One thing that KS must not do is underestimate these guys from MO. The metro area for MO has the best wrestlers in their state, with Oak Park, Ray-Pec, etc. You have to remember -- it's the KS side of the metro vs the MO side of the metro, and the MO side may have more of a population from which to choose.

I lived over there on the MO side for several years (unfortunately) and worked with some of those kids. They will come at you with aggressive, in-your-face wrestling. You have to remember, they're looking to impress MU coaches, Central MO coaches, etc. One guy I worked with won MO state a few years ago when there were only 3 classes instead of 4. He came into the Metro Classic, and I thought he would have a tough match against the KS state champion that he faced. Not. He stuck the KS wrestler with the 3/4 nelson. It made me sick to see KS being represented like that (being originally from central KS and back in KS now). He went on to wrestle for MU. Then, another memorable match from my POV was watching Matt Pile of Sabetha. I believe he was ranked nationally at one point but got 4th at 3-2-1A state. He actually did 'rip on the missouri kid'. I didn't know that MO kid; so I was happy about that.