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2025-2026 Season Annual Fall Meeting

Sunday - September 7, 2025

The annual BWA fall meeting took place on Sept 7, 2025.  We talked through Board elections, key dates, financials update, tournament feedback, membership, and rule changes.

Here are a couple of key highlights:

  • Elected Jeff Varney (Kenston) as our new Vice President

  • Re-elected DJ Vondruska (Lutheran West) as Secretary

  • Re-elected John Burd (Austintown) as our Director of Tournaments

  • Key dates:

    • Individual Team Joining deadline - Wednesday Oct 1 , 2025

    • First competition - Dec 5, 2025 (could start earlier if you'd like)

    • BWA Dual Tournament hosted by Kenston (contact Jeff Varney if interested)

    • Sectionals - Feb 1 or 8, 2026 (OAC Divisional states is on Feb 8)

    • League Championship – Feb 15, 2026 (Looking at Kent State M.A.C. center)

  • No new rule changes this year

  • 3 new Divisions of teams added this year (Kenston, Stow, & North Olmsted) bringing our total teams to 112

All updates have been made to the Constitution and published to our website.

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Who We Are

Committed to Enriching the Lives of Youth Through the Sport of Wrestling

An Ohio youth wrestling League, the Buckeye Wrestling Associate, or “BWA” shall be founded to better promote the historic sport of wrestling.  The BWA and its member clubs aim to aid in the physical development of all participating youth, and to promote good sportsmanship, community pride, and spirit as an integral and important part of the overall athletic and mental skills of the participants.

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