Tournament Calendar

Individual Regions Tournament - 2017 (times are subject to change)

Wrestlers must have wrestled at an NYWA district tournament prior to attending a regional event.  Region tournaments are NOT open tournaments; they are part of a qualifying process.  There are NO exceptions to this.  Wrestlers must wrestle at a region tournament before advancing to State.  The top three wrestlers in each weight class will advance to state with the exception of the wild card region (see wild card rotation below).

Region One (Rochester) - Friday, March 24th & Saturday, March 25th

Location: Byron High School, 1887 2nd Ave. NW, Byron  55920 
Contact: Dean Nelson
Phone: (507) 635-5519
Friday, 3/24: 5th -8th grade only; weigh-ins 4-5 pm, wrestling begins at approximately 5:30-6 pm. 
Saturday, 3/25: K-4th grade; weigh-ins 7:30-8:30 am, wrestling begins at approximately 9-9:30 am.
Admission: $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for students.  Admission is paid daily.  Two-day passes are available for $8.00.
Coaches Passes: $5.00, limit 1 coach per wrestler at mat side.

Region Two (Windom) - Saturday, March 25th

Location:  Windom Area High School, 1400 17th St., Windom  56101
Contact: TBD
Phone: (507) 
Saturday, 3/25: K-4th grade; weigh-ins 7-8:20 am, wrestling begins at 9:20 am.  Weigh-ins for 5-8th grade, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, wrestling will begin 30 minutes after completion of morning session.
For other general information, check out these websites: www.windom-mn.com or www.winwacc.com. 

Region Three (Lakeville) - Saturday, March 25th

Location: Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave., Lakeville  55044
Contact: Denise McCarney 
Phone: (952) 469-4302 
Saturday, 3/25: K-8th grade; weigh-ins 7-8:30 am; wrestling begins at 9:30 am.

Region Four (New London/Spicer) - Friday, March 24th & Saturday, March 25th

Location: New London-Spicer High School, 101 4th Ave. SW, New London  56273
Contact: Darren Hatlestad 
Phone: (320) 354-5872
Friday, 3/24: 7-8th grade; weigh-ins 4:30-5:00 pm, wrestling begins at 5:30 pm.
Saturday, 3/25: K-6th grade; weigh-ins 7-8:00 am with an alternate weigh-in for 3-6th grade from 9:30-10:30 am.  
Wrestling for K-2nd grade begins at 9:00 am; wrestling for 3-6th grade begins at approximately 12:30 pm.

Region Five (Bemidji) - Friday, March 24th & Saturday, March 25th

Location: Bemidji High School, 2900 Division St. W., Bemidji  56601
Contact: Tim Hinrichs 
Phone: 218-556-3722
Friday, 3/24: 7-8th grade; weigh-ins 4-5 pm, wrestling begins at 5:30 pm.
Saturday, 3/25: K-6th grade; weigh-ins 7:30-9:30 am, wrestling begins at 10:30 am.  
Admission: $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for students.  Admission is paid daily.
Coaches Passes: $5.00, limit 1 coach per wrestler at mat side.

Wildcard Rotation

2017 - Rochester
2018 - Windom
2019 - Lakeville
2020 - New London/Spicer
2021 - Bemidji
2022 - Rochester
2023 - Windom
​2024 - Lakeville

Team Region Tournaments (K-6 teams only).

Click here to view team rules.  For questions regarding team eligibility, please email team coordinator Dean Teeselink at nywateam@gmail.com.

There are no qualifying regional events for 7/8 teams.  The first 32 teams to register for State will be allowed. There will be a wait list if necessary.  All registrations must be done online and payment must be made at time of entry.  

All K-6 region events require pre-registration; entry fee is $175/team and must be completed online; payment must be made at time of entry.  No mail in rosters will be accepted; everything must be submitted online!  Rosters can change from region to state and can change up until weigh-ins at state.  Skin checks will be completed by MN High School wrestling officials.  Please have a skin condition form completed by a physician prior to the tournament if there is a questionable skin condition.  

