How to set up a high school wrestling team website

A high school wrestling team website has one job: give families, fans and sponsors one link that answers where the team wrestles, when to be there, and who is on the mat. Wrestling makes that harder than most sports. A season mixes weeknight duals with all-day Saturday tournaments, start times depend on weigh-ins, and many events are hosted by schools families have never visited.

This guide walks through setting one up in the order that matters at the start of a season: the basics, the schedule, tryouts and the roster, results, sponsors, and who keeps it current. A setup checklist is at the end.

Start with the basics

Before anything else, put these on the first screen:

• the team's full name and level, such as varsity or JV
• the season, for example 2026–27
• the home gym or wrestling room's name and street address
• one team email address that someone reads

If your program has a separate girls' team or girls' division, say so, and keep its events clearly labeled.

The schedule

The schedule is why most people open the site. Wrestling has two kinds of events, and each needs different details.

For a dual meet, list:

• the date and start time
• the opponent, or every team for a double or triple dual
• home or away
• the school's name and street address

For a tournament, list:

• the date, and whether it runs one day or two
• weigh-in time and the time wrestling starts
• the host school and street address
• roughly when it is expected to end, if the host says

Tournaments are where families get stuck. A parent who arrives at the posted weigh-in time may wait two hours, and one who arrives at the start time for a two-day event may have missed day one. Spell out both times, and say which day finals are if it runs over a weekend.

Post changes the same day, before or with the group text. Winter weather moves events, and a schedule that is wrong once teaches parents to check somewhere else.

Use the official schedule as the source

If your state association or league publishes the schedule, link to it, and keep your site matching it. A site that copies from the official schedule by hand will drift.

Tryouts and the roster

Before the season, post when practice starts, where, and what new wrestlers need: shoes, headgear, a physical and any skin-check or weight-certification steps your state requires. Many wrestlers are new to the sport, and this is the page their families will read first. Say who to contact with questions.

Once the season starts, post the roster. Name and class year are enough for a fan to follow along. Weight classes change through the season and are a personal number for a teenager, so list them only if your program and its families are comfortable with it.

Most high school wrestlers are minors. Leave off birthdays, phone numbers, addresses and anything else personal, and check your school's policy on student names and photos before posting either.

Results

Wrestling families follow results closely. If your league or tournament hosts post brackets and results online, link to them from each event on your schedule. After a tournament, a short note with placers is something families will share, and it gives relatives who couldn't make the trip a reason to visit the site.

Sponsors

Local businesses are often glad to support a wrestling program if the recognition is visible. A sponsor section with each business's name, logo and a link to its website is something they can point to all season.

Group sponsors into two or three named levels, say what the money pays for, such as singlets, a new mat or tournament entry fees, and include a clear way for a new sponsor to get in touch. For what to offer and how to ask, see How to ask local businesses to sponsor your team.

Give every section an owner

Team sites go stale because nobody in particular owns them. Before the first event, pick one person for each part: schedule, roster, results and sponsors. On most teams these are parent volunteers, not coaches. Then have someone check the whole site once a week in season.

Make sure those people can make changes themselves. If moving a weigh-in time means emailing whoever built the site, it will not get moved.

That is the problem OurTeamSports was built for. It gives a team a website in its colors with schedule, roster, sponsor and event sections that coaches and parents update without a developer. To see a live team site, look at the H.H. Dow High Chargers hockey site, where it started.

Setup checklist

• The first screen names the team, the level, the season and the home gym.
• The home gym has a street address and a directions link.
• Every dual lists the date, start time, opponents, home or away, and the school's address.
• Every tournament lists the dates, weigh-in time, start time and host school's address.
• Two-day tournaments say which day finals are.
• The site matches the official schedule, if there is one.
• Practice start, gear and paperwork for new wrestlers are posted before the season.
• The roster shows name and class year, with weight classes only if families agree.
• Each event links to its brackets or results when they are posted.
• Sponsors are listed by level, with what the money pays for and how to join.
• Each section has a named owner who can edit it, and someone checks the site weekly.