If you recall, they wouldn't allow Ottawa or Derby to call their tournaments "State Championship".
It was never a rule but more of a “suggestion” to keep order and all tournaments are sanctioned w USAW which doesn’t restrict the use of “state” or “national” in a tournament’s naming convention.
The original suggested policy was to prohibit clubs from calling their individual fund raisers “state” but Derby never adhered to that suggested policy. The Kansas Heartland Wresting Organization is not club and benefits member from all clubs in Kansas.
Novice has traditionally been defined as wrestlers in their first two years or very inexperienced athletes. Rookies are first year USAW members only.
I have read that Derby has “redefined” Novice for their event but didn’t change the name of their event. This is confusing.
The KHWO event is three weeks before Derby so there is not a risk of canabilization but offering parents and wrestlers a chance to end their season earlier as USAW and USA Missouri Wrestling have suggested.
