I've read the arugments pro and con. How about implementing the NAIA system. A team can qualify 12 wrestlers for 10 weight classes, but in no case can they send more than 2 wrestlers per weight class.

Oklahoma City University doesn't have a 125-pounder on the men's team, so it has used Mikali Hutchionson recently. However, they do have two good 113-pounders, two good 157-pounders, and two good 285-pounders. 11 wrestlers from the team have qualified for the NAIA nationals next weekend.

In Oklahoma this past weekend Dallas Bailey from Catoosa wrestled at 171 so a 160-pounder from his school could be in the lineup. Bailey won his 4th state title in an overtime match against Zach White (John Smith's nephew) from Woodward. Bailey's teammate won the 4A state title at 160

Jared Patterson from Cushing won his 4th state title at 130 pounds after wrestling at 125 most of the season. His teammate Garrett Evans won the 125-pound 4A state championship.

I don't know what those coaches would have done if they could have entered two wrestlers at a single weight class, but it would have been interesting.

I think the idea has merit, especially with the scrutiny that weight cutting receives.

It was my first visit to the Kansas High School State Championships since 1978. I served as a volunteer at KMC from 75-78 then moved to AZ. I saw the 5A/6A friday competition at the Kansas Coliseum. The overall quality of the athletes was far superior to what I saw at the 2A/3A and 4/5A state tournaments in AZ the past two weekends. Still not as good of wrestling as I saw at the Oklahoma High School championsips in terms of technical skills, but not that far behind.