I wish I knew how to post a photo here because we have the funniest picture of our heavyweight standing over 6 feet tall wrapped in a bear skin!
We all tend to see an issue only from our own experience. It is hard to be objective when we are parents & fans. Even at 189, the crowds would often be sparse during the finals of most tournaments. Our coach started a policy many years ago that no wrestler could leave as long as anyone on the team was still wrestling. He couldn't control the parents, but at least the team members stayed.
At UNO some of the most exciting matches were the heavys. You never knew what was going to happen and the outcome can change very quickly. This past season's heavyweight had to step in when we lost a previous year's champion. He wrestled with more heart and grit than anyone I've seen. He was often outsized, but he never gave up and always had the crowd behind him.
