Havre Invite will be first look at new weights

For the second straight season, the Montana High School Association is changing weight classifications for wrestling

Starting with this weekend’s season-opening tournaments around the state, there will be 13 weight classes in MHSA sanctioned wrestling competition. The change comes just one year after MHSA member schools adopted the National Federation's weight classes with the exception of keeping the 98-pound class for a total of 15 weight divisions.

The debate among wrestling coaches around the state to drop two weight classes for the upcoming season centered mostly around many programs’ ina...