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Improve State

Posted by The Way on 3/10/2025, 12:46 am

New classification count boys 3 classifications
3A-1024+(100)
[4A+largest40-3A]
2A-435-1023(100)
[34smallest3A+2A+largest4-1A]
1A-1-433(211)
[Remainderof1A+2B/1B]

Girls
1Classification

6 mats each classification; all medalist in the Walk of Champions. We need to figure a way to bring back the boards. Keep straight to state format with 40man brackets; 64girl brackets. This is the way!

Re: Improve State

Posted by Coach on 3/11/2025, 6:13 pm, in reply to "Improve State"

This would be awesome!!!

Re: Improve State

Posted by Never gonna happen on 3/12/2025, 8:38 am, in reply to "Improve State"

This would be great, but wrestling is not going to ever do this. We just follow what the wiaa advises for classifications. Completely agree though, I would even go two divisions for boys. The girls was comically low level with the split this year, they never should have split it the first time either.

All the wiaa cares about is money, if they could make more divisions they would.

Re: Improve State

Posted by Joker on 3/14/2025, 2:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Improve State"

Wait for it…
4A Boys
3A Boys
2A Boys
1A Boys
2B Boys
1B Boys

4A Girls
3A Girls
2A Girls
1A Girls
2B Girls
1B Girls

Re: Improve State

Posted by Marshall C. on 3/12/2025, 2:15 pm, in reply to "Improve State"

I love this idea BUT the WIAA wants to keep watering down the classes.

Re: Improve State

Posted by Lol on 3/12/2025, 10:44 pm, in reply to "Improve State"

3Ai is weak they aren’t gonna want to bump up to 4A

Re: Improve State

Posted by Hear me out on 3/15/2025, 8:13 am, in reply to "Improve State"

Let's stop watering it down and find out who the real athletes are. One division for each.

14 weight classes? Come on! We don't need participation trophies for everyone. College only has 10 (and even that seems excessive, if you ask me). We're seeing kids jump up or down weight classes to avoid people - cut down on the options and let's see who is the best!

We could also cut down on time if we just went to Olympic Repechage.

Re: Improve State

Posted by Destroy all humans on 3/21/2025, 6:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Improve State"

Cancel regions: DONE
Cancel state (individual): Working on it.

You humans complain about the smallest of things. Once AI removes individual state the humans will appreciate what they had. It will not return. Only then will the human learn who or what is in charge.

Re: Improve State

Posted by Norm on 3/29/2025, 11:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Improve State"

Tell me you’re a moron without telling me you’re a moron.

Re: Improve State

Posted by WATERED DOWN on 3/26/2025, 4:49 pm, in reply to "Improve State"

I am sorry peeps but you guys that think state was watered down are idiots!!! First round "may not" have been as tough although some weights/classifications had state placers wrestling kids that lost in the blood round.

This format has done exactly what it was meant to do, it has gotten the kids that deserve a chance at a medal there and still wrestling late on day one and yes of course it let in some with absolutely horrific records but in the end most of those kids were coming from what use to be weak regions in the old format while those kids that should be there in the tough regions had to stay home.

How about this, you guys stay home until about 3:30-4:00 on day one so you don't have to feel all weird watching some of those lower level kids wrestle and you can just show up to watch the qtrs, and blood round and see how many of those kids deserve to be there but may not have with the regional format.

Just take an uber because we all know there won't be anywhere to park lol

Re: Improve State

Posted by Who? on 3/26/2025, 8:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Improve State"

Who are the kids that placed but would not have made it out of regionals?

It seems like this reason is used a lot but I have not seen any examples given.

Re: Improve State

Posted by Lol on 3/27/2025, 2:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Improve State"

Yeah we aren’t gonna put names are here for you to rip into them. No thanks.

Re: Improve State

Posted by How on 3/28/2025, 11:50 am, in reply to "Re: Improve State"

How would we rip into them? They placed at state. It's not the kids fault. I just have yet to see examples of kids who wouldn't make it because of regionals but placed at state.

Re: Improve State

Posted by East Side on 3/28/2025, 12:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Improve State"

From 4a District 6

126 - Drayson Elfering of Richland placed 5th at Districts and 6th at State

215 - Jarrett Peck of Kamiakin placed 5th at Districts and then 5th at State.

Both of these young men made it to the semis at State. In previous years, they would not have made it to the tournament.

Re: Improve State

Posted by PERFECT on 4/7/2025, 9:09 am, in reply to "Re: Improve State"

Those are just 2 there are others that would have placed 5th in the regional format and been an alternate that wrestled in the blood round or placed.

I am not dropping names but again it's ok for rd 32 and even 16 to be less than entertaining for you if the right kids are wrestling into the top 12

Re: Improve State

Posted by Our district on 4/7/2025, 3:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Improve State"

We for sure had a kid that would have made a good run at state. Placed at other big tournaments. But couldn’t make it out of our small district to state this year. Wish there was a way to do wildcards for the districts that have top placers from same district so nudges out really good kids. There are no easy answers. But we had a few kids get ripped off this year, was sad to watch. But I won’t mention names because some douche will be rude. Most on here would read and agree or read and disagree but let it go. Then a small percentage would be rude.

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