1) hammer wasnt THAT awesome, he got 5th, i'm EJ could have competed with him.
EJ may have been able to competed with Hammer for 215, but even if he could have won the spot you still had one potential state placer out the mix for Aquinas due to the lack of weight classes for heavier wrestlers.
Also I will challenge your statement about Hammer not being that awesome because he took fifth in 5A. I think 215 5A was a very difficult weight class this year. I know that at Blue Valley Northwest's Husky Invitational this year that Curtis (6th at State in 5A) took first and Hammer took second. I believe this year's 6A 215 champion who is a also a very good wrestler took fourth at the Husky this year.
4) this would have to be done at a national level. we cant have weight classes completely different then the states around us, it would make going to other tournaments out of state/having them come here a nightmare.
I am suggesting at the national level. However, two years ago Aquinas wrestled in a Texas tournament and Texas had that extra 180 class. Aquinas adjusted to it as that gave my son an opportunity to wrestle a varsity tournament that year. He was running second team at 189 last year to EJ Walter and EJ was a light 189 last year so he was able to wrestle 180 in Texas for this one tournament. I don't forsee that Kansas would go alone with an extra weight class like Texas does with 180 but I think Kansas would survive if it did decide to put in an extra weight class for heavier wrestlers.
