Coming from a smaller guy when I was in high school....please don't mess with the lower weights. It still bothers me that the smallest weight is 103 lbs and not 98 lbs (that's just personal sour grapes because I only weighed 90 lbs as a freshman in hs). Luckily, the lightest weight was 98 lbs.
Wrestling is one of the few sports, if not the only, at the high school level where you don't have to be "big" to compete. The beauty of it is that for a team to be successful you have to have all shapes and sizes successfully contribute in order to win a team championship.
As far as the bigger kids going on to college...another aspect is that a lot of kids that are big enough to play football in high school and compete in the heavier weights in wrestling chose to play football in college. All of the reasons mentioned above are part of the equation for that choice. I would also submit that the potential to go to college, play football and then get a shot at the NFL is a legitimate dream for a lot of these athletes. We all know that achieving that dream is a great challenge but I'm not sure a lot of kids are willing to write off that dream and not give it a shot when they tranisition from HS to college.
If extra weights are needed for the heavier weights then add them, don't mess with the lighter weights. For a lot of us smaller guys, it is one of the few opportunities we have to compete in a sport at the college level. By the way....in the 6 and under age we add in all kinds of weights at the lower end because the numbers support that. Why not do something like that with the high school level and the heavier weights?
Just some random thoughts. Have a great day!
