Originally posted by D. Fairleigh:
All the wrestlers i know that have wrestled in any other class and 4a have all told me 4a was tougher. this would include among others andrew gossett, Alex ryan, and jake dozier. Now obviosly none of these kids were great in any class. But that doesnt change the fact that they are the only ones who have experenced both regional and state tournoments. And they all seem to think that the 16 man regional brackets at regionals in the small schools beats the 8 man brackets in the big schools.
I cant help but agree with them.
And as for the big schools beating the small teams in tournoments. First of id like to see any team beat clay center or abilene in a dual. Secondly it is alot easeir to score points at mid season invitationals than it is at the 4a state tournoment.
The 4A Regional at Colby where Clearwater, Pratt and Russell all participated consisted of 14 teams. NO full 16 man brackets!
103 lbs.
10 wrestlers entered, 7 with winning records!
112 lbs.
10 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
119 lbs.
9 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
125 lbs.
8 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
130 lbs.
12 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
Alex Ryan participated in this bracket and was one of the wrestlers with a winning record.
135 lbs.
9 wrestlers entered, 8 with winning records!
140 lbs.
12 wrestlers entered, 7 with winning records!
145 lbs.
11 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
152 lbs.
12 wrestlers entered, 9 with winning records!
160 lbs.
10 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
Chenoweth won this bracket with Fairleigh placing 3rd.
171 lbs.
8 wrestlers entered, 4 with winning records!
189 lbs.
10 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
215 lbs.
11 wrestlers entered, 5 with winning records!
275 lbs.
9 wrestlers entered, 4 with winning records!
To win a full 16 man Regional Bracket a wrestler has to win 4 matches.
To win a full 8 man Regional Bracket a wrestler has to win 3 matches.
As with ALL regionals, there are certain brackets where the level of competition is higher than others.
