98 One advantage of wrestling as a varsity sport in high school and college is its weight-class system. Little guys are as valuable as big guys. What wrestlers hate most is starving and dehydrating. They do this to reach the lowest possible weight that leaves them with sufficient strength to finish their next match. The result is one exhausted, underfed wrestler struggling on the mat with another exhausted, underfed wrestler.
Wrestlers cutting weight feel miserable.
They can't concentrate, and they fall asleep in class. They have no energy left for activities besides wrestling and no friends besides other wrestlers because they are too grouchy. It behooves us to wait for all the facts to emerge before jumping to conclusions about what should be done. Nevertheless, I have a suggestion. For most meets, high school wrestlers are required to weigh in 1 hour before the start of the meet.