WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament

media release: The 82nd Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Individual Wrestling Tournament and the fourth Girls Individual Wrestling Tournament will be held in conjunction Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 27-March 1, at the Kohl Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis.

Ticket prices per tournament session are $11 plus online fees. Tickets are available on-line on the WIAA website prior to any respective session with the printing of the ticket by the purchaser. Tickets are also available at the Kohl Center during the tournament.

FIRST GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: The 2025 Individual Wrestling Tournament will produce the first girls team champion in State history. A girls team champion and runner-up will be recognized based on results of individual performances from the schools represented in the tournament. Girls are scheduled to compete in their first team-formatted State Tournament in 2026-27.

THE SCHEDULE:  Below is the schedule of competition for the individual tournament. All weight classes will be wrestled in consecutive order through the classes on a “next available mat” basis within the mat assignments. 

Thursday, Feb. 27

Session 1: 

Div. 1 Boys & Girls Preliminaries - 2 p.m. 

Div. 1 Boys & Girls Quarterfinals - approximately 4:30 p.m. 

Div. 2 & 3 Boys Preliminaries - approximately 6 p.m. 

Div. 2 & 3 Boys Quarterfinals - approximately 8 p.m. 

Friday, Feb. 28

Session 2: 

Div. 1 Boys & Girls Consolation Preliminaries - 10 a.m. 

Div. 1 Boys & Girls Consolation Quarterfinals - approximately 11:30 a.m. 

Div. 2 & 3 Boys Quarterfinals - approximately 11 a.m. 

Div. 2 & 3 Boys Consolation Quarterfinals - approximately 1 p.m. 

Session 3: 

Div. 1 Boys Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 1 & 2 

Div. 2 Boys Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 3 & 5 

Div. 3 Boys Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 7 & 8 

Girls Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 4 & 6 

Saturday, March 1

Session 4: 

Boys Div. 1, 2, 3 & Girls Consolation Semifinals - 10 a.m. 

Div. 1, 2, 3 & Girls Fifth-place Matches*

Div. 1, 2, 3 & Girls Third-place Matches*

* Third-place and fifth-place matches will run concurrently by weight class within divisions after all consolation matches are completed.

Session 5: 

Boys Division 1 Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 1 

Girls Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 2

Boys Division 2 Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 3 

Boys Division 3 Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 4 

FINALS ON STATE TELEVISION NETWORK:  The championship final matches of all three divisions will be aired live on the WIAA State Television Stations WKOW 27.2, WAOW 9.2, WQOW 18.2 and WXOW 19.2, WVTV 24.1 in Milwaukee and WLUK (FOX)/WCWF(CW) in Green Bay/Appleton. The live programming will begin at 5 p.m. The finals will also be streamed live on the Network stations’ websites. 

PRE-FINALS MATCHES STREAMED LIVE:  All mats of the pre-finals matches and the third- and fifth-place matches will be streamed live on WIAA.TV with a subscription to the NFHS Network. To purchase a subscription to the live programming for $11.99 per month, log-on to www.wiaa.tv or www.nfhsnetwork.com and click on the subscription button at the top right of the page.