What are the Middle School Eligibility rules?
There appears to be some misconceptions about Middle School Eligibility, qualifying for MMWA and/or MYWA Regionals, and competing in MMWA or MYWA Tournaments. Hopefully this will clear up these issues. The MHSAA governs the eligibility rules for middle school and high school students. For wrestling, the rules say the following: Once your Middle School team competitions begin, you may participate in two (2) competitions outside of your Middle School team schedule. The rule is clear, in that it doesn’t matter when your practices with your middle school team begin, only the competitions. After your Middle School team competitions end, you may participate at will in competitions outside of your Middle School team schedule. Both MMWA and MYWA require competing in two (2) regular season tournaments to qualify to compete at a regional tournament. For example, say Scranton Middle School will begin practicing January 12th, but their first competition is January 26th. A Scranton Middle School wr
