Maybe I was not clear. I personally did not like splitting a varsity team in half and sending 2 half teams to 2 different varsity tournaments. If I was a tournament director and a team sent me their second stringers, lesser half, or JVs, they would never get an invite or accepted again in my varsity tournament. Bring who you are and wrestle who is there.

I seriously doubt that if you asked the wrestling team members if they want to split into multiple teams and compete the same day in different tournaments if you would get a majority of yeas. What happens these days is a super active dad/dads and coaches think it is better for their semi professional teams to travel, travel, travel. Why go 250 to 500 miles to, Colorado, Iowa, Oklahoma, eastern Missouri, Illinois or wherever and still get your butts beat at a tournament 10 to 20 miles down the road. Does not make since. Too many excellent local tournaments!.

If a school wants to send their JVs to a JV tournament while the varsity is in a varsity tournament, be my guest.

Reference one replies reference to the Kansas City Classic, and several other of the same type tournaments. I don't categorize tournaments like this as high school tournaments. They are planned and run by businesses who are in the business to make money. Has nothing to do with the "spirit of high school sports". Have seen lots of good one day high school tournaments close because the traditional participant schools now want to go to a "CLASSIC", a Tournament of Champions", an Invitational"----those big two day tournaments held in two or three gyms plus the wrestling room. True high school sponsored tournaments are going/gone the way of Tuesday and/or Thursday night duals. If your team always wrestles "AWAY" then don't question or complain why your stands are empty in the(very) few times you are at home (probably only at the season opening red/white, blue/white, etc scrimmage).

Lots of wrestling supporters on this forum get upset if basketball is mentioned. But, if you go to their basketball court, or football stadium, on Friday night you will find a high school sports crowd---a crowd of students, families, and local folks who come out to see the boys (and girls). Most wrestling crowds are mom and dads, maybe a few gramps who wrestled 30 years ago, and a few younger kids---very few if any student fans.

Except for a couple of HARD ASS-S on this forum, BIGGER is not always BETTER.