Who looks strong next season?

Obviously Clay Center, they return 9 of 13 state qualifiers with 5 returning placers. Then you probably have to look at Colby who returns 7 and Labette County who returns 7 qualifiers. Andale, Andover Central, and Chanute all look to be very tough as well.

Baldwin looks strong with 3 guys returning that all finished in the Top 3 last year at their weights.

Mark my words Chanute will be tough in 2-3 years. They have alot coming up!.

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Colby returns 3 state placers: Luedke (3rd-125), Olsen (6th-130), and Kriss (5th- 215).

Colby also returns 6 state qualifiers: Reed (103), Wark (112), Zweygardt (140), Arnberger (160), Kriss (171), and Brown (285).

Brewer, who was a state qualifier in 2006, will be in the mix next year too.

Rose Hill is going to be hurting for the next few years. The whole team pretty much rests on Zach Sparr.

4A STATE RETURNING POINTS for 2007-08

1-Andover Central, 3 SQ, 3 SP, 67.5 pts
2-Andale, 4 SQ, 4 SP, 65 pts
3-Colby, 9 SQ, 3 SP, 59 pts
4-Santa Fe Trail, 4 SQ, 3 SP, 59 pts
5-Clay Center, 8 SQ, 4 SP, 58 pts
6-Baldwin, 5 SQ, 3 SP, 56.5 pts
7-Chanute, 4 SQ, 3 SP, 54 pts
8-Goodland, 8 SQ, 2 SP, 52 pts
9-Pittsburg, 3 SQ, 2 SP, 48.5 pts
10-Augusta, 5 SQ, 3 SP, 45 pts
11-Labette County, 6 SQ, 2 SP, 39 pts
12-Prairie View, 5 SQ, 2 SP, 31 pts
13-Ulysses, 2 SQ, 1 SP, 30 pts
14-Paola, 3 SQ, 1 SP, 29.5 pts
15-Columbus, 3 SQ, 1 SP, 25 pts
16-Piper, 1 SQ, 1 SP, 21 pts
17-Royal Valley, 3 SQ, 2 SP, 19 pts
18-Rose Hill, 2 SQ, 1 SP, 18 pts
19-Pratt, 8 SQ, 1 SP, 18 pts
20-Hays-TMP, 2 SQ, 1 SP, 17 pts

The most important factor to take into account though, is how much teams will improve over the summer. Its really pretty hard to tell this early who will be the front runner next year.