Kit,

First of all, Congratulations on your program there at Baldwin. You have done an outstanding job & are a great advocate & leader for our sport taking the reins in things such as rankings, event & camp co-ordinating. I enjoyed watching you & Jay compete at a high level in High School. I wanted to address your reply to this post. Can you explain to me how this dual State is to play out?? I would imagine you'd take the top 3 or 4 dual teams from each classification in the State to compete. Will they compete in a dual or tourney setting & How many teams will they actually dual if that is the case? Although I can't fully say, as I don't yet know all the details of your proposal ; I kinda think the Grand State Event would still have more widespread involvement & serve as a better spectacle for the fans & create the " Big Event" for the media etc. to draw more interest to our sport from the curious in these times where they are talking of cutting programs. The Grand State would encompass our states very best individual match-ups which is what the public wants to see. It would bring in more folks & individual athletes/schools who have top placers... from all outlaying communities across the State whose loyal fans would be more inclined to attend because they may have one of their locals involved & feel like it hits closer to home with them. I do applaud your efforts in this dual proposal but I have to think that it was just that (Proposal) in that if people can actually see the possibility that one /or other of these events could actually come to fruition then you will see more feedback & involvement & I think that the Grand State proposal would be choice for most. Please don't turn your back to this idea yet either... as it would greatly benefit wrestling in Kansas. Keep up the great work & continued success! Kevin Calhoon