Ok, the Norton Regional was tough, very tough. Now here is the reality, you are going to have really tough regionals from time to time. With these tough regionals, good kids are going to get left at home. The Ark City region has always been the toughest in class 5A. This was the most evenly distributed regional for 5A I have seen in YEARS. Tough regionals are just part of wrestling, sometimes your the windshield, sometimes your the bug.
I agree the Ark City regional is always the toughest. I remember one year when I was at Goddard, 2000. The top five teams in the regional were top five at state: Ark City, Goddard, Kapaun, Bishop Carroll, Valley Center. Sick! There were a lot of really good kids that didn't even make it to state out of the Ark City regional that would have medaled at state. Agree this year was the most evenly balanced I can ever remember.
But I also hear what their saying about the Norton regional, a beast.
