I will start this post with a disclaimer:
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In no way is this post an indication as to which class is the toughest. It is simply a situation that I have personnally seen.
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There are 3-2-1A schools who have the same depth as the 6A schools that you are discussing. Since I am old and senile, I don't remeber names, or exact years but these are true stories.
Wakeeney (Trego County) had a junior win state at Heavyweight. The next year a junior beat out the returning state champ, and won state the next 2 years. This was before 215 was a weight class so the JV former State Champ would have had to lose about 60-70 pounds to wrestle the next class down.
(If anyone out there knows the names of these individuals I would appreciate it).
Leoti also had a returning placer on JV in 1194-95 season (the year they jacked the weights all up). He couldn't find a spot because the weights were distributed so strangely.
Norton- This year. Returning state champ (Madden-112) goes down with a knee injury. His backup wins the Norton Tourney and performed very well at Newton. Norton's JV 171 pounder also placed at Newton.
There is depth at every class. There are also schools in every class with 0 depth. That said, it stands to reason that a 16 man bracket is tougher to make it through than an 8 man bracket. I still believe the top 6 wrestlers in each weight class are very equitable. The toughness varies from class to class depending on the year(I have now been associated with teams in each division: 6A, 5A, 4A, & 3-2-1A).
