The Iowa High School Athletic Association Board of Control has approved several big changes for the wrestling postseason.

Sectional tournaments will be a thing of the past in Classes 1A and 2A. The number of qualifiers for the State Traditional Tournament will increase from the previous 16 to 24, which would work out as the top three from 8 District sites in each class rather than the top 2.

With the elimination of the Sectional tournaments the State Dual Team Tournament will move to that freed up Saturday on the calendar. The Board said many coaches had expressed interest in moving State Duals away from its recent spot a day ahead of the traditional tourney. A new site for State Duals has not yet been determined. The 24 regional dual qualifiers will be determined by the IWCOA dual team rankings.

The advisory committee had two other recommendations that were approved by the board:

• Seeding criteria for State Traditional Tournament qualifiers will remove the additional point previously received for head-to-head wins over fellow qualifiers.
• IHSAA will continue to use 14 weight classes after NFHS provided states an option to adopt 12, 13, or 14 weight classes for state competition in 2023-24.

Here is a look at the new postseason schedule that will be in place in 2023:

Jan. 31-Feb. 1 – Regional Duals, Host Schools

Feb. 4 – State Dual Team Tournament, TBD

Feb. 11 – District Tournaments, Host Schools

Feb. 16-18 – State Traditional Tournament, Wells Fargo Arena