Richard brings up a good point in that this is basically a Kansas City metropolitan area competition. I believe Kansas was given more miles due to the population difference.

Smokeycabin's point seems to addresses more of gutwrench1's assessment which appears to be directed more at the whole state. I believe several people have pointed out that you cannot assess the strength of Missouri vs. Kansas based on this Metro Classic competition alone.

Missouri has had the best of Kansas in this competition over the last couple of years. I think what it really reflects is the strength of Kansas City Missouri wrestling right now. The Kansas City Missouri side is very dominant in Missouri. I believe schools from KCMO won 3 of the 4 titles in Missouri this year. They may have done it last year too. It is very similar to the overall dominance that the Wichita area has in Kansas right now.

Is a big reason some of these great KCMO coaches that gutwrench1 has mentioned? Sure. But they also have some very strong kids programs over there that have been in place and thriving over the last several years. This Competitors club is a national kid level club that has fed Oak Park and will keep it strong over the next several years. The participation in the Tony Purler academy is very strong from the Kansas City Missouri side too over the last several years. There is a very strong committment to wrestling in KCMO. I believe on the Kansas side of KCMO that our committment seems to be stronger towards football. These things have contributed to this recent KCMO dominance over Kansas too. This tide did not just turn overnight in the Kansas City metro area. And it will not turn back overnight either.

All that being said, I think Kansas side of the Metro does have a good chance to win this year and I think even gutwrench1 said that in an earlier post.