You are correct about 220. Forgot about Russell going that way (although I caught it at 152) However, at both 106 & 220, 2 of the 4 placers were the 5th place match. I am in no way disputing its tough out there...been there, done that as a competitor & coach. I'm just stating that it was not common for all wrestlers from that regional to place at state. That's not to say that the best 16 were there...but seems like few, if any placers were obviously left home.

I get the frustration & don't always get the regional assignment that makes sense. Three of the last five years, we've travelled over two hours to a regional when there is one within about one hour of our community.

For a few years there, seemed like they split the west up a bit...this wasn't one of those years. I do believe however that many of the wrestlers out there or better prepared for the rigors of the state tournament because they have experience the physical & mental grind just to get there. Just my thought based on experience...