Just like the Abilene and Norton and whatever other "tougher regional" there was.
If you can't place at regionals, you're won't gonna place at state, literally and figuratively.
No one can really say, "oh that kid would place at state but he got beat at regionals by 4 guys who place."
It is kind of accepted that while some regionals are "weaker" team or individual wise, that there are still exceptions.
Plus I'd say that more ranked guys were at either of the KC regionals that at Wichita. If I'm wrong, I don't care and it's not a big deal. This is probably a fact because KC just happens to have like 70% of the 6A schools.
I think by now I am just rambeling...