I completly disagree for a couple of reasons

6 under have thier very own state tournement its an entire day all about them, no one else. no falling thru the cracks or living in the shadows of the bigger kids they are in the spot light.

Its gear toward them, no qualifing which means no one left out. they get the honor of being a part of this huge thing with no fear of being left out! Which at this age is very important to stimulate and nurture thier love for the sport. They have the rest of thier lives to almost make it to state or lose the championship match at state by 1 point. This should absolutly only be for fun.

I always told my wife I don't care if our son wins state or not. Until he knows what an honor and accomplishment it is to win and at this age we've only told them what it means to win state. they don't know yet what it really means to sacrfice so many things for it.

Remember 85% of the kids that qualify for state get nothing.

And dam we just don't have room the 8 and unders already wrestle mat barely big enough for them and probly not big enough at all but they make due


Jon Trowbridge
Ive never had the fear of getting beat thats how most people lose.