This year was effected by the Hotel problem in the Junction City area. We should check for other major events in the area when we plan the date of the state tournament. (State HOG Rally)
We talk about the low numbers and how long the folk style season is with the additional sub-districts, Districts and Kids State. We could take all of the Placers at 123A, 4A, 5A, and 6A (top kids in Kansas) and invite them to attend Kids State. It would be great for the younger kids to see them on the center mats competing in the All Kansas High School Championships. We would gain numerous spectators just to see this competition and the younger kids would be able to see where they want to be wrestling in the future. If they see where they want to be, they will use the summer wrestling to get them there next year.
This would give the top placers that worked so hard during the High School season a break of several weeks before they competed at the state tournament.
This may not help with FS/Greco but we have to also change the way we conduct the State Tournament. We fail to seed anyone and that causes the top wrestlers to not show in fear that they all could be placed on the same side of the bracket and never place. (Looks bad when placers are unknowns because of the bracket setup).
