I'd like to keep it like it is but change 103 to 106 or 107. TCC, while some HWT's are like that, not all are. Good 285's are just as fun to watch as lower wts. if they are of the shooting type, which many are.

My vote would be no change is warranted. In our district 103 had more participants than 112, 160, and 285, as well as having the same number of participants as 130, 189, and 215.

agree!

When, if at all, will the changes be made?

Not sure on when, sometime this month or next I believe? Vader, our district had a ton of 103 also. I'm worried if we add upper weights, ther'll be more open wts.

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Originally posted by Eagle1:
I'd like to keep it like it is but change 103 to 106 or 107.

Yes, I think I know why too. LOL!

I don't think anything is broken in our current system, so why mess with it? That is my two cents.

Please don't increase the 103 pound weight class. Wrestling is one of the few sports where the little guy is not getting phased out. A further increase in the lightest weight would only discourage those kids that don't even weigh 100 pounds.

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Yes, I think I know why too. LOL!

Darn, you caught me Well, if he stays where he is now, he could make 103 next year again but it'll be tough

I was a heavyweight wrestler for 3 years in high school. I weighed 220 as a Sophmore but wrestled up because of an upper classman. As a Senior I had to cut down from 310 during football to make the then 275 class. What I would like to see is a 230 or 235 class and then unlimited heavyweight, or a 300 lb. There are actually some kids that don't want to cut the 25 pounds just so they can make a weight class. As a football coach as well I love having a 300 lb. lineman and then to ask him to cut 20 lbs. to wrestle just isn't right. Again, biased on that weight. I like option B though for choices.

I think it is time for a change in our distict the past two years there has been five 103s. Both years we have had a kid make it to state without winning a single match. I know alot of schools in our area are getting small kids to come out for duels just to get their hands raised. While due to injury we had two jv kids who made it to state in the upper weights due to injury of a varsity wrestler and this is in class D. I just think kids are getting bigger and a change is overdue.

Just guessing the five 103 pounders in districts two years straight was in Class A with a maximum of 8 wrestlers?

Todd Meneely was in the 85 lb. range as an eighth grader and had to push to get big enough for 103. Andy Pokorny wrestled his freshman year way under the 103 weight and didn't medal, then won three straight state titles after growing a bit.

Some people simply have smaller body structure or take longer to grow.

Raising the 103 weight class will exclude some very good athletes.

Shawn Nagel is another wrestler in this category. Weighed 95lbs or less most of his freshman year including State, lost in the finals his freshman year and then won 3 state titles!

While it is clear there are still the tiny 103's, they are the exception, not the rule. On the other hand, I think the 300 lb kid wanting to wrestle but not wanting to cut 25 pounds is thee exception at hwt. as well. Some don't want to cut the 25 lbs to make hwt? Wahhhhh! Kids in the middle weights have the same issue when trying to make the varsity lineup in many situations. I understand that coaches want to fill their lineups and the proposed changes might not do anything to help at the extreme higher and lower ends. We can't however, have 20 weight classes to make sure everyone gets a weight class that fits them best. This is about what works best overall for Nebraska High School wrestling. I like option B. It puts an equal amount of kids at each weight according to the write up. Before anyone says, "Well, you probably didn't have to deal with being too small for one weight class but too big for the other" I was in this situation my sr. year. Too big for 171 but undersized for 189 (18 pound gap btw!)

Willie Schwartzkopf weighed in around 7 pounds under 171, (173) at the State Tournament. Wrestled all year weighing that much less than his competitors. He lost 3 matches all year. He lost twice to Will Brown, and once to a Wyoming State Champ. He won the State Championship.
Jordan Debus wrestled 189, and ate everything in sight all year. He also lifted hard all through wrestling. I know he wrestled kids that were cutting probably 10 lbs or more. He was undefeated and also State Champ. These kids wrestled in these weights for the team. They didn't mind it either that they got to eat!
There is a big gap between 171 and 189, and 189 and 215, and -- 215 and 285.
Mitchell had 2 wrestlers at 103 this year. Seems to me there were quite a few little guys around this year, at least in our district. I don't like it when they start messing with the weights. There is always going to be someone that has to cut or is undersized for the weight they are wrestling. I think it is your skill, determination and experience that win matches and championships.

light weights and heavys are feast or famine.
you either have a ton or just a few and thats the way its always been and will be changing weight classes wont change that.
98 used to have plenty of kids as well as 105
until they changed.