Contrarian: Lots of posts on this issue under different titles. I am opening this to try to get posts consolidated.
The Montana System. Sounds great--works for Montana. Sounds to me, because they have so few schools that wrestle (AA=14 A=23 BC=53), they have to let the schools enter multiple wrestlers per weight class in their "quaqlifying" tournaments (assume that is their regional) in order to flesh out the brackets. As I try to understand this sysytem by reading the MHSA Wrestling Handbook on line, appears AA can enter 2 wrestlers per wt class, A can enter 23 wrestlers, and BC schools 18 wrestlers. Note: with 14 AA schools each entering in effect 2 teams, that is only 28 wrestlers to fill a 32 position bracket---4 byes per every wt class---more if each school does not enter 2 teams. May have some aspects that may work fo Kansas, not sure what would have to be wickered.
Ohio and Missouri system. Not same conditions as Kansas. Both states have more people and more schools. Again, May have some aspects that may work fo Kansas.
Sure wish this page had a spell checker!!!
Kansas. 32-6A schools, 32-5A, 64-4A schools(60 that wrestle), don't know how man 321A or how many wrestle. The problem to adopting any new system will be getting KSHSAA, schools, coaches, wrestlers, fans, communities, newspapers and other concerned citizens to agree on anything.
Possibly the best leveling solution would be to reduce the number of KSHSAA clasifications for wrestling down to 3 classes: Big, Middle, and Small. How do that? May be several ways but would appear it will always come back that the current 4A class is going to have to be split--exact split numbers up to discussion. For example take the biggest 32 4A schols and combined them 6A/5A classes---you now have 96 relative big schools. Divide by 2 and you get a 48 school Big class, a 48 school Middle class. The smaller/remaining 32 4A schools roll into a Small school class with the current 321A schools. What are the effects of this change: the 16 biggest current 5A schools merge with the 6A schools (this year the cut would have been at an enrollment of 708--Salina Centrals (++ Emp, G/E, Hutch, Turner, Wyandotte, Liberal, STA, Salina S, Shawnee Heights, Seaman, Carrol Newton, W West, KC Harmon, and Mill valley). Some one else can list out the remaining Middle and Small lists of schools. However, realize that the Small class will increase by 32 schools---what would that mean---a class of about 110 small schools that wrestle---relative to the 48 schools in each of the Big and Middle classes. We may be cutting off our face to save our noses.
Now, if you have anothe Idea, lets hear it in detail---Numbers and schools. No crying towels, no alibis, no grousing. Believe me, that will come later!!
Something like this would work to have a one site/3 class State Tournament---but that is another issue.
