Great venue. Bathrooms everywhere. Well organized, great mat space, got out in good time and no bag searching! Took our cooler in and no one said anything. What was weird is that we went hoping to wrestle a Greater Gold kid & they were in Wichita & wound up in the finals with a Newton kid. With a great tournament in your backyard it was surprising seeing kids going different directions.
Hays isn't exactly in Garden City's backyard. It is a 2.5 hour drive from Garden City to Hays and a 3.5 hour drive from Garden City to Wichita. What's another hour when you live in western Kansas?
I would imagine that Greater Gold went east so they could see some different competition before Sub-Districts and Districts. They will see many of the same kids who went to Hays in the upcoming weeks and won't see many of those who attended Wichita until the end of the month.
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