Well said. I don't think moving up to 107 will hurt the sport at all. And, I am all for little guys and I don't discriminate against any grade being a varsity wrestler. If a 9th or 10th grader makes the team, that's awesome. There may be some kids under weight at a particular school, we have one, but he is the only one for us and we can't find a 112 lber and we only have one wrestler at each of the rest of the small half of the weights. The infamous small "kids in the hallways" may exist, but they have no desire to wrestle whatsoever no matter how enthusiastic WE are about the sport.
I was in a 6A school last year and the story was the same. Our kids are getting bigger and I don't just mean on the top side. The weight classes from 145-171 are the most crowded year in and year out from my perspective and the gaps in weights between 171-215 are too large and we could work to diminish that to help out the bigger guys too and give more guys an opportunity at the upper weights.

Last edited by Thompson; 02/24/10 02:34 PM.

Tate Thompson
Head Wrestling Coach
Pratt High School