This was the first time I had been back to Hays for a wrestling tournament since 1981, when it was 4A-321A. Having attended the 6-5-4A tournaments in Wichita and 4A in Salina over the past years, I was looking forward to seeing how things ran at 321A, hearing lots of good things about it. I remember at Wichita and Salina they always lined up the teams before the tournament started, with the defending team champions leading the march around the arena. I always though that was real cool, so everyone could applaud and cheer these young men for all the hard work they did to get to that moment. I was really surprised that this didn't happen at Hays. I hope that next year maybe this could be done, just to acknowledge those who made it to what will be one of the most memorable times of their athletic lives.