I see both sides of this issue. When I was a Freshman I weighed 85 pounds and was getting my butt kicked in High School matches. So I was really glad to get to kids wrestling, to get a more even playing field( weight wise). But here was no doubt that I was in better shape and had much more competetive matches because of High School. But until there is another place for these High School wrestlers to compete the situation is mute. I mean where do we draw the line. Is it fair that some kids have more money than others so they get to travel to out of state tournaments and wrestle national caliber opponets while others could not afford to go? Is it fair that some kids go to the best camps and get better coaching than some of the less fortunate ones? I still remember when Adam Almauger was a Freshman and coming off a State Championship runner-up finish and lost to an eighth grade Kevin Callahan at Ottawa. I know that this was an exception, but it was a great match to watch. And what about Ryne Cokeley wrestling a 1-0 match against 4A State Runner-up Derrick Weller last weekend in Ottawa. What a great match, we will be talking about that match in the years to come. People are always going to have concerns about this issue like in high school with the 16 year old Freshman thing that was going on last year. I applaud Mr. Cokeley's effort to bring this up for dicussion but until the state of Kansas changes some things I don't think anything is going to change. Wrestling is wrestling is wrestling. Just my two cents worth.