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Does anyone have experience with out of state teams who have JR high 7-9th grade vs 6-8th grade. Are the 9th graders allowed to wrestle in a WV tournament or only their 7-8th grade wrestlers.

Any insight is appreciated.

No experience with it in middle school, but I know that a few years ago a team from another state (can't remember if it was Tenn or Ky) showed up with an 8th grader on their team because their high school was grades 8-12 and he was allowed to wrestle up. Not sure, but a 9th grader wrestling down to lower grades vs 6th graders might be different.

You’d probably want to seek guidance from WVSSAC to make sure, but they will likely point you to rule 127-2-3.2.d which says:

“Students enrolled in 9th grade may participate only on High School Teams…”

I know that is the rule for WV teams but for liability reasons they might hold out of state teams to the same ruling.

Thanks for the responses. Apparently, PIAA will not allow schools to compete against 6th graders so the team has backed out.