I don't have time to do the research at the moment, but my hypothesis is that your stats on State Qualifiers would seem to prove my point. How is that?
Well...I would venture to say that 65% of IHSAA wrestlers go to 3A schools, 26% go to 2A schools, and 9% go to 1A schools. In other words, if those 2 figures match up (overall wrestling population by school vs. state finals participation) then that would seem to say that where you go to school doesn't matter.
If the Ellis kid from Eastern went to Ben Davis, Penn, or Warren Central...that kid is still going to win state.
What am I missing?