According to the brackets in 5A on the Wichita South web site, Toast will not be wrestling.
A few points to consider:
If the finals did start early, that should be a problem. Schools have to stay by strict times perscribed by the KHSAA powers. How were they allowed an earlier start time.
Second, the only person that needs to sign a bout sheet is the winner. If Toast were to have went to the hospital for a dislocation and didn't show up for the match, he would still be able to wrestle, right?
Third, it seems to me that KHSAA does some really stupid things. Remember Royce Williams from Wichita North a few years ago? If my memory serves me correctly, I was at the tournament for certification day, Royce didn't make weight for the tournament on the day for certification, but did certify. The state then comes out and says, either the certification was not legit or the weigh-in was not legit because he didn't wrestle. Because the weigh-in was not legit, Royce didn't have half of his weigh-ins at the lowest weight. So the state lets him wrestle the regional tournament under protest for rule clarification or something, he places (knocking a kid out of the tournament that could have went), then after the regional tournament, they say no, he can't wrestle.
Mr. Salyers am I correct on this?
Anyway, I've had a big beef with the state for being too intrusive, but that's another can of worms.
It's too bad that Toast can't wrestle. At the same time, as much as I care about him, he's made some bad choices and it seems karma has caught him. I wish him the best in whatever he wants to do in life.
