I had to take some work visitors from Topeka to Salina yesterday, their comment was that wasn�t such a long trip�.. I said well there is another 3.5 hours and a time zone to go if you want to see the rest of KS��.. Reality is western KS is large, spread out, with a smaller population so it has nowhere near the wrestler count that Wichita, Salina, JC, Manhattan, Topeka and KC have therefore some kids that wouldn�t make it out of a another Sub District are going to walk into state. It is what it is, earn your way in with the path given and deal with it. My wrestler not making it to the State tournament is not D4�s fault and I think most reasonable coaches understand that same thing.

I�m not real sure what you do about it other than keep expanding the boundaries east which obviously is not a popular choice either. There are many options or opinions out there about fixes but I have yet to hear or come up with one that works for everyone.

I would say the comments by Jule are a bit off and misinformed, D1 is not the evil empire here, there are enough people with personal agendas in a couple other districts also.

Outside the Hays tournament I can�t think of a large tournament west of Salina. (Hutch by many is still consider Wichita �area�). Again reality is western KS is large with very small wrestler counts. I grew up out there and still visit so I get it. They still have great wrestlers and they will get people in the State tournament that are not so great, fact of life, equally I�m sure they have some good kids that get left out, just not as many.

Stat of the day -- the most recent wrestler to sign with a D1 NCAA powerhouse was a D4 KS kids and HS wrestler!! I think everyone understands there are some dang good wrestlers out there.