I have not seen many wrestlers in this age and weight group any one know of any?

Check the 6U, most of the kids at state in this weight will be 6 and under. Last year we wrestled this weight and I think there were four 8U and twelve 6U at state.

There will be some very tough kids at 8u 46,49 that will drop
down to 43 for state.

Dropping down to 43? I hope not! Afterall, how much can an 8/U 46 or 49 afford to lose?

I agree with you 100%....but it still happens every year!

Boo dryden will probably be 43. You can look at the Salina results for 6u43. Wenzel, Becker, Duncan, Henry, plus Deshazer won the 43 bracket for Tulsa.

Hasnt Boo been 43 for 3-4 years now?

2006 USA Wrestling Kansas Kids State Championship!
8 & Under
40 lbs. - Boo Dryden - 1st - Boos' School

Sorry that was my mistake. I did look at the state results. He has been in 40 for 3 years.

Talking to alot of the parents some of these kids that are wrestling 46 are only weighing 43.5 - 44.5, I agree any parent and I stress parent pulling a kid down from 49 should have their head examined that would be 12% of the kids weight, not many high school kids do that.

Of course thats what they say,would you tell other people your cutting your 8 yr old for your benefit.

Boo participated in the 40 lb. weight classification the past three years as this is the lowest weight classification available in the Eight and Under division.

The first year at Kids State Boo weighed 33-34 lbs., the second year weighed 36-37 lbs., and last year Boo weighed 39-40 lbs.!

Thanks for clearing that up. We are still learning. So i'm assuming the best thing to do is wrestle kids up in tournaments then drop them down to their weight in state? I've heard of other parents doing that also, what are the advantages and disadvanges of this? Is this something maybe I should consider for the remander of the season?

Salina Tournament of Champions
January 28, 2006


6 43lbs
1st Boo Dryden Boo's School of W.
2nd Jake Beeson Ark City W.C.
3rd Tanner Hitchcock Pittsburg W.C.
4th Dylan Case Team Lightning
5th Levi Green Baldwin City W.C.
6th Alec Goodwin Northland W.C.

What is this supposed to mean anyway? A list of kids from the Salina tourney? Oh by the way these are 46 pounders not 43 check the results page!

The list of results shows that the afore mentioned wrestled at 43lbs. last year during the season and then won a state championship at 40lbs.

oh, by the way Ell, those are the 2006 results!

Sorry! Almost the same as this year 46!

Maybe Park City's results are wrong from last year? They say Dryden at 8 under 46 and that is only one week before subs! Surely this is wrong or he wrestled up 6 lbs as a 6 year old (at park city!?)

Not that anyone needs an explanation but maybe I can help this thread die. Boo wrestled 43 most of the year, from what I understand he was wrestling up a weight. He went to 46 at Park City for a certain match up, wrestling up two weight divisions. I would say wrestling up two weight divisions and getting 2nd is impressive. He then probably pulled about a pound to get to 40 for the final three weeks. If I were a betting man he is probably under weight at 46 since he has made 43 twice.