Alex (Bronco Wrestler) - I felt your were "out of bounds" on your OW comment, which is how I got involved in this topic to start with, but I have to comment one more time.

You obviously do not know what it took to get the Colby team the approval, funds, and transportation to Texas the ONE time that they went. It was an extraordinay effort by eveyone on the coaching staff, (Cudo's to then Coach Beims, and Ric Williams (aka RJW@1) their connections, and the donations of the community itself.

This was basically a PRIVATELY FUNDED trip. JUST AS IT COULD BE FOR ANY SCHOOL. Just like the movie, "Build it and they will come" - "Want it, and you can raise the funds" Seriously, that is what happened.

You continue to show your lack of knowledge of Cokely in your posts. "sorry you feel your team is so much better or whoever, that they must travel to find the best competition because apparently Kansas can't provide it." That is not even remotely his concern. If you would check, his "team" sent ONE person to the state tourny. It is not a powerhouse like Bishop Carrol, Derby, the "old" Hoxie teams, etc.. His interest is NOT PERSONAL, it is for the STATE AS A WHOLE.

Your last comment about about showing you how traveling to a large tournament makes wrestling in Kansas better... do you really need an explantation as to how an athlete gets better competing against better competition than they see on a normal basis? Are you serious, do you really beleive you do not improve by competing against top level competition?

Lastly, YIKES!! Am I reading that correctly? Are you saying our coaching is sub par? Is this your opinion "in general" or in western Kansas, or what exactly do you mean by that?