My son Blake is 11 years old and weighs in at 56 lbs every weekend.
He has been wrestling 64 and 68 lb kids all year and does well but does have difficulty with some of the top 64 and 68lb wrestlers in the state do to the weight difference. I was unaware of this weight bracket change until last weekend. It is a shame that he will be forced to continue to wrestle 64lb kids at the qualifying tournaments and at state giving up so much weight. We have done everything we can to get him to gain weight and he does eat well. He just has a very high metabolism. If he is like his Dad, genetics will eventually catch up with him. This is the first year he has had to worry about gaining weight to wrestle competitively and it is definitely bothering him. So when he found out that his 60lb weight class was eliminated, needless to say he was very disappointed. I told him to just go out there and give it his all like he does week in and week out and show everyone that BIG things come in small packages. He has a BIG heart and loves wrestling. You can count on him to be standing on the podium at the State 64lb bracket.
