This question (statement) comes up every year....I guess I'll take the bait this time!

I've been around 4A, 5A, 6A wrestling for a long time. I am now the head coach for a 3a team. I will say, without a doubt in my mind, that comparing records from the larger schools to the smaller schools is "apples to oranges"!

I am not downgrading the records of the smaller schools because the wrestlers have earned that record based off who ever is put in front of them, but from my experience the competition throughout the year is much different compared to a larger school. I guarantee that a 24 team tournament that consists of mainly larger schools is going to be WAY MORE competitive than one that consists of only smaller schools.

That being said, I also know that there are many great wrestlers that come from smaller schools, but it's RIDICULOUS to compare the records from large schools and smaller schools.