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!
How many winning records again in a 5/6A regional? Normandin, Tibbles, Wimer, 50% of Medals

112 lbs.
10 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
Tough class top to bottom, Bahe, Fischer, State Champion, and 33.3% medals

119 lbs.
9 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
Fischer,Kough that's 33.3% of the state medals

125 lbs.
8 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
Stephens, 16% of medals

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.
Stroot, state runner-up, 16% of medals

135 lbs.
9 wrestlers entered, 8 with winning records!
Deeds, Heckel, 33.3% of medals

140 lbs.
12 wrestlers entered, 7 with winning records!
Garcia State Champ, Eck, 33.3% state medals

145 lbs.
11 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
Shroeder, Finley, 33.3% state medals

152 lbs.
12 wrestlers entered, 9 with winning records!
0% of state medals, yes kind of weak apparently or was it bad draws? Oh well no excuses, just didn't get it done

160 lbs.
10 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
Chenoweth won this bracket with Fairleigh placing 3rd.
Chenoweth, Fairleigh, Cook, hm... 50% of state medals, weak too?

171 lbs.
8 wrestlers entered, 4 with winning records!
This one appears the most like a 5/6A regional, sad but true, Spexarth 16% of state medals

189 lbs.
10 wrestlers entered, 6 with winning records!
Segar, Cowan or 33% of State Medals

215 lbs.
11 wrestlers entered, 5 with winning records!
Fox, State Champ, Starr 3rd, 33.3 % of state medals

275 lbs.
9 wrestlers entered, 4 with winning records!
Miller, State Champ, 16% of State Medals


just an example for you....

Salina-South
103 lbs.
1st: Jordan Hibbs, Hays (10), 17-12;
2nd: Wesley Thomas, Great Bend (9), 8-12;
3rd: Michael Huddleston, Topeka-Seaman (11), 9-19;
4th: Rayne McClanahan, Salina-Central (9), 4-19

Only one winning record in an 8 man bracket, how many of these would survive a 321A/4A regional?

Please show me some hard concrete evidence how good 5/6A is, i've shown you some proof how WEAK it is here