Well for one thing they are mostly kids. Kids talk smack, even when we don't want them to. Often when smack has been spoken, it is hard to find the smacker when the smackee comes looking for him after delivering physical smack on the mat. Its just a whole lot of smack don't you think. Its funny, I coached at Schlagle when we trophied in 5A state and nobody ever said a word about where we were from. Bob Brown at Wyandotte had 10 or 11 state champions in a decade and nobody ever said a word about where they were from. Where was all that smack then. Lots of those schools that have been mentioned in this thread didnt have any of that success in that time. I just think its getting better, all smack aside. Paola won a state championship last year, Blue Valley a couple of years ago, Columbus several times (they are in the east you know), Effingham last year and third this year. Hey that ain't too bad..... and that ain't just smack either lol.