Correct me if I am wrong, and I�m not trying to insinuate that our kids from Kansas participating in this event are by any means poor wrestlers, but I don�t think that we truly fielded our best wrestlers that the state has to offer. This is the Metro Classic, and that includes only kids from a reasonable distance from the Metropolitan area. Again, I might be wrong, but from my understanding of Missouri wrestling, most of the power houses are located in this 75(?) mile distance. Kansas� power houses are not. I�m really speaking of individuals here and not teams. Ponder this. If we were truly had a battle of the border and we used our best against their best what would the outcome be? I mean no offense to our kids, I�m just being realistic. For instance, take Travis Eden. A good wrestler, and a nice kid (and a better wrestler than his uncle, and Travis you can tell him I said this), but what if we put Ross Taplin on the mat in his stead?

We need to step back and take this event for what it is, a great event for the Metro kids, and leave it at that. It is not a true measuring stick for either Kansas or Missouri wrestling.