Ornelas won't see these two until State because Chanute attends the Caney Valley Regional.

If you want to start the argument of why one regional is tougher than another just look at the programs that are attending these regionals. Out west many of these schools have sponsored wrestling since its inception in the Dirty Thirties. There is a tradition in the communities of good wrestling. These schools have plenty of parent involvement so many of the wrestlers have been participating since they popped out of the womb. Many of the Kansas City area schools are newer schools in the past 20 years putting them behind the likes of Colby, Clay Center, Andale, Abilene, and Scott City. Schools in the southeast portion of the state like Columbus, Caney, and Chanute not only have something in common that thye start with a "C" but that much like the western Kansas schools they have a tradition. But then you get into the argument of why are schools like Wichita Independent so good they just started wrestling in the past 10 years. This is because they have excellent youth programs to draw from and a good coaching staff. It also doesn't hurt that the type of athlete they pull in have better resources(cash). I don't think it will be long before a program like St. James will also be seeing the same if not better success that Independent is starting to have.