SPECIFICALLY... Our concerns are being able to control the number of competitors, coaches, and attendees. KSHSAA has developed a widely accepted plan that provides for just 112 wrestlers to attend an event at a single site. We typically have over 1500 wrestlers attending the USAWKS state tournament in the past. Some of our District tournaments reached 1000 competitors in the past. As you can see, this presents some unusual challenges and our goal is to make sure we don't go two years in a row without a Kids State Tournament! The state tournament committee will need to be able to explore options to reduce the size and possible spread out the locations. The girls division may require a qualifier in order for us to KNOW how many will be attending state. At this point in time, it appears to be very unlikely we will be able to meet all of the requirements in the bylaws below:

(6) The Girls’ division will not require a qualifying series. Brackets will be created by block bracketing after the deadline for entries. The deadline for entries will be established on the tournament flyer. Girls may only compete in the Girls’ division.
(7) Qualifying Folkstyle tournaments are tournaments that are used to qualify or are in a series of tournaments that could advance a wrestler to the State level of competition, including the state tournament itself. Qualifying tournaments are subject to all sanctioned tournament rules in the preceding Part A, except where those rules have been modified or expanded under this Part B.
(8) For the purpose of eligibility of entering a Sub-District or District tournament, the competitive member has to be a resident of Kansas or must be enrolled in a Kansas educational school system, be a member of a Kansas chartered club and not entered in another states’ qualifying series in that season. Exceptions to this rule are subject to notification and permission from the corporate board. Application must be received on or before January 1. The State Tournament Director will be notified of any person permitted to wrestle under this permission. All questions on the determination of eligibility shall be resolved by the corporate board.
(9) SEEDING MEETINGS - At the seeding meeting, weight or age corrections or scratches may be made in all age groups, including walk-on wrestlers, prior to the start of seeding the wrestlers without requiring a penalty fee. Additional entries may be made in writing one hour prior to the published start time of the seeding meeting, but any such entrant must pay a penalty fee. Once the seeding starts, no changes or additions will be allowed except in the case of clerical errors by the tournament director.
(10) Each qualifying tournament may have one weigh-in at or near the qualifying tournament location and up to four additional satellite weigh-ins, to be determined by the district director, within the qualifying tournament boundaries. The weigh-in at each location shall be held at
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the same time on scales that are verified. Each weigh-in location must be supervised by a State or District officer, and a USAWKS registered official.
(11) Entry forms will be furnished by USAWKS.
(12) Entry Fees for the qualifying tournaments and state tournament will be set each year by the State Body. The entry fee starting with the 2016-17 season will be $25.
(13) Each District Director and his/her two Assistant Directors will determine the number of qualifiers from Sub-District to District. Each District will have this responsibility. A District is not required to hold a Sub-District Tournament for any one or all of the age divisions.
(14) There will be four (4) qualifiers from each District to State. The State Folkstyle Tournament Committee, working in conjunction with the district directors, shall establish standard policies that each district will follow in determining these qualifiers. These policies will not conflict with any rule in these By-Laws.
(15) In any bracket with less than 16 district qualifiers, open spots on the bracket will be filled by district in an annually rotating fashion, using 5th/6th district placers. If a district does not have a wrestler to fill in, the next district will have the opportunity. Selections will follow a serpentine approach for example: District 1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1.
(16) The weight classes that a kid wrestler enters at the lowest level qualifying or advancement tournament will be the same for the following tournaments throughout state competition.
(17) All Junior High Wrestlers that were participating in a school affiliated (KSHSAA) wrestling program on the same day as a qualifier, will be permitted to wrestle in the next level tournament.
(18) There will be at least one official per wrestling area, plus one official for each three wrestling areas.
(19) The pairings of the State Tournament bracket will be District first place winner vs. District fourth place winner, and District second place winner vs. District third place winner. Bracket pairings are made by the State Tournament Committee on a random basis following the final district tournament each year.
(20) State Tournament dates shall be set by the corporate board subject to approval by the state body. Current policy, starting with the 2018-19 season, is for the tournament to be held two weeks prior to the last full weekend in March.