I grew up wrestling in Iowa, moved to Kansas in 2000, then left and spent 3 years coaching youth wrestling in PA, now I am back in Kansas (which I consider home). Can anyone explain to me why Kansas is so different than any (most) other states when it comes to wrestling divisions and timing of State tournament?
Maybe if we looked at other states and how youth wrestling is run, Kansas would get some respect when it comes to wrestling.
The first thing I heard when we moved to PA was you have no clue about wrestling because you came from KS, that's a basketball state.
Re-align the divisions to match states around us, get the High School Kids out of Youth wrestling, and move the state tournament to end of Feb. like most other states.
A lot of kids have to leave Kansas to get the competition they need to get better (they go wrestle in OK, MO, IA)