The Region 1 Tournament has new dates and times this season.
The tournament will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. with first-round matchups involving second- and third-place finishers from Districts 1 through 4. District champions will still receive a bye in the opening round and will not wrestle until the tournament resumes on Friday, Feb. 24 with the quarterfinals at 4 p.m. (one hour earlier than previous years).
The event concludes on Saturday, Feb. 25 with semifinals at 9 a.m., followed immediately by two rounds of wrestlebacks. The consolation finals will being 30 minutes at the conclusion of the wrestlebacks with the championships in all 14 weight classes to follow.
Unlike previous years, the tournament will be seeded in its entirety on Monday, Feb. 20. There will no longer be a re-seed for the quarterfinals, which usually took place on that Wednesday following the opening round a day earlier.
The top three finishers in each weight class advance to the state tournament held March 2-4 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Doors open at Wallkill Valley at 3 p.m. on Wednesday; 2 p.m. on Friday and 7 a.m. on Saturday. In the event that Wednesday's scheduled is postponed, the tournament will begin on Thursday. If Friday's session is postponed, there will be three sessions on Saturday at 12:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. The same schedule would apply on Sunday should Saturday's action be postponed.
Ticket prices are as follows: Wednesday/Friday $5 general admission and $3 for students and seniors. On Saturday, an all-day pass is $10 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. Otherwise it's $5 for general admission and $3 for students and seniors.
Remember to get your "complete" breakfast Saturday morning!
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