Castle and Central Sectionals, net effect:
The Castle sectional loses 10th place finisher Tell City and 3rd place finisher Reitz, in exchange for 10th place finisher Wood Memorial (Central sectional) and 9th place finisher Washington (Southridge sectional).
The Central sectional loses 10th place finisher Wood Memorial and 7th place finisher Pike Central in exchange for 3rd place finisher Reitz.
As a result, 5 of the top 7 teams of the 2017 Castle regional will be....at the Central sectional. The only way you could make the Castle sectional even weaker is to make the Knights compete at Central.
Ridiculous.
Speaking of Castle, who voted to move the regional to North? Castle sets the bar for hosting a tournament: great facilities, extremely organized, starts/ends on time, great concessions and outstanding volunteers.
Has North ever hosted a tournament?
North entered nine wrestlers in the sectional. Nine.
In the dual meet against Mater Dei, the Huskies brought six varsity wrestlers and zero jv wrestlers. Are they going to have enough volunteers to staff and run a regional?
Here's a novel idea-- let North host the SIAC or sectional. See how it goes for a couple of years, THEN let them host the regional. This is a case study of being set up to fail.