Look at the 4A 171# bracket for a very unfortunate outcome. A wrestler (I won't name him, but you can see for yourself) came to the Regional tournament with one loss and thirty five wins. He lost on the front side to the eventual champion for his second loss of the year. On the backside he lost his third match of the year and missed qualifying for state.

In the 5A Bishop Miege Regional several wrestlers qualified for state without winning a single match, possibly all year. We don't have a very even playing field for these kids. I'm not offering a solution, just illustrating a frequent observation.

Lenny Mullin