TOM- HOW WOULD YOU SUGGEST DOING IT DIFFERENT? maybe you could invite the top 16 ranked wrestlers to state. no then that wouldn't be fair either, someone would disagree with the rankers. then i don't want to get into what would happen if the seeding meetings didn't come out perfect. some teams have jv wrestlers that would place in the top four, that's what happens in good programs. back in the day, (pittsburg high) we had to beat parsons or coffeyville on our way to state championships in football, never saw a close game after that. they didn't complain about the league we all played in, they just hated us a little more. my point is, teach your wreslters to fight the battle they can win. every year there are different regional that are tougher, also weight classes that are tougher. the andover regional is tougher in the lower weights, and the liberal regional is tougher in the higher weights, what should you do in that case, split teammates? i understand your compaint i really do, but that's life, LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS FAIR.