No gripe towards Ottawa at least they let them wrestle. But we need a real State tournament.They need qualifiers just like every other age. 64 man brackets in one day is simply crazy.And I know if you don't like it then don't go,but they worked hard and they deserve it.

They split a sixteen man bracket into two days in a typical state tourney.

Most of the lower weights in 8u are six anyway. So let the heavier 6u kids compete. Shorten the season have them wrestle a couple Sundays earlier in the year for state. I am sure there are a lot of clubs that would host a 6u regional. Just like high school. Matter of fact have the tourney the same weekends as high school just have one qualifier per district on Sunday.

There are a lot of clubs this year that griped that there are too many tournaments per weekend that they cant have a good tournament. So have a regional.Only let the clubs that didn't have a regular season tournament have a regional. Then have the state at Ottawa. It would be cheap and very effective.

Bottom line is that they work hard and please treat them as such.

Last edited by jerry davis; 03/22/11 01:14 AM.