Each region has 56 qualifiers

Region 1: 126 (11 teams)
Region 2: 142 (16 teams)
Region 3: 110 (12 teams)
Region 4: 86 (9 teams, 2 teams with 0 kids)
Region 5: 128 (11 teams)
Region 6: 139 (12 teams)
Region 7: 179 (17 teams)
Region 8: Not released

Looks like realignment needs to take place. Several kids in region 4 have already qualified without stepping on the mat. Region 7 has 179 kids and 17 teams alone!

Fern Creek drives past region 4 schools to go to the region 3 tournament. If you switched them from Region 3 to Region 4 those two regions would be balanced out kids wise. Would still be the two smallest regions in the state with Eastern dropping their program and programs like Seneca, Shawnee, DuPont Manual, and Iroquois rarely fielding more than five kids on their team. Not going after anyone but it's a bad situation for wrestling in Louisville

Region 2 has 5 teams with more than 12 kids.

Why not shift Meade to region 3

Just now, wrastler_ said:

Why not shift Meade to region 3

It used to be in that region

For numbers purposes it would make sense if they went back.

Region 7 is also looking at possibility of adding more teams next year. Its already brutal to get to state. 

Think Somerset will be coming on. Heard if they get it, The 2 Pulaski schools might too. Corbin looking to add. And Ive also heard both Laurel co schools. 

Plus Lynn Camp is already on, they just didnt have any hs kids this year, only some m.s. kids. He should have some on hs next year. 

36 minutes ago, coachteater said:

Region 7 is also looking at possibility of adding more teams next year. Its already brutal to get to state. 

Think Somerset will be coming on. Heard if they get it, The 2 Pulaski schools might too. Corbin looking to add. And Ive also heard both Laurel co schools. 

Plus Lynn Camp is already on, they just didnt have any hs kids this year, only some m.s. kids. He should have some on hs next year. 

I didnt want to speak for you.... I know of possibly 3 more region 1 teams coming too.

2 hours ago, coachteater said:

Region 7 is also looking at possibility of adding more teams next year. Its already brutal to get to state. 

Think Somerset will be coming on. Heard if they get it, The 2 Pulaski schools might too. Corbin looking to add. And Ive also heard both Laurel co schools. 

Plus Lynn Camp is already on, they just didnt have any hs kids this year, only some m.s. kids. He should have some on hs next year. 

So let's turn the Louie B. Nunn parkway area into a region, Adding Wayne, and Taylor County. Especially if South Warren starts as soon as it is saying it is. That could bring back Barren County. You could move the Owensboro schools back to Region 1, move the 3 Bullitt County schools to Region 2 and combine the rest of the Region 3 and 4 schools into one region. Either way realignment is going to have to happen. We are definitely fast approaching scenarios where every region will have to be two days. 

3 hours ago, halfhalfhalf said:

I didn't want to speak for you.... I know of possibly 3 more region 1 teams coming too.

3? 3 different Madisonville schools?