Someone may say that with 4 classes we don't have a true champion so All Class Rankings are necessary. My question would be why is it necessary? The State champions have gone out and won the only championship tournament they could enter. What purpose is served by saying "if kid X would have wrestled kid Y he would have won and etc.."
I say lets pull down the "All Class" topic and quit w/ the OW after State is completed.
I whole-heartedly agree with Disney as there really is no need to determine who is the best. One can always speculate in their mind as to whom is the best overall in the state for that year and particular weight but it is merely that-speculation as KSHSAA has it set up that there are 4 classes and thus 4 CHAMPIONS !
We as fans and really on a selfish level or at the very least for curiosity sake would like to have that determined and I have seen on here people post about consolidating the classes and being compared to California or other States where there is one true champion and All schools regardless of size/class eventually meet up. Here in Kansas, as far as wrestling goes-many of the smaller schools WOULD measure up and be able to go toe to toe with the big schools and we have several small school wrestlers that are likely the best in the state each and every year <but again speculation>. But on the other hand, it would handicap many schools that dont have the resources of the big schools and in sports such as football and basketball, the larger schools would win out more often as simply they draw from a bigger talent pool=strength in numbers... but us wrestlers are a different breed and I think it it is tremendous that western Kansas kids from areas such as Oakley, Stockton, Norton, Ulysses, Phillipsburg, Clay Center etc are capable of being mentioned as the best. Can we say tough as nails rural kansas farm boys?
But, we must be careful of what we wish for. Why, you ask. Because it simply is about the kids and really it is better to have 4 champions. This is the case(separate class champions) in say 1A Boys Basketball, 2A Girls 300 Meter Hurdles, 3A Softball, 4A Football. Why because we are selfish and want to see for our self who is the very best in wrestling, have only 1 champion and a total of 6 placers <rather than 4X6> take away from 18 other state placers in each weight. These kids that put in the work can all say for the rest of their lives that they are a state placer and will walk away from this great sport with a well deserved reward for their work that as stated above would be the case in other sports so why take it away from them and push KSHSAA to determine only 1 true champ and 6 placers in WRESTLING. I was at first envious when Kansas went to 6 places rather than 4 as was the case when I was in HS but as I grew up and thought about it--I thought you know what ? that this is what is best for the kids and that is what we all want . >>>>> RIGHT ?
