Year East West Total
2011 406 376 782
2012 424 394 818
2013 454 375 829
2014 400 364 764
2015 370 344 714
2016 350 335 685
2017 301 346 647
2018 343 329 672

Above are the numbers for each sub since 2011. Numbers keep dropping each year. These numbers also exclude the HS division that used to be part of Subs up to 2016 I believe.
Districts holds 680 (340 from each) spots from the sub district competition. When we only have that many between BOTH competing in one weekend, dropping the sub district week is the right choice. Plus you have some weight classes that have one or none in them. So basically, for most, it is just another medal for the week and travel for some also.
Now if we take the 6&U and apply them to the Kids State Series. We have 6&U all year long with the tournaments, why not add them into the state series run also.