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Using the most current team rankings against the newest regional alignments, here is what we got:

Region 1: One top ten team.

Region 2: ZERO top ten teams.

Region 3: Three top ten teams.

Region 4: Five top ten teams. #1, #2, #3, #4 and #6

Twenty-some years ago, this was the case in Region 1 quite often.

Take the 1994 state tournament, for example. Here are the Region 1 teams and how they finished at the state tournament.

Parkersburg 1
Parkersburg South 2
Wheeling Park 4
John Marshall 7
Brooke 8
Weir 12
Oak Glen 20

And I can't remember if it was that year or 1995 that the top 5 kids in one of the lower weight classes were all Region 1 wrestlers, so one of them had to stay home.

Wrestling
AAA
Region I
Brooke, Buckhannon-Upshur, John Marshall, Morgantown, Preston, University, Wheeling Park
Region II
Hampshire, Hedgesville, Jefferson, Martinsburg, Musselman, Spring Mills, Washington
Region III
Capital, George Washington, Greenbrier East, Princeton, Riverside, South Charleston, St. Albans, Woodrow Wilson
Region IV
Cabell Midland, Huntington, Hurricane, Parkersburg, Parkersburg South, Ripley, Spring Valley

AA/A
Region I
Berkeley Springs, Bishop Donahue, Cameron, East Fairmont, Fairmont Senior, Frankfort, Keyser, Madonna, Magnolia, North Marion, Oak Glen, Petersburg, Ritchie County, St. Mary’s, Tyler Consolidated, Weir, Wheeling Central
Region II
Braxton County, Bridgeport, Clay County, Clay-Battelle, Doddridge County, East Hardy, Elkins, Grafton, Lewis County, Liberty, Lincoln, Moorefield, Philip Barbour, Roane County, Robert C Byrd, South Harrison
Region III
Bluefield, Fayetteville, Greenbrier West, Herbert Hoover, Independence, Liberty (R), Meadow Bridge, Midland Trail, Nicholas County, Oak Hill, Pike View, Richwood, River View, Shady Spring, Webster County, Wyoming East
Region IV
Buffalo, Calhoun County, Lincoln County, Logan, Mingo Central, Parkersburg Catholic, Point Pleasant, Nitro, Poca, Ravenswood, Sissonville, St. Joseph, Wahama, Williamstown, Winfield, Wirt