10. Add a 6 & Under State Championship series with the following provisions: a. Each district holds a district championship on the Sunday following Kansas high school regionals. Four qualifiers from each district advance to the state championship. b. The State Tournament Committee shall establish a location and procedures to be followed at the state championship, which will be held the Sunday following the Kansas high school state championships. c. Competitors are limited to 6 &Under wrestlers who were at least four years old under Section III Article I. Rule 4-4-1. d. The 8 &Under division shall be renamed the 7 & 8 division. e. 6 &Under will be added as a division. The weight classes for this division shall be the same as the current 8 & Under division, with the addition of 37 lbs.
19 Weights is 304 wrestlers. The tournament will break even or make a little. When you consider how much they contribute to through card purchases finances are not an issue.
Ottawa is NOT centrally located. The brackets are too large and it is not an OFFICIAL state tournament.
Only the Wichita Classic (and other smaller tournaments that weekend) and the 6U Ottawa Tournament have 6U after the proposed dates. Nothing is stopping them from continuing that age group. We are not looking to MANDATE the end of the season only schedule the state series earlier.
I promise that this proposal has been well thought through and discussed. It is the right thing to do for these wrestlers.
