{"id":13568,"date":"2026-01-23T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/?p=13568"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:33:57","slug":"diaa-2026-winter-championship-sites-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/2026\/01\/23\/diaa-2026-winter-championship-sites-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"DIAA 2026 Winter Championship Sites Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\"><strong>Dover, DE <\/strong><strong>\u2013 January 23, 2026 \u2013<\/strong> The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) is excited to announce the host sites for the 2026 Winter Championships. These events showcase the talent and dedication of Delaware&#8217;s student-athletes across various sports, and we are thrilled to bring these competitions to the following locations:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\"><strong>DIAA Dual Team Wrestling Championships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">Smyrna High School, Saturday, February 14, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\"><strong>DIAA Indoor Track Championships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">University of Pennsylvania Ott Center, Saturday, February 21, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\"><strong>DIAA Swimming &amp; Diving Championships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">University of Delaware Carpenter Sports Building, Saturday, February 28, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\"><strong>DIAA Individual Wrestling Championships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">Cape Henlopen High School, Saturday, February 28, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\"><strong>DIAA Girls, Boys, and Unified Basketball Championships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">University of Delaware Bob Carpenter Center, Sunday, March 8, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">Additional details, including tournament dates, times and ticket information, will be released in February on the DIAA website and through our social media channels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About DIAA: <\/strong>The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) oversees and supports high school sports across Delaware, providing opportunities for student-athletes to excel both on and off the field. DIAA is committed to promoting education-based athletics and fostering an environment of sportsmanship, integrity, and competition.<\/p>\n<p><i><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"color: black\">For more information, contact DIAA at 302-857-3365.<\/span><\/span><\/i><span class=\"eop\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dover, DE \u2013 January 23, 2026 \u2013 The Delaware Interscholastic [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":12577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-page","category-home-page-slider","category-news"],"acf":[],"checksum":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}