I have asked the same about seeding before and now that I have spent more time around kids wrestling and attending seeding meetings as more than just a parent I’m not so sure I am all about it.

1st thing to remember is everyone will never be happy and feelings will get hurt. I agree it should be about fun in kids wrestling but when the whistle blows the competitive nature is going to come out no matter what age it is and fun will take a back seat for a very large majority. As for seeding 377 kids (this year’s numbers) 11 brackets with 17 or more wrestlers, it would probably take around 4 hours to seed that. I don’t think anyone will say it can’t be done but is it necessary? Are coaches going to come to Salina the day before to do it? Do the tournament directors have the time to do it? Many of them have kids in HS which as you know State tournaments are the day before, I wouldn’t ask them to miss that over their own kid wrestling in HS. Also it’s not like a Sub District seeding meeting where you see most the kids in your bracket throughout the year and can establish separation criteria, good luck with that at 6U state.

I guess my opinion is it is 6U go have fun and 8 out of 10 times it will all work itself out without a seeding meeting.…..remember there are zero D1 recruiters at 6U State.

Good Luck