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I think Mrs. Scott should be in the Kansas wrestling hall of fame for producing four boys that were true pioneers and ambassadors of Kansas wrestling. All four wrestled, two placed at state, three wrestled in college and three returned to coach high school.
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Would like to hear more about some of the coaches who got programs started around the state.
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Mike actually resigned at Liberal last spring and has been replaced by an assistant. I'm not sure who they hired.
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Jim Williams started wrestling @ Anthony High School in 1966. In 1970 the school became Chaparral. He was also my wrestling coach.
Jim explains that he had a study hall with all boys in it around 1965. Most of them were "country boys", one day one of the kids asked why we didn't have a wrestling team? So, Jim told all the boys to go to the library or where ever they could to find out more about wrestling and they would make it a class project. Most were not out for a sport after school as they did chores. So, during class time after they came up with the general idea of how to, they "practiced" in the gym during classtime using the old cottony type of wall mats behind the basketball goals. Well all the boys took to it and kinda liked the rough play, so he later went to the school board and told of the experiance and they went for it, as the Superintendant at the time "knew of no other activity that teaches a student so much about life".
He talked his brother Bill into coaching the Harper kids a year later, as we were the same school district back then also.
Jim Coached through 1980 season when he became the Principal @ Harper grade school.
During his tenure he produced 1 State Champion and 10 state medalists.
Long time Andale Coach and Official: Bill Scheffler told me stories of when he coached in the old Anthony Municipal Hall were some of the wildest experiances of his career.
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Charles Gowdy started the Emporia High Wrestling program in 1955 with Assistant Coach Pat Sands. Their first official year of wrestling was in 1957. Coach Sands took over in 1968 until he retired in 1990 after winning 6 state championships. Coach Paul Dorathy took over after Coach Sands. Coach Dorathy is now the Superintendent of Schools in Baldwin City. Hall of Famer Curtis Simons took the helm after the 1993 school year and coached until the end of the 2004 season, winning 3 team titles. Greg Buckbee led the Spartans from 2005 to 2009 and won a team title in 2009. I would guess that he is on a very short list of coaches to win state titles at 2 different schools? I think that is very impressive. Dennis Charbonneau took over after Coach Buckbee in time for the 2010 season is currently the head coach. Charb is also on the list of coaches to win state titles at two different schools. I am REALLY biased but, I think Emporia has a pretty impressive history with several legends and a couple more that will be legends. All told, 11 team titles, 48 individual champions and more Centennial League titles than I have fingers and toes. Ryan Karjala, a long time assistant maintains a very impressive website that has much of this information on it. http://www.usd253.org/ehswrest/wrestle.htmAlso, there is an incredible Facebook page dedicated to the history of Emporia Wrestling. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Emporia-Kansas-Wrestling/131967940195701
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Doug Moore continues to be an integral part of Concordia wrestling 30 + years later. However, in between Larry Hartshorn and Doug Moore was another great coach in Keith Sherwood. Coach Sherwood was an amazing motivator and one of toughest people I've ever been around. He served as Coach Moore's assistant for many years before becoming an administrator.
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Charles Gowdy started the Emporia High Wrestling program in 1955 with Assistant Coach Pat Sands. Their first official year of wrestling was in 1957. Coach Sands took over in 1968 until he retired in 1990 after winning 6 state championships. Coach Paul Dorathy took over after Coach Sands. Coach Dorathy is now the Superintendent of Schools in Baldwin City. Hall of Famer Curtis Simons took the helm after the 1993 school year and coached until the end of the 2004 season, winning 3 team titles. Greg Buckbee led the Spartans from 2005 to 2009 and won a team title in 2009. I would guess that he is on a very short list of coaches to win state titles at 2 different schools? I think that is very impressive. Dennis Charbonneau took over after Coach Buckbee in time for the 2010 season is currently the head coach. Charb is also on the list of coaches to win state titles at two different schools. I am REALLY biased but, I think Emporia has a pretty impressive history with several legends and a couple more that will be legends. All told, 11 team titles, 48 individual champions and more Centennial League titles than I have fingers and toes. Ryan Karjala, a long time assistant maintains a very impressive website that has much of this information on it. http://www.usd253.org/ehswrest/wrestle.htmAlso, there is an incredible Facebook page dedicated to the history of Emporia Wrestling. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Emporia-Kansas-Wrestling/131967940195701 I am not sure I would be promoting the Pat Sands era.  Just saying...
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I am not sure I would be promoting the Pat Sands era. Just saying... Ouch!
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Does starting a program in a new school qualify for this discussion? If so, Wichita Heights opened in school year 1961-62, suffered through a "Death Penalty" from the KSHSAA in 1964 and won the first of their State Championships in 1968. The Falcons won 10 GWAL titles from 1964-1974 and their second State Championship in 1968 while finishing in the top 5 at the state tournament each of those years.
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Does starting a program in a new school qualify for this discussion? If so, Wichita Heights opened in school year 1961-62, suffered through a "Death Penalty" from the KSHSAA in 1964 and won the first of their State Championships in 1968. The Falcons won 10 GWAL titles from 1964-1974 and their second State Championship in 1968 while finishing in the top 5 at the state tournament each of those years. WOW! The KSHSAA Death Penalty?? What happened there? That sounds like a great story. Must be better than the KMC ordeal in the mid 80's.
Will Cokeley
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1965: Turner started its program under Coach Gerald Haney...in just three years he produced a state champ and three state placers.
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Coach Travis Keal 1st and only head coach at Mill Valley Est. 2000
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Fred Scott has personally confirmed the "Long John" story to me Mr. Mann.
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For all of those interested, the following link has the history of coaches and team results for Seaman High School... http://www.usd345.com/education/page/dow...ondetailid=4558
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Troy, Rock had no reason to tell a whopper like that!
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Barry, I am pretty sure the Seaman wrestling team of 2005-2006 finished 11th at the State tournament, not 20th.
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Troy, it appears you are correct. According to KSHSAA, it was 11th place team finish in '06.
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It was Emporia's way to combat the advantage of the private schools... 
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I believe if you get down to who started wrestling in Kansas, Tom Faust's name needs to be brought up in most of the comments! That man started up and drove wrestling to where its at today in the state of Kansas. We all owe a lot to that man!
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I'm curious about Scott City, any info out there?
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