Grand State is in place and the opportunity does exsist. Go to subdistricts, district and then state - the young men just need to show up and settle the rankings and prove who is the best in the state at their weight.

Does the date of State conflict with SR. Nationals though?

... no conflict this year!

Get your USA Wrestling Card NOW and sign up with a club! Then come and do your stuff and be crown top dog in Kansas - Oh and maintain your high school weight.

Leave the Birds like Chickens and Ducks for a farm. C'mon Kansas Wrestlers, put em on and come out swinging!

How about this as an added option:

Get 3a, 4a, 5a, and 6a to come up with their own Sr. All Star team, then have 3v4 and 5v6 rd 1 (nite before Kids State), 3v5 and 4v6 (end of 1st nite of Kids State), and then 3v6 and 4v5 right before Championship Round of Kids State (or After)

You can be THE top dog number uno - there are 19 weight classes.
Bring your game.


High School division - 100 lbs
High School division - 105 lbs
High School division - 110 lbs
High School division - 115 lbs
High School division - 120 lbs
High School division - 125 lbs
High School division - 130 lbs
High School division - 135 lbs
High School division - 140 lbs
High School division - 145 lbs
High School division - 150 lbs
High School division - 155 lbs
High School division - 160 lbs
High School division - 165 lbs
High School division - 175 lbs
High School division - 185 lbs
High School division - 215 lbs
High School division - 250 lbs
High School division - 285 lbs

Some of the guys who place in High School State will not make it to the Grand State.

USAWKS High School Division weight classes were aligned with the USAW Junior Division by the State Body this year...with the exception of adding a class between 215 and 285 weight classes to keep us in compliance with maximum weight restictions in our bylaws.

98 lbs
105 lbs
112 lbs
119 lbs
125 lbs
130 lbs
135 lbs
140 lbs
145 lbs
152 lbs
160 lbs
171 lbs
189 lbs
215 lbs
250 lbs
285 lbs

You can be THE top dog number UNO - there are 16 weight classes.
Bring your game.

98 lbs
105 lbs
112 lbs
119 lbs
125 lbs
130 lbs
135 lbs
140 lbs
145 lbs
152 lbs
160 lbs
171 lbs
189 lbs
215 lbs
250 lbs
285 lbs

The thing is do you really think most of these kids will be wanting to cut back to there weights they wrestled in high school for 3 more weeks.. and if the kids wanna do that dual team in Denver, CO they can't do kids state i believe

This is a change from last year? I have no problem with it if it is, just curious.

"This is a change from last year? I have no problem with it if it is, just curious."

Yes Sir, I think the change was from 19 weights to 16 weights.

if they don't want to keep weight down, so be it. NO EXCUSES.

every year we hear GRAND STATE THIS, GRAND STATE THAT. as far as that dual thing maybe in Denver that day????? NO EXCUSES.

if you don't show, you can't claim it.

So in other words, exactly as it is now.

How many HS wrestlers competed last year at Kids State?

Probably mentioned already but along with proving who is the state's best at each wieght, it could also be a place where kids wanting to wrestle in college might get another chance to be seen.

According to track wrestling 280 HS division kids went to state, not sure how to find the #'s for the kids that didn't make it out of subdistrict and district.

yep in words easier for all to understand chief's ranking don't mean anything, except that he has lot's of free time, and enjoys spending it with usawks, and kwca.

Is it really the wrestlers that want to see this? My son will have wrestled more than 40 times this year, and he is ready for it to be over. Right now he is 30 and 4, ranked in 3A, and is ready to eat again! Counting regionals and state, he has 3 more tourney's this year.
He is beat up, tired and sore to the bone. He has told me this year he does not want to go on to kids state. I'm not pushing him in either direction. If the kids want to strut their stuff, let them. Don't try and force these kids into doing something YOU want them to do. Remember, you're not the one that has wrestled all season after tearing up your knee in football. They can make up their own minds.

Here is the deal. If it was sanctioned by the KSHSAA is would mean something totally different that it does as it stands now. No college coach cares about USA wrestling "Kids" or "federation" titles - no offense. They would care about a KSHSAA sanctioned grand state title. As it stands now this title if purely for bragging rights and as stated above most kids are beat and burnt by now. Not slamming USAWKS that have been great for the sport in this state, but don't try to say we already have grand state. It's not the same. As we are starting to talk to college coaches they don't care if he has won zero or 100 federation or kids titles. All they care about is how many titles has he won in HS (or how he as done) and what he has done at Fargo. Federation titles are great building blocks and bragging rights, but they are not grand state.

Just being honest.