I still struggle with the size of the tournament and question why we include high schoolers into the program. Don't they have their opportunity in high school to qualify for state? I'm sure this will spawn a lot of feedback.
Not all high school wrestlers have been wrestling since they were young children. At our school, we do not have middle school sports. Most of our team first took up wrestling as freshmen. The Kids subs, districts and state tournaments allow these wrestlers to get in more matches and better prepare them to compete the next year in high school.
