Come Saturday evening, there are going to be some unhappy teams around the state, and with good reason ...

As always seems to be the case, unfortunately, some of the state's premier teams will be one and done in the state series, victims of geography or the IHSA's policy of using a tournament format to determine who qualifies for the dual-team sectionals ...

In a lot of regionals, it doesn't make a difference how the sectional team qualifier is determined because there's such a gap between the best and the rest ...

But that's not the case in several regionals that have two or even three strong teams ... the toughest cuts will come at Andrew, Lake Park and Minooka, all of whose fields include two teams ranked in the Illinois Best Weekly's top 10 ...

At Andrew, it's three-time defending state champ and No. 4 Sandburg squaring off with No. 6 Lincoln-Way Central; at Lake Park, it's No. 2 Glenbard North and No. 9 Wheaton North; and at Minooka, it's No. 3 Providence and the No, 10 hosts ...

That three top-10 teams will be out of the bracket right away while other, unranked squads will advance because they're not located in wrestling hotbeds just doesn't seem fair ... it's an inequity the IHSA should address ... if the state does, then perhaps the dual-team playoffs -- long overshadowed by the individual tournament -- will become more than the afterthought they've been for all but the handful of teams capable of winning state ...