I have read every post and I wanted to call Mike Rogers and to get the real story but here is my guess:

Colt quit traveling and wrestling outside of HS because he LOVES to play football and he is involved in track. Smith Center's football program,my guess, takes total focus on football. On top of that, carrying the ball as much as he does takes its toll on your body. Colt made the choice NOT to be an elite national level wrestler. Winning state four times is a great accomplishment but does not make him one of the best guys we have on the mat right now. The way to be elite it to wrestle 10 to 11 months of the year and seek the best competition in the country. The FAB 5 doesn't punish kids for not doing this, it REWARDS those who sacrificed other sports or opportunities to be the best of the best. Personally, I wish Colt would have applied himself to wrestling and been on every one of the cadet dual and junior dual teams. I would have loved to have had him at the SP Camps and Fargo Camps the last three years. If he would have MADE THE CHOICE to do these things he would most certainly be one of the best of the best. To me the big school vs small school argument is a dead horse. 321A is NOT what it was and it will continue to be diminished by the shrinking populations of these towns. At the Big School vs Small School dual last year nearly every 321A wrestler was defeated. I would expect the same result this year. It is just a fact. Seeing all of these communities die is not a good thing but it is happening and the 321A schools are going to have to make it to Newton, Garden City, Basehor, and Derby to seek the best competition. Wrestling small NE and CO schools is not going to cut it. You will find the same situation in CO, OK, and MO. The small schools cannot compete with the big schools in wrestling, in general. The state champs from the bigger programs are better than those from the smaller programs. Just the way it is in 2010.