KYWCA Hall of Fame Coach Rusty Parks Sr. of Woodford County High School pioneered the idea of a Kentucky State Dual Championship in 1989. The surrounding states were hosting State Dual Championships and Coach Parks recognized its importance to the sports growth. “I felt for Kentucky to keep up with wrestling in the United States, we needed a state dual championship,” stated Parks.
The first KYWCA State Dual Championship was hosted at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky in 1990. From 1990 through 2012, the KYWCA State Dual Championship was a sixteen team event, with one champion.
In the spring of 2012, the KYWCA board voted to expand the Kentucky State Dual Championships, and two divisions were formed based on school enrollment. Each division now has 12 teams, with a large and small school state champion crowned in each division.
YearChampionRunner-Up1990Woodford CountyCampbell County1991Campbell CountyWoodford County1992Simon KentonWoodford County1993Woodford CountyEastern1994Woodford CountySheldon Clark1995Sheldon ClarkSheldon Clark1996Woodford CountySimon Kenton1997Woodford CountyScott1998St. XavierCampbell County1999LaRue CountyWayne County2000St. XavierWoodford County2001LaRue CountySt. Xavier2002Woodford CountyCampbell County2003South OldhamRyle2004Campbell CountyWoodford County2005Woodford CountyRyle2006LaRue CountyWoodford County2007LaRue CountyPaul L. Dunbar2008TrinityUnion County2009No StateBad Weather2010No StateBad Weather2011LaRue CountyTrinity2012Union CountyLaRue County
2013Union County
Campbell CountyJohnson Central
Simon Kenton2014Union County
St. XavierWayne County
Oldham County2015Union County
St. XavierHarrison County
Trinity2016Union County
Oldham CountyNorth Oldham
Union County2017Union County
St. XavierWayne County
Union County2018Union County
St. XavierWalton-Verona
Oldham County2019Union County
Johnson CentralScott
Moore2020Union County
RyleLaRue County
Johnson Central