Following is a summary of other changes approved for high school wrestling next year:
• Head coaches and captains are required to meet with the referee prior to each dual meet.
• Technical violations and potentially dangerous holds added to the list of items that must be verbally communicated to the referee when an assistant referee system is used.
• When the referee and assistant referee meet to confer, they shall meet away from the scorer’s table. (previously was in front of table)
• Restriction for garment extending below the singlet was modified.
• Decision on when to award additional near-fall points for acts by the defensive wrestler has been clarified.
• A wrestler who properly reports to the scorer’s table for a dual match cannot be withdrawn or replaced without causing the individual to be disqualified and the weight class forfeited.
• Penalty for pulling back the fingers clarified to state the act of grasping is not an automatic violation.
• Hand(s) to the face and/or raking the eyes added to the list of illegal holds.
• The term “fleeing” has been added to Rule 7-3-2.
• An exception was added to note that a match will not be stopped to penalize the offensive wrestler for stalling when the defensive wrestler has come to the standing position.
