Varsity Girls Sectionals
Saturday, Feb 7, 2026 • Desert Vista High School
Event
Description
Bus departs Basha at 6:45am.
DIVISION 1 SECTION II GIRLS WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
Saturday, February 7, 2026
TO: Athletic Directors & Wrestling Coaches
FROM: Darcy Boggs, Athletic Director, Desert Vista High School
Address: 16440 S. 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85048
Email: dboggs@tempeunion.org Office: 480 706-7907
SUBJECT: 2025-26 Girls Sectional Wrestling Tournament, Section II
PARTICIPANTS: Apollo, AZ College Prep, Barry Goldwater, Basha, Centennial, Central, Cesar Chavez, Deer Valley, Desert Ridge, Desert Vista, Gilbert, Glendale, Ironwood, Maryvale, Mountain Ridge, North, Sandra Day O’Connor, Sunnyslope, Trevor Browne, Washington
Desert Vista Head Coach – David Gonzalez, dgonzalez@tempeunion.org
ADMISSION: Purchase on GoFan; no cash sales
$12 – Adult All Day Pass
$10 – Senior / Military All Day Pass
$5 – Students with School ID All Day Pass
Free – Children 5 yrs. old & under
SESSIONS: Weigh In 8:00 AM (Skin checks will start at 7:45 am)
Preliminaries (2 Mats) 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM (All times are Approximate)
Finals (2 Mats) 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM (end time approximate)
RULES: National Federation Wrestling Rule Book
WEIGHT Includes 2-lb. allowance.
CLASSES: 102 lbs., 109 lbs., 116 lbs., 122 lbs., 128 lbs., 134 lbs.,
140 lbs., 147 lbs., 154 lbs., 167 lbs., 187 lbs., 237 lbs.
SEEDING All seeding via Track Wrestling; Seeding will be sent by email Friday Morning
MEETING: Meeting @ 8:45 AM for announcements, reminders & schedule adjustments.
Coaches must input their wrestlers’ info into Trackwrestling prior to February 5th.
Tournament Director will run Trackwrestling and send bracketing logistics.
SEEDING * Five (ACTUAL) matches required to be seeded.
CRITERIA: * Returning previous year’s Arizona State Placer (descending order 1st through 6th)
* Pre-seeding will be determined by each wrestler’s overall season winning percentage. a. (multiple undefeated wrestlers with no other criteria the high seed goes to MOST wins)
* Trackwrestling will take into account all common opponents to determine seeding positions
* Head to Head will supersede #1, #3 and #4 (must be in the top eight (8) seeding pool to challenge).
FORMAT: Double elimination bracketing.
WEIGH-INS: 8:00 AM on Saturday, February 7, 2026 (Skin checks will start at 7:45 am)
Desert Vista Large Gym (conducted by Tournament Officials)
MATCH TIMES: Championship matches 2-2-2
Consolation matches 1-2-2
Overtime matches per Federation Rules
OFFICIALS: Certified AIA officials are assigned for the Tournament
SCORING: 1st place 14 Points
2nd place 10 Points
3rd place 7 Points
4th place 4 Points
AWARDS: Medals to top four places
Sectional Championship Team Award
Only top FOUR qualify for State Tournament
WRISTBANDS: Only athletes, coaches, and workers will be allowed on the floor without a wristband. Each school is provided 4 wristbands (head coach & three assistants).
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: No photo or video personnel of any kind (parent or school) will be allowed on the
floor at any time except for the designated award ceremony during Finals.
LOCKERS: Lockers will not be available. Wrestlers will not have access to locker rooms.
HOSPITALITY: Hospitality Room will be available ONLY for coaches, officials, & workers. ATHLETE/SPECTATOR FOOD: No food will be allowed in the gym. The hallway near locker rooms may be
used as staging areas for coolers, etc. Spectators may not bring in food. We will have a
concession stand with seating available in the courtyard area. "Weapons Detection units will be in use for this event.”
T-Shirts: AIA partners with PepWear (also provides plaques & medals).
PARKING: Parking is available adjacent to the gymnasium (North side of campus off of Frye Road).
