I think there is one question you have to answer before you can decide about the classifications and the number of state tournaments.....

What do we want to determine the most....individual state champions or team state champions?

The answer to that question will then help determine the scope, magnitude and size of the venue needed for a state tournament.

In My Opinion, if we wanted to emphasize a team state championship and we used a dual meet format to determine the champion, then it would be much for feasible to develop a fairly low cost, all class format that would culminate with the top 8 teams in the state going to wrestle in one location. Similar to how the state does soccer (yes it is still in classes but we could change that).

By the way, I personally think that is how we guarantee wrestling stays in the Olympics also.

Shawn Budke