for the Clinch will be determined as in the past. If you are planning to assist at the scoring tables this year, please review the changes by selecting the 'Learn' tab, then click on the link 'Scorer-Timer Duties'.