"Our kid was 10U but was WAY over the cutoff weight. When he had wrestled in tournaments that year, he was usually bumped up an age, but couldn't hang with those kids."
"Wrestling is the one sport where all kids of all shapes, sizes, ability and/or disability levels are welcome to compete. I think that if these kids are willing to put forth the effort all year, there should be a place for them at the end, just like everyone else."
If you were having to move your wrestler up an age group to find wrestlers the same size at invitationals then it stands to reason you won't find any the same age at qualifying tournaments either. In order for there to be competition you must have someone to wrestle. Walking your way thru subs to a state title is NOT competition.
I will admit, I have never understood the rule about not being able to wrestle up an age group at qualifiers because we do it already with the 6yr olds. But, as you said he was not competitive at the older level. My advice would be in these situations instead of trying to change the system for one child to work with that child on proper diet and exercise. High school weights have limitations too so you might as well get used to it. I've seen high school kids work for a year or longer to get below the 275# limit so they could compete.
