Ohio allows high schoolers to wrestle, but forbids shaking hands before, after matches

Coaches must not share “clipboards, whiteboards, dry erase boards or any other equipment used for coaching purposes,” and are required to conduct “pre-travel symptom and temperature checks” before away matches.

Wrestling officials, who literally have to get down flat to determine pins (their head and hands touching the mat), don’t have to wear masks during matches … but are forbidden to hold up a winning wrestler’s arm in victory at match’s conclusion. Fist-bumping wrestlers and coaches also is disallowed.

Schools hosting matches are required to disinfect wrestling mats in between matches, but the OHSAA rules say “as feasible.”

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