I have been involved in this sport a long time. I started coaching in 1986 and have been active in coaching all but 6 of those years. Every year we talk about adding 6U to the Kansas State Tournament and every year it gets tabled or forgotten about. It is time to add them starting next year.

This group of wrestlers is just as important to the State of Kansas Kids Wrestling as the other groups. This is the foundation of years to come. It is time to reward them for working hard and staying dedicated to the sport. Many of these wrestlers are 2 and 3 year wrestlers anyway.

Over the past several years the lower end of 8U is wrestled by several 6U and they seem to be doing an outstanding job at competing at (big) state. This will add a few more hours to the State tournament (but that is why we are there).

If the 6U can compete in 1 day a 64 man bracket then they are more than ready to wrestle a 2 day tournament for the chance to be with everyone else.

Thanks