As one of the people who have organized this event in the PAST it can be frustrating experience. In the end it always came out well, the kids that wrestled did a great job and were appreciative of the experience, but there were certainly headaches in the process.

Getting ahold of the athletes, getting coaches to return calls/emails, getting the right numbers to contact, weight classes nailed down, kids scheduling around their other tournaments, spring sports, injuries, traveling to Topeka for one match, not wanting to wrestle a particular individual, it after spring break (or during for some schools), or just not wanting to wrestle at all are all reasons I've had for why a particular individual wouldn't/couldn't wrestle.

A BIG thank you to all the people who worked their tails off to get this put together, and an even BIGGER thank you to the wrestlers that strap it up one more time for their KS fans and put it on the line again.