Double duals on weekdays now worth just a point?

[jpt189]

Heard today from another coach that his AD got an email saying you can schedule double duals during weekdays and now they count as just one point instead of two. Any truth to this?

[chambers]

That is not my understanding. I think that you can do a double dual on a weekday and it still counts as 2 points. The difference from the past is that you are required to use 4 points as duals. In the past that weekday double dual would have been counted as a tournament and not as one of your 4 duals. Now they will be counted as duals but each one will be worth 1 point so you will use 2 points for the night.

[chambers]

Here is the rule change from the IHSAA board meeting minutes:

 

16. Rule 60, Section 3 (Wrestling) Page 95

60‐2 ‐ The maximum number of season wrestling dual meets in which for the regular schedule of

any team or student may participate, excluding the IHSAA Tournament Series, shall be Eighteen

(18); however, a team or student may participate in additional season tournaments (an

interschool wrestling meet which involved Three (3) or more schools is a tournament) up to a

maximum of Seven (7), provided each tournament counts as Two (2) of the Eighteen (18) dual

meets. A triangular meet (double dual) may count as Two (2) towards a team’s Four (4) dual

meet maximum permitted. Each weigh‐in for any tournament shall count as only One (1)

weigh‐in toward the minimum requirements for IHSAA Tournament Series qualification.

A motion to amend to this proposal to permit triangular (double dual) meets to count as two

points toward a team’s four dual meets permitted was made by Tim Grove; seconded by Steve

Cox; motion approved 19‐0. A motion to accept this amended proposal was made by Steve Cox;

seconded by Mike Broughton; motion approved 19‐0.