New Format for West Virginia High School Wrestling Tournament 64 places to be determined Tournament expanded to five days (April 1, 2009) Officials in high places have announced a new format for the West Virginia State High School Wrestling Tournament beginning with the 2010 year. The new format will feature 64 man brackets, and will determine place winners from Champion to 64th. AAA and AA/A will be combined, and the tournament will run Tuesday through Saturday, with 7:30 AM weigh-ins each day. A tournament spokesman said that the change in format was needed to address several concerns. "For years, we have wanted to know who was really the champion at a particular weight class. And, for that matter, who was really the, say 36th or even the 53rd best wrestler at a given weight class. This change in format should answer those questions once and for all." Regional tournaments will be eliminated. Instead, each weight class in the State Tournament will be seeded to 64 places based on the WV-Mat/West Virginia Wrestling Coaches Association individual rankings. The weekly individual rankings will be expanded from ranking eight wrestlers to ranking 64 wrestlers at each weight class, with AAA and AA/A combined at each weight class. Since the weekly rankings will take on new significance, all high school wrestling coaches will meet on a weekly basis to determine rankings by group consensus. These weekly meetings will be conducted every Sunday morning at 6:00 AM in Kingwood at the Heldreth Motel conference rooms A and B. "All the coaches thought that the weekly meetings would be a great idea. Most coaches don't have anything scheduled for Sundays at 6:00 AM, so this was the ideal time to have these weekly meetings," the spokesman noted. The consolation brackets will be expanded to provide for determination of place winners all the way to 64th place. "This will involve wrestling a few extra matches, but we think it is worth it. Now there will be no more speculation on who is the 23rd best wrestler at a given weight class." The consolation brackets will be designated as Consolation A through Consolation K brackets. 2010 West Virginia State High School Wrestling Tournament Schedule Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:30 AM - Weigh-ins 9:30 AM - First Session. 448 matches (7/1/2 hours) Championship first round 7:00 PM - Second Session. 224 matches (3 3/4 hours). Championship second round Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:30 AM - Weigh-ins 9:30 AM - Third Session. 336 matches (5 1/2 hours). Championship Third Round (112 matches). First Round Consolation A Bracket. (224 matches). 5:00 PM - Fourth Session. 336 matches (5 1/2 hours). Second and Third Round Consolation A Bracket. Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:30 AM - Weigh-ins 9:30 AM - Fifth Session. 448 matches (7 1/2 hours). Fourth round Consolation A bracket (112 matches) First round Consolation D bracket (56 matches) First round Consolation E bracket (56 matches) First round Consolation F bracket (112 matches) First round Consolation G bracket (112 matches) 7:00 PM - Sixth Session. 224 matches. (3 3/4 hours). Championship quarterfinal matches. (56 matches). Fifth round Consolation A bracket (56 matches) Second round Consolation F Bracket.(56 matches). Second round Consolation G Bracket. (56 matches). Friday, February 26, 2010 7:30 - Weigh-ins 9:30 AM - Seventh Session. 336 matches. (5 1/2 hours). Sixth Round Consolation A Bracket. (56 matches). First Round Consolation F Consolation Bracket (56 matches). First Round Consolation G Consolation Bracket (56 matches). First Round Consolation D Consolation Bracket (28 matches). First Round Consolation E Consolation Bracket (28 matches). Second round Consolation F consolation Bracket (56 matches). Second round Consolation G consolation Bracket (56 matches). 5:00 PM - Eighth Session. 392 matches. (6 1/2 hours). Championship semifinals (28 matches). Consolation A quarterfinals (28 matches). Consolation D bracket second round (28 matches). Consolation E bracket second round (28 matches). Consolation H bracket first round (28 matches). Consolation I bracket first round (28 matches). Consolation J bracket first round (28 matches). Consolation K bracket first round (28 matches). Consolation F bracket semifinals (28 matches). Consolation G bracket semifinals (28 matches). Consolation B bracket first round (28 matches). Consolation C bracket first round (28 matches). Consolation F bracket consolation quarterfinals (28 matches). Consolation G bracket consolation quarterfinals (28 matches). Saturday, February 27, 2010 7:30 AM - Weigh-ins 9:30 AM - Ninth Session 140 matches. (2 1/2 hours). Consolation A bracket semifinals (28 matches). Consolation D bracket consolation semifinals (28 matches). Consolation E bracket consolation semifinals (28 matches). Consolation F bracket consolation semifinals (28 matches). Consolation G bracket consolation semifinals (28 matches). 2:00 PM - Tenth Session 448 matches (7 1/2 hours) Championship finals (14 matches) Consolation A bracket finals for 3rd (14 matches) Consolation A bracket finals for 5th (14 matches) Consolation A bracket finals for 7th (14 matches) Consolation B bracket finals for 9th (14 matches) Consolation B bracket finals for 11th (14 matches) Consolation C bracket finals for 13th (14 matches) Consolation C bracket finals for 15th (14 matches) Consolation D bracket finals for 17th (14 matches) Consolation D bracket finals for 19th (14 matches) Consolation D bracket finals for 21st (14 matches) Consolation D bracket finals for 23rd (14 matches) Consolation E bracket finals for 25th (14 matches) Consolation E bracket finals for 27th (14 matches) Consolation E bracket finals for 29th (14 matches) Consolation E bracket finals for 31st (14 matches) Consolation F bracket finals for 33rd (14 matches) Consolation F bracket finals for 35th (14 matches) Consolation F bracket finals for 37th (14 matches) Consolation F bracket finals for 39th (14 matches) Consolation H bracket finals for 41st (14 matches) Consolation H bracket finals for 43rd (14 matches) Consolation I bracket finals for 45th (14 matches) Consolation I bracket finals for 47th (14 matches) Consolation G bracket finals for 49th (14 matches) Consolation G bracket finals for 51st (14 matches) Consolation G bracket finals for 53rd (14 matches) Consolation G bracket finals for 55th (14 matches) Consolation J bracket finals for 57th (14 matches) Consolation J bracket finals for 59th (14 matches) Consolation K bracket finals for 61st (14 matches) Consolation K bracket finals for 63rd (14 matches)

A new awards podium to accomodate 64 placewinners has been constructed and tested.