This has been a struggle for me the last two years.

When my 6th grader beat the MS league champion at state I couldn't imagine how MS would help make him better. I had a talk with him and asked him what he thought. He (a 7th grader) knew that he would see tougher matches outside the MS program and elected to stay in club.

The kids still have to enjoy it and that is what he chose so I supported it.

This year as a heavier 14U the matches aren't there in kids until the freshman come back.

We had the same talk and he want to wreslte MS this year, and I again am ok with it.

With all that being said, I have talked to the school AD and he knows that we will be hitting a few open rooms and maybe even a few in and out of state tournaments. From what I have heard from them is just like Jeff is saying there isn't any full blown investigation for MS kids by KHSSA.

I don't know how much my 8th grader will develop as a wrestler in the MS program, but I do hope that (being a experienced wrestler) he becomes a leader in the room and help other new wrestlers along and makes the group as a whole better.

Some of the other parts of the state really don't get the main part of this conversation, it is that around Wichita area (Pioneer league) they schedule for MS just started and end a week before subs. The other part of the state have been done with MS since Christmas so it is a whole different scenerio.