Gary:

Don't get me wrong; I agree that it would be unfortunate to cut out an entire class and keep 16 kids from the State tournament. However, State should mean something more that having half of the kids in one class qualify for State. In 4A it's roughly a quarter and in 3-2-1A it's even less.

Maybe what we need to look at instead of combining classes is perhaps realigning them. Here is a modest proposal:

If I did that math right (which is always up for grabs), 211 schools entered Regionals this year (32 each in 6A & 5A, 62 in 48 and 85 in 3-2-1A). What if for wrestling we scrapped the current KSHSAA classes and went with something like this:
Class I: Top 48 schools in enrollment
Class II: The next 48 schools
Class III: The next 48 schools
Class IV: The remaining 67

The top three classes would all have two-day, 12-team Regionals with the top four going to State. The other class would have two-day Regionals as well.

As more schools add wrestling, they would simply go into the pile wherever they fall in enrollment, and schools will move in classes based on that. The same number of kids would still qualify for State, but instead of half of the kids making it in two class and a quarter or fifth in others, the balance would be much better.

Like I said, it was just a thought, but if might be a fair compromise.