WRESTLING REALIGNMENT: New alignment puts majority of wrestling teams in one class
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Both Benjamin Russell and Wetumpka have both been hunting down state championships recently but their missions just got a lot tougher as Class 5A and 6A will now compete in one division together.

For the past few years, Class 5A teams and wrestlers have dominated the state wrestling championships in the 1A-5A division.

Just this year, 11 of the 14 weight classes were won by 5A wrestlers. One was won by 4A, two by 2A and none for the other two classes combined.

Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor at Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc.