I also like the idea but just to clarify how a state like NJ does it, they do have classes...they call them groups. Group 4 being large school like KS' 6a down thru Group 1. Heck they even have two parochial groups. They compete as teams in the state duals...starting with south/central/north jersey group dual tournaments and then the winners go to state dual finals. However, when it's time for the individual tournament to start everyone gets lumped together starting with districts, regions, super regions(which is actually the pigtails if you will of the state tournament) and then states. But they can have these dual tournaments AND a grand state because first they have population to support it (32 districts all with FULL 16+man brackets and top 3 advance to regions...you advance from districts and you still have 95 other guys alive...think about that!)and second, overall the state seems to focus more on duals rather than tournaments. On average, a school will have 18-22 duals with 2-4 tournaments whereas here in KS, correct me if I'm wrong, but average seems to be 8-12 duals and 6-8 tournaments. But obviously that's because there's not a dual state and each coach tries to prepare their wrestlers for the type of state tournament it has. Obviously I have a soft spot for NJ being from there and serving my 12 years on the mat in the state, but I've come to really enjoy KS wrestling and love the amount of mat time kids get out here due to the amount of tournaments. Isn't there a few kids with close to 50 matches going into this weekend?? If we went undefeated and won state you're probably around 30-0 give or take. Anyways sorry for the novel, but it's been a while since I've posted. It's nice to have a good topic like this to discuss and debate rather than some of the other nonsense that has come along the last couple weeks. Great for the sport...great for KS wrestling. Good luck to all wrestlers from all classes this weekend ( but maybe just an extra wish of luck to the boys from GE!). Go Blazers!!

Keith Heniss