Sharon,

In your case, the eighteen year old man better bring his "A" game. Speaking of A's, I think I saw where someone proposed that the wrestlers get seeded based on their grade cards:) Good luck this weekend.

n7m13c19 I've been there with my oldest...there is an awkward adjustment in the 12U division as some kids hit puberty faster than others. One fix might be adjusting the age groups down a year. This would bring in a few more younger kids. It would also keep the 7th & 8th graders in one class, for the most part anyway, and separate them from the 6th and 9th graders. In this scenario your age groups would be U7, U9, U11, U13(or MS), and HS. The unintended consequences of this move would hurt a 9th grader that isn't ready for the HS division and might even push some older 8th graders into the HS division unless the criteria for U13 was extended to include all 8th graders.

Any changes made need to be evaluated for the impact on all of the kids.

When my boy got to 12 and under he ran into a lot of kids that hit that stage in their life when they were maturing into young men. It can be tough since some of them can muscle your kid around pretty good. He adapted to it though but it was frustrating at first.

My son is on the underside of 12u now, and that is the biggest thing that I noticed....puberty makes a big difference at this age.

Maybe instead of age we should divide the boys by amount of armpit hair they have LOL!

LOL. Here's a conversation I could envision:

Grandma: How did you do at state this year grandson?

Grandson: I did great grandma. I am a 12 and under, January to August, no arm pit hair division state placer!

what about the 6U? will there be a U5?