We would have taken many more 6u kids if it were held earlier as well. No doubt there was plenty of tough competition there, but a lot of the good kids didn't go also. It turns into more of a regional thing. Sure there were kids from all over the state, but it seemed to be more NE KS kids than anything. So if we want to have a true 6u state championship, it has to be tied to the other state series, or be early enough that the little guys haven't hung up their shoes for the year.

I can think of 3 kids that kicked my son's a$$ this year, that were NOT at the Ottawa tourney. My guess is that they called it good after the Wichita Classic, or some even earlier than that.

Bottom line is, 6u isn't the biggest thing in the world. But if people are going to complain about how we treat them, they need to do something about it. We'll probably continue to take the 6u kids that are still fired up about wrestling, to the Ottawa tourney. But if there weren't any 6u tourneys after January it wouldn't hurt my feelings either!!

I could tell it was getting close to being enough for my kid, because the week before Ottawa, he only asked me 113 times "when is my tournament?", instead of the standard 300-400 times...He is still more than just a little PO'd that Ottawa didn't give him a medal or a trophy!!