** All wrestlers participating as part of a team MUST have an NYWA membership.  Each roster will be checked prior to the team event. Click to go to the NYWA membership form.  

**DEADLINE: There is a deadline of one week prior to the event to enter the team region tournament. This will help the tournament directors to determine # of mats needed, officials, etc.

Team Region Registration is open. 

Please call the tournament director with intent to participate.  Payment is required at time of registration.  Rosters will be forwarded to the tournament directors and rosters can change up until weigh-ins.

VIEW TEAM BOUNDARIES MAP (updated 01/29/13)

REGION ONE
Team Regional – Date TBD
Eyota High School, Eyota, MN
Curt Olson
(507) 951-0407

REGION TWO
Team Regional – Saturday, March 18th (date posted 4/6/16)
Prairie Pavilion, Tracy, MN
Kent Cooreman
(507) 829-8964 

REGION THREE  
Team Regional - Date TBD
Waconia High School
Joel Garnatz
(612) 581-4382

REGION FOUR
Pierz Team Regional – Date TBD
Pierz-Healy High School, Pierz, MN
Mitch Becker
(320) 630-2523

REGION FIVE
Bemidji Team Regional – Date TBD
Fosston High School, Fosston, MN 
Doug Schoenborn
(218) 935-0930 

View team weight classes.

NYWA State & Invite Tournament: March 30-April 2, 2017
Mayo Civic Center, 30 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, MN

Invite Tournament

The Invite tournament is run in conjunction with the State Tournament.  Both events are at the Mayo Civic Center. Any wrestler who places 4th-6th at regions can register for the Invite tournament. Any wrestler who places 4th-6th at Regions can register for the invite tournament now.  Any wrestler who is coming to state as part of a team or participated at regions but did not place can register after the initial deadline.

If you have specific questions regarding the Invite tournament, please call (507) 754-4491.

State Tournament 

NYWA State and Invite tournaments are jointly held at the Mayo Civic Center. Any wrestlers who place 1st-3rd at regions will advance to state with the exception of the 4th placer from the wildcard region which also advances to state Team competition begins on Thursday for 7th & 8th grade teams.  There will be two separate weigh-ins for 7th & 8th graders, those wrestling on team and those who aren't on team.  There will be a separate weigh-in time for 5th & 6th graders. Individual competition for 7th & 8th graders will begin on Thursday and competition for 5th & 6th graders will begin Friday morning.

Weigh-In Information for State and Invite

All wrestlers, team and individual, will receive a one-pound allowance at state and invite ONLY!  There is no weight allowance at region events.

All K-4th graders will weigh in on Friday evening.  Wrestlers, grades 5th & 6th, do NOT have to weigh in again on Friday evening unless they are wrestling a different weight for the K-6 team competition.  There will be an additional weigh-in on Saturday for those wrestlers who are only wrestling on the team.

All wrestlers must advance from districts to regions to state.  NYWA regions and state are NOT open tournaments. Wrestlers are not allowed to wrestle in regions if they did not participate at a district and cannot wrestle at state if they did not wrestle at regions.  Wrestlers cannot change weight classes from regions to state.

If you have additional questions, please contact NYWA at (507) 754-4491 or email NYWA at info@nywa-mn.com.

NYWA Future Calendar

These dates are subject to change and are tentative dates only.

2017 NYWA Schedule

MN State High School Wrestling: March 2-4
NYWA Districts: March 10-12 and March 17-19
NYWA Regions: March 24-25 (team dates will vary)
NYWA State: March 30 - April 2
Easter Sunday: April 16

2018 NYWA Schedule

MN State High School Wrestling: March 1-3
NYWA Districts: March 9-11 and March 16-18
NYWA Regions: March 23-24 (team dates will vary)
NYWA State: April 4-8
Easter Sunday: April 1