PIAA Wrestling Championships Pairings

1.     No Region champions shall meet in the first round.
2.     Region champions and runners-up shall not meet until the finals.
3.     The minimal number of times when Region champions meet in the 2^nd round and its occurrences shall be evenly distributed among all Regions.
4.     14 brackets (pairings) shall be predetermined for both AA and AAA, respectively.  PIAA will randomly select a weight class and apply one of the 14 predetermined brackets (pairings) to that weight class.  This process will be continued until all 14 weight classes are completed.  The announcement of the brackets (pairings) will be made the morning following the completion of all Region Tournaments and the respective entries are certified to.
5.     Seeding of returning champions in the same weight classification shall be done, if necessary.