Armdrag.com: NY Dual Match Championship is Back to the Future for High School Wrestling

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— allsportswny (@allsportswny) January 17, 2018

New York State is holding the first ever team dual state championship tournament January 27th in Syracuse, a move that may help save the sport from extinction. Participation in high school wrestling has been on the decline nationally since 2011 and the average size of a team has dropped from 37 to 23 participants. In Western New York I would guess the numbers are even lower.

Saturday, January 20th Lancaster will host the 2018 Section Six dual championships. Last season Section Six held the first ever team dual championships at Starpoint high school to prepare for the state wide tournament being held this year.