Kansas Wrestling Forums General Discussion High School Sunflower State Games - Weight Classes?

I was wondering what the weight classes were going to be for the sunflower state games? Is it going to be every ten Lbs. If anyone has some info please reply.

I will be competing in the "retired" weight class.

its usually every 10-15lbs. Last yr i got screwed and weighed in at 122 and was put in the 135 and up guys. i shouldve been with the 115-120 guys. i wrestled some big dudes. I still placed though!!!

Good Job

hey ben, are u gonna be there this year too.and i was wondering if u were still practicing.

corey bloodgood:

Umm...im not really sure if i am. If my best friend (ali sultani) does it then i will definitely be there. I am still considering if i should, since i am so out of shape and weigh close to 140. Corey, r u going to compete, how much do u weigh and what weigh will u be around the sunflower state games....?

and thats a big fat NO to any sort of practicing... if partying counts as practicing, then ive been doing a lot of that. But i have gone to not a one east kansas practice since i got my *** handed to me at the free/greco state championships. Have u been?

no ben i havent been practicing either, i just got back from camp, if u can consider that some kind of practice. but ill be there at 125 or so.

Ahh it never hurts to wrestle up a few pounds, it will only make your stronger. I haven't had the chance to wrestle once since kids got over and im about 185 right now so there is no way I'll be wrestling at the games. Like Prant said I think I'll be in the retired class this year.

Nigel is exactly right, it never hurts to wrestle up a couple of pounds. Heck it never hurts just being on the mat and competing. I hoped on seeing Nigel at the tournament. Since he is always on here criticizing people. Oh well maybe some other time?

I took my kid last year. We payed our entry fee, payed for a motel,and spent 3 hours getting there. the gym wasn't air conditioned so they shortened the freestyle matches to 1/2 the time. Scott had to go up in age and weight just to get ONE match which was only 1 period. We won't be going back.

I had heard that they were going to fix those problems this year but im not sure. Sorry Aaron I won't be there I had too much other stuff going on, its to bad you don't go to K-State you could wrestle in the intermural tournament. I think im going ot be in that this year if I can get a sulley for my shoulder. Its been over a year since I've wrestled competitvly so im kinda anxious. I just hope I don't pull my shoulder out again cuase it really really hurts.

When is that intamural tourney anyways. I might be able to fit you in my schedule.

Nobody answered the original question..what will the weights be.does anyone know if there will be a 14 155??

Im not even sure when it is, last year it seemed pretty early in the year like early to late october.

It is too late to enter but you can check anyway.
They set weights after weight-in to make suitable brackets.

Date: Folk-style: Saturday, July 26
Free-style: Sunday, July 27

Site: Shawnee Heights High School-4201 SE Shawnee Heights Road
Time: Weigh-ins:
Friday: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Competition: 10 a.m.

http://www.sunflowergames.com

have gone to the sunflower games twice, once at
Allen field house, lot of fun, no ac but big fans and some comfort, pretty laid back environment, and the next time at the new lawrence facility, air conditioned but poorly organized and not enough competitors to make decent brackets so 3 or 4 wieght brackets combined. kinda hard to justify spending the money to go 1/2 way accross the state to wrestle and not know who , how many, or how big you may have to wrestle. all that aside, the main drawing card to me was always that it was the only place that you could get in a folkstyle tourney in the summer. my son doesn't wrestle freestyle so that was always a reason to go.