Hey All,
... Again, I don't know if this is feasible but when over half the kids competing today at STA qualified for state, and I'm sure it is that way in other places, that is a problem. I heard one parent from STA say that 182 only had 4 wrestlers so STA put a JV kid into that class because he only had to win one match to make it to state. I don't know the accuracy of this but the number in the bracket did reflect it. Combine some classes and regionals and make it more competitive. ...Matbraska
I don't know about the accurancy of the number of wrestlers in the 182 bracket either, but it was not a JV Aquinas wrestler in that bracket. The Aquinas wrestler was Senior Jake Gadwood who has been wrestling varsity all year. Yesterday at this 5A Regional Jake Gadwood actually won this 182 division by pin in the third period and I believe he was behind by seven points when it happened. It was an exciting come from behind win for Jake and his Aquinas fans. Unfortunately the
Kansas City Star had the box score showing Jake Gadwood losing this championship match this morning.
