Wrestling Scoring System

Now, since I believe i have convinced you to attend some wrestling matches, I should probably teach you how the scoring works.

A wrestler can score by:

• Taking their opponent down (2 points)
• reversing control (2 points)
• escaping control of their opponent (1 point)
• holding their opponent on their back for a certain amount of time (3 max points)
• holding them there for 2 seconds (2 points)
• holding them there for 5 seconds (3 points)
• note: if one holds an opponent on their back for five seconds, they only get 3 points, not 3 plus the 2.
• any technical violations (full nelson, locked hands, illegal headlocks, unnecessary roughness, etc.)
• the first technical violation is a warning, the second is one point, the third is 2 points, and the fourth is disqualification. some may vary due to the referee and/or the severity of the violation.
• Stalling (similar to technical violations, but the scoring and definition varies per ref)
• pinning the opponent is an automatic win for the pinning wrestler, no matter the score

Some of this may seem a little strange, but you will see the referee awarding points, so you can see what is ment by some of these. 

Now, the team points are different.  The team points are what decide who wins a match, and how a wrestler wins is taken into account.

A team scores by:

• pinning their opponent (6 team points)
• winning by points but by less than a ten point margin (3 team points)
• winning by more than 10 but less than 15 points (4 team points)
• winning by over 15 points, results in disqualification of losing wrestler (5 team points)
• a forfeit, which happens if a team doesn't have a wrestler for a certain weight class (6 team points)
• unsportsmanlike conduct towards the other team, may result from unnecessary roughness (deducts one team point from offending team)

After every weight class has wrestled, the team with the most team points wins. 

Now that you know how a wrestling match is scored, I urge you to come to our next match.  we have one at Blake at 6 on Tuesday, and our next home match is the week after winter break. Hope to see you there!