I think that EVERY sanctioned USAW weight class should represented at State. I also think that if there are open spots in weight brackets due to not enough kids at that weight from a certain district and there are others available at that weight in one of the other districts then we should use them to fill the bracket. Use them like an alternate.
I also think that 6U kids should not be allowed to wrestle up. I know of kids last year that wrestled in 3 state events. The two 6U events and as an 8U at the State Event.

We need to embrace the size of our event. We need to use the size of it to make venues and cities come running to us!
What would the city leaders of Wichita or Topeka say to the businesses that they represent when those businesses hear that an event of this size has been moved to Kansas City MO. because venues, lodging, the hospitality businesses in those cities failed to embrace/accomodate our event. I would imagine that we have a ton of leverage when it comes to picking a site for our state event. The bigger the event, the more leverage, the better the outcome for everyone!

Sorry for any spelling errors! This was typed on my Treo LOL!