DJdad, You don't know it but you are by definition a sandbagger. Your intentions are admirable but you would be better off rating your kids as B wrestlers. The whole point in using a rating system is to seperate the more advanced wrestlers so that they do not meet until the later rounds. More times than not an A wrestler has an easy first match. This is because all the high ranked wrestlers are seperated and then everyone else is drawn into the bracket. So it is safe to bet that by ranking your kid high, he is actually getting an easier first match. If he is beating state placers, then he will get a higher ranking by the end of the year. But everyone has to do this the same way and that is by earning your rank by what you do at the end of the year. Good Luck to your kids!

Donnie, Again I think that your approach just complicates it even more. Having to look at what wrestlers did at districts and subdistricts would take to long. And again the only reason we even bother with these rankings is to seperate the top two or three.

Simple is better