Even 8th graders such as... John Hambleton- Parsons, who won district 1 and Tanner Kriss- Colby, who won district 4
Both very good wrestlers and both got beat out early
other 8th graders included... Ryan Carlson- Hiawatha, Ben Brown- Leoti, Clinton Taylor- Hays
All of these wrestlers got beat out early as well.
Most of these wrestlers didn't manage to make it to the 3rd round and im pretty sure none of them made it to the 4th round.
After seeing all of this its safe to come to the conclusion that being an 8th grader at this level wrestling freshman is very difficult and only very few talented 8th graders manage to place
and I'm sure many people would agree.