Iowa High School Wrestling Tournament Has A Different Look This Year

Des Moines, Iowa — The State High School Wrestling tournament has a much different look in Des Moines. Normally, around 75 thousand fans pack Wells Fargo Arena for the three days of competition. This week attendance is limited to around four thousand per session.

That is about 30 percent of capacity. Chris Cuellar is with the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

Fans are required to sit in assigned seats and wear masks. It was at the end of the boys’ state basketball tournament last March when the pandemic hit.

Cuellar says the wrestling season had only a few interruptions because of COVID.

This year’s tournament features a new seeding system.

Last year spring sports, like track and field, were canceled. Cuellar says those sports are a go in 2021.

 

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