Effective this year, the NYSPHSAA State Championships will feature a new event. The State will award and recognize an Individual State Champion for both Boys and Girls in Division 1 (Schools with a BEDS enrollment of 600 and above) and Division 2 (599 and below). The Individual State Championship will replace the Team Composite Division. The State Individual Championship tournament will be six (6) games total pinfall, similar to other NYSPHSAA State Events.
Section 3 is well positioned to handle this change and no changes were necessary to our post season formats to accomodate this change. The Section 3 Shootout Event previously determined the team rosters for the composite division, will now be used to qualify individuals for the State Championship. No changes were needed to either the Shootout Qualification standards or the Shootout Tournament format.
Six boys and Six girls from each of Division 1 and Division 2 will advance from the Shootout to the Individual State Championship.