acbulldog, I think that 98% of the time is a bit of an exaggeration. Lets just look at this year for example: Perry Tournament, Carroll beats the Ark, Newton, Carroll beats the Ark, State, Carroll beats the Ark, Derby, the Ark beats Carroll, Regionals, the Ark beats Carroll. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that�s Bishop Carroll 3, Ark City 2, or an Ark City winning % of 40%. Great rivalry, glad to wrestle you guys to make each team just that much tougher come state time, but please lets try and keep things in perspective. Yes Ark City has the history and tradition over Bishop Carroll, I'm not going to argue that one bit, but recent history has shown a darn good battle between the schools and I for one would like to see that continue.

LancerM & acbulldog, several questions to you both are, you seem very sure that ALL Catholic schools recruit. When you say ALL Catholic schools, do you mean to say ALL private schools, as I am sure that there are other private, NON-Catholic schools out there as well? I just want to make sure that we are talking about the same thing here. Next question is that you both seem very sure that ALL Catholic schools recruit. Do you have any proof of this accusation? Do you have any names of athletes that have been recruited by Catholic schools? I was a student of Bishop Carroll as well as a coach at this school and I have never known or heard of any student being recruited or given preferential treatment due to his or her athletic ability. I do know that any student wishing to attend Bishop Carroll must be in good standing with their parish before even being considered for any openings at the school. As Coach Finkeldei pointed out in another post, there are currently only 3 non-Catholic students in attendance at Bishop Carroll and that is due to family relations that work at the school. Granted, we are not restricted by the public school zones that determine which public school a student will attend, but we are forced to follow the same recruiting rules and regulations as any other school.

Catholic School Dynasty? I don't think you can call it a dynasty just yet, maybe after another 10 years or so of success. 2 titles in 4 years doesn't quite constitute a dynasty in my books.