Took my son (Ky Biddle) at the age of 5 with the same feelings you are having. I said I'd just let him wrestle subs and if he places he"ll go on to districts, he placed 4th and moved onto districts where i said the same as last week. He placed 4th again, decided to let him go onto state and let him wrestle. To my surprise the little squirt placed 6th at 8U 40lbs in a bracket that was won by the stud TAYLOR MOEDER. Let him wrestle, best decision i ever made.
Good story!
I don't have any kids in this battle, or have in the past, my boy started when he was 7. But if I did, I'd probably lean more towards letting my 5 year old wrestle 8 u kids state, at a lower weight, then I would have them wrestle the unofficial 6 under state. It can be brutal wrestling through the backside of a 64 man bracket.