South Dakota Class A and Class B State Wrestling Championships begin today
Nate Wek-SDPB SportsFebruary 25, 2021Sports
State Wrestling
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The 2021 SDHSAA State High School Wrestling Championships will take place at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City on February 25-27. This year, the state wrestling tournaments will look a tad different. Because of COVID-19 protocols, a decision was made to split up the two classes, A and B, into their own venues. While both classes are at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center complex, Class A is being housed at the Ice Arena, while the Barnett Arena will host Class B.
537 athletes will head to Rapid City to participate in the 2021 South Dakota high school wrestling championships this upcoming weekend.
The Rushmore Plaza Civic Center will host this year s combined tournament on February 25-27. All classes and events will take place in Rapid City as part of the combined event.
The 2021 South Dakota high school wrestling championships will be a little different this year, and it s not strictly because of the pandemic. This year s event will feature the standard weight tournaments, a duals tournament, and also the girl s weight classes for the first time.
In total, 537 athletes from around South Dakota will wrestle for state championships. 88 girls qualified for the state tournament this season. Canton leads all schools in all classes with 29 total athletes that qualified for state. Pierre added 22.