I may have misinterpreted the original message on this post and if I did I apologize. If the question is "Can a single town from eastern KS compete year in and year out with western KS teams" than the answer may be "yes" as Beloit did 20-25 yrs. ago. I took the original post to mean "Are eastern KS teams/programs gaining on the western KS powerhouses?" If that was the meaning then the answer is still "no".