The unfortunate part about the Abeline and Norton regionals is that since the best teams in 321a and 4a seem to be cheifly from the north central or northwest area , in too many cases they tend to weaken each other to the point that other teams from weaker competition in other regions are able to place well or even win because they will qualify more wrestlers. Columbus, ulysses and Pratt, in 4a, and Oakley and Effingham in 321a, stand to gain significantly at state due to having wrestlers with scoring potential that would never have survived Abeline or Norton. sad deal-- but what would you do--bus teams all over the state to acheive parity? This problem does seem to lend great credence to the claim that at least in 123A and 4A, the other areas of the state seem to be lagging behind. There will be some teams that do well at state that are not from those areas, but whether they earn it with championships or inherit it with numbers is the question.