Wrestlers will be allowed to participate in 6 matches in a day, if they are participating in a tournament with a 16 man bracket.
This is a financial issue now. There are many two day tournaments that could be wrestled in one day if this rule is changed. This would help schools defray costs of travel and lodging and would allow many schools who have recently been forced by their districts to drop two-day tournaments to get back in the tournaments they want to be at. There is no need to wrestle 8 times a day in a dual tournament or a tourny that uses pools. The season is plenty lengthy to get enough mat time in.
The question I came up with this week was, would this include regionals? Would the coaches be in favor of having the 3-2-1A and 4A regionals run as a one day tournament? Moving those regionals to one day would help the host school have a more profitable tournament, and would eliminate some expenses of attending schools. It seems to me that would be the way to sell the change to the KSHSAA board.
