2026 State Duals Info
Date & Time
Saturday, February 7
Weigh-in: 7:30 a.m.
Start: 9:00 a.m.
Location
The Corbin Arena
500 Arena Drive
Corbin, KY 40701
Tickets
Tickets will be $20 for adults and $10 for students.
USA Bracketing
https://www.usabracketing.com/events/ab423947-7208-4bc1-8d2d-f932b3cb1030
Event Photos
Photos for the event will be provided at no cost to schools courtesy of the KYWCA. Event photos will be uploaded at photos.10thRegion.com two days after the event.
Qualification
In order to qualify, all coaches must be paid members of the KYWCA. The top two teams from each section will quality. Meaning there will 12 teams for each class (one for girls). You can find the alignment here.
Brackets and Seeding
https://kywca.org/state-duals-brackets-2026/
Format and Seeding
Teams will be placed in a tournament bracket and will be placed out of 12. Each team can weigh in a maximum of 21 wrestlers. The six sectional champions will be seeded, and the rest will be a random draw. If a coach concedes a seed, his team will become the 6 seed. If a runner-up is deemed to be seedable, the highest number of seeding with be to the 8th seed. To concede a seed, an email must be sent to your sectional leader or a KYWCA officer by Sunda,y January 19.
Seeds will be based on the following:
1. Head-to-Head
2. Current Dual Record against Common Opponent
3. Winning Percentage (If the winning percentage is the same, the level of competition and strength of schedule will determine who gets the higher seed)
4. Lottery Draw