Kansas Wrestling Forums General Discussion High School Cutting Programs

It does bother me that Colby has continued to lose its ties to those great western Kansas kids they used to get to come in and have opted for Eastern Europeans instead much like Neosho did when they won the national title when coach Pack was still there. When you only have five wrestlers from the state of Kansas and only one doesn't hail from Colby you have to wonder if they are more interested in winning or bringing in students. Four of Colby's out of staters are within the area with three coming from Colorado and the other from Wyoming. The other guys are from manly the East Coast and the Eastern Hemisphere. To be fair many of Labette's "out of state wrestlers" are within a couple of hours with many coming from Oklahoma and Missouri. The only truly out of area wrestlers are the two from Texas, three from Florida and one from Colorado. All of the Florida kids are from the same school as the assistant coach also. Neosho also only has six wrestlers who are not within the four state area of Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Pratt has done an excellent job of keeping instate talent just hope they can keep the program headed towards greater success and compete with three other schools.