These are the NWKL coaches when I was in school a long time ago;

Larry Gable, ST Francis
Gus Garcia, Atwood
Buzz Matson, Oberlin
Jake Durham, Norton
Rocky Welton, Goodland
Pudge Wilson, Colby
Dale Samuelson, Oakley

Cant remember the coach at Hoxie-can picture, but don't know the name. At least 3 of these are already in the hall of fame, imho 3 others should be. It's funny how almost 30 years later I still remember their mannerisms, reactions, etc.

This was back in the day when the NWKL dominated wrestling in 3-2-1A Two questions-was it the changeover in coaches when these gentlemen started moving on that let other areas catch up? Or was it purely a numbers game as the towns started to shrink?