Middle School Weight Classes Reduced

[Tom McAndrew]

I recently learned that the PIAA has reduced the weight classes from 18 to 15 for middle school competitions. I'm not sure if this is based on a rule the NFHS passed, or if the PIAA is setting their own rule.

FWIW, I'm glad to see this. I've attended too many middle school matches where it's more like a parade of forfeits, as Team A didn't have wrestlers for half the weights, and Team B didn't have wrestlers for half the weights (or more in both cases).

The new middle school weight classes for the PIAA are:

80
87
94
101
108
115
122
130
138
145
155
170
190
210
250

 

[7brwnpsu]

Tom, I was just looking at the PIAA preseason Bulletin and reviewing the weights.

I'm still not a fan of reducing varsity number at schools that can and do field entire teams year after year.