Minnesota’s Premier Wrestling Association

The Northland Youth Wrestling Association (NYWA) aims to elevate the standard of youth folk style wrestling by organizing a series of tournaments that test the endurance and abilities of competitors. These tournaments, including a State-wrestling event similar to the MN State High School League, provide opportunities for wrestlers to showcase their skills and improve their level of competition. To qualify for the State tournament, a wrestler must earn a top-two finish at a District qualifier, and the top three wrestlers from the Regional Qualifier will move on to the State tournament. In the tournament, wrestlers will compete against opponents in the same grade level, with divisions for pre-school and kindergarten wrestlers, 1st and 2nd grade wrestlers, 3rd and 4th grade wrestlers, and so on up to 8th grade.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION!
  1. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE NYWA TOURNAMENTS THIS YEAR!
  2. LOST and FOUND: If you lost an item, please call (507) 361-0493.
  3. Need to order photos from the events, visit Shot In the Dark’s website.
  4. Make sure to mark your calendars for the 2025 NYWA Schedule of Events.
NYWA Memberships – must have PRIOR TO DISTRICTS!
Thank you for attending!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STATE CHAMPIONS AND TEAM CHAMPIONS!! We hope to see you all back in 2025!!

View 7-8 TEAM RESULTS, K-6 TEAM RESULTS, K-6 “B” TEAM RESULTS.

SPECIAL AWARDS FROM STATE:
GIRLS STATE:
K-4 Outstanding Wrestler: Cortana Dauner-Olson (Region 1)
K-4 Sportsmanship Award: Big Lake (Region 3)
K-4 Coach of the Year: Maya Schmidt (Region 5)
5-8 Outstanding Wrestler: Makayla Groseclose (Region 4)
5-8 Sportsmanship Award: Hawaiian Punch (Region 1)
5-8 Coach of the Year: Tori Bahr (Region 5)

NYWA STATE AWARDS:
5-6 Outstanding Wrestler: Connor Bischof (84 lbs. Apple Valley)
7-8 Outstanding Wrestler: Gage Bjerga (115 lbs. Staples)
7-8 Team Sportsmanship Award: Canby
7-8 Coach of the Year: Chris Ramsdell (Little Falls)
PreK-K Outstanding Wrestler: Liam Schroyer (60 lbs. Pipestone)
1-2 Outstanding Wrestler: Kade McNamara (75 lbs. Zumbrota-Mazeppa)
3-4 Outstanding Wrestler: Kallen Koehntop (85 lbs. MAHACA)

NYWA Memberships

Purchase or renew your NYWA membership for the 2023-24 wrestling season (membership fee $25).

Membership Info

2024 Tournament Calendar

MN State High School Wrestling:
February 29 – March 2
NYWA Early Bird: WEM/JWP – Feb. 11
Cloquet – Feb. 10
NYWA Districts: March 8-10 and March 15-17 (additional dates may be added)
NYWA Regions: March 22 – 23 (team dates will vary)
NYWA Girls State: March 29-30
NYWA State: April 4 – 7
Easter Sunday: March 31

View Tournament Calendar

Registration

The deadline to register for the State and Invite tournament is Sunday, 3/31 at 7 pm. PLEASE do NOT wait until the last minute since Sunday is Easter. The program will be completed Sunday evening; if the deadline is missed, your wrestler will not be listed on the bracket in the program.
COACHES: register your teams through the member portal.

TOURNAMENT REGISTRATOIN

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