Two years ago at Kids' State:

2 - U14 75 lb
7 - U14 80 lb
16 - U14 85 lb (25 total)

Last year at Kids' State:

9 - U14 75
13 - U14 80
12 - U14 85 (34 total)

Yesterday at Topeka, there were four U14 75 and one U14 80. I can't imagine many of these wrestlers would be close to 103 by their Freshman year. As for my motive in posting - three years ago my son was U12 68, two years ago U12 76 and last year U14 85. This year, U14 95 and 100. He is in pretty good shape to be a decent sized 103 lb Freshman next year (thanks to his biggest growth spurt in nine years of wrestling). A lot of these wrestlers won't be as lucky.

I do appreciate the argument for making weight adjustments for the bigger wrestlers. The spread between 215 and 285 doesn't do much justice to a wrestler that is somewhere in the middle of those two weights.


Lee Girard