1 per weight is a terrible idea. Wrestling is unique compared to other sports. For example, when a team has to great quarterbacks, the coach simply moves one to another position or substitutes for playing time. In wrestling, moving a kid up or down a weight is an option but not if you have a tough team. In wrestling, I can't call time out in the middle of the third round and substitute a wrestler for another wrestler to earn a win and get the second wrestler more wrestling time.

Being able to take more than one wrestler per weight creates more opportunities for kids. How many times have we seen kids from the same school in the finals at our district and state tournaments? It happens every year.

If you want a true state tournament then I say wrestle dual meet state tournaments and crown division champions like other sports. 6A team champion, 5A team champion, etc., wrestle league duals before christmas. Start a bracketed dual meet championship after chistmas and end the middle of February. Then run 4 regional qualifiers all divisions in one. The 4 qulifiers would be 64 man brackets. Teams could enter 2 per weight. Top 8 qualify for the state tournament 32 man bracket.

This way small schools still get to compete and have team pride with the dual meet titles. It also allows their best kids to compete at the highest level in the 1 state tournament.

What do you think?