I should cuation everyone to be careful of the predictions that you make on who is going to win state. Yes Clay Center has a good team this year and they have to be a favorite going in but I wouldn't quite give them the win yet. Why you ask? Well quite simply to those who have seen clay center or any top team wrestle this year in regular tournaments you would know that the wrestlers are seeded in order to try and keep the best wrestlers from facing each other until the finals. Now at state this is not the case you are pair based on your finish at regionals and the formula that KSHSAA puts out. So the truth is that If clay center does good at their regionals their wrestlers could end up getting paired against some of the best wrestlers that were from another regionals, and in effect lessening their chances for scoring major points, although going through the back side can yeild almost as many team points. Anyway my point is you can't really speculate who is going to win state just based on their tournament proformance throughout the year. I think any of the top six ranked teams have a shot at it, and when it comes down to it, the pairing are going to make the difference. I cite for example my sophmore year when we (Abilene) won state by 1 point over Goodland. Most of the good wrestlers from Goodland met up with guys who would go on to place high in their brackets in the first round. This send all but 4 of their guys to the back side right off the bat. Then when they tried to fight through the back side they met up with more guys that would go on to get 3rd and 4th. Abilene on the other hand were lucky enough to score many pins in our backside matches and that made the difference in the end. So everyone be mindfull to the system and wait until the regional pairings come out before making any predictions, oh and don't leave Abilene out, we are never out of contention especially after Beating Clay Center in the dual last night, it really showed the heart of our team