As a wrestler I was not allowed to go to the Garden City tournament as a Sophomore. Looking back the next year after getting going 1-2 I understood why.
Now as a coach I had the same problem in going to Beloit my first year, I took them all and learned a lesson. Next year I did not take the freshmen who were on varsity. They could not mentally handle it, sometimes it inspires a kid-sometimes it crushes them. The coach should know his wrestlers well enough to tell which is which. Case in point, I have sent kids to a JV meet, who were on varsity, as opposed to taking them to a varsity tourney, in fact I am doing it tomorrow. But really it depends on the wrestlers situation. If he needs a good boost and he is an underclassmen I see no problem, but sending a state qualifier to a JV meet is wrong, unless he didn't make weight!Just kidding.
Just my two cents.
Brown