Is that a trick question or just rhetorical.
Isn't it obvious which region was the toughest, the one that had 6 of the top 10 teams in the state which would be NW Wichita. The Manhattan region was tough too but only 3 of the top 10. That's why Derby had 9 in the finals. There were good kids at the NW regional with really good records that are not going to state that beat kids from the Manhattan region that are.
The two KC regions are a joke. No disrepect to the kids who wrestled hard, but it is what it is and that's just reality. Two regions with 1 top 10 collectively.
And that's the problem with 6A. Not that the class is weak just 2 very weak regions because the association won't seed the regions and/or don't want to break up those regions. Why is another topic but for now it is what it is.
Some of the kids from the NW region that aren't going would not only have qualified in every other regional in 6a. They would have qualified from probably any other region in the whole state.
And that's why when people say it is harder to get to state in 4 and 3A don't know what they are talking about. They just look at the records of the state qualifiers and assume. It just depends on which regional you are at and which weight. I have already looked and there are some weak regionals in every class. But I didn't need to look because I already knew.