while that may be true, there are so many really good programs now that when the four far west guys get back on their game there will also be more eastern teams that have come up, SFT , Augusta, Andale, even Mulvane had a champion and were pretty good as a team a couple years ago.
I have family in Scott City and I really think that they will be 3a in another few years, if not next year. I agree that those programs are just down for now, but I think they will have to get even better than they were before to be dominant because the quality curve is ascending to the extent that "good" is not good enough anymore. I really hate to say it because I dearly love the northwest kansas league and their neighbors, but when the western guys reload I believe that they will just be four more good teams among several good teams, instead of the favorites to win it all.
