Submitted / The Outlook Benjamin Russell wrestlers, from left, Saxon Coker, Sandlin Pike, Hezekiah Hunter, Bobby Charsha, Nyshaad Hannon, Lee Leonard and Pokey Norris were all medalists at the 2020 AHSAA Wrestling Championships, where the Wildcats took home second in Class 6A. Benjamin Russell's hunt for a state championship just became a bit more difficult as the AHSAA announced it would be combining 5A and 6A into one classification beginning in the 2020-21 season.
Submitted / The Outlook Benjamin Russell wrestlers, from left, Saxon Coker, Sandlin Pike, Hezekiah Hunter, Bobby Charsha, Nyshaad Hannon, Lee Leonard and Pokey Norris were all medalists at the 2020 AHSAA Wrestling Championships, where the Wildcats took home second in Class 6A. Benjamin Russell's hunt for a state championship just became a bit more difficult as the AHSAA announced it would be combining 5A and 6A into one classification beginning in the 2020-21 season.
Everyone knew the AHSAA was coming up on deciding its reclassifications and alignments for the winter sports, but what no one saw coming was the shakeup to wrestling.
Previously, wrestling has competed in three divisions — Class 7A, Class 6A and Class 1A-5A — but it announced Tuesday 6A and 5A would be merged into one division leaving 1A-4A as the third.
