Define a "quality kid". Since no one region medaled all four qualifiers last year, why should one region bring more than another? Why is it unfair that one region has to "leave kids at home"? If one region were consistently medaling all four qualifiers, then I could sympathize with your point, but to say that the kids in other regions are unworthy of going to state is kind of pompous. Western Kansas has a strong support system in place. There are other parts of the state that needs a state qualifier to help promote the program.