I do not think anyone should speculate on why people left Neosho without the proper information. I know why Sponsel left Neosho but I do not beleive it is fair to Neosho to broadcast his reasons on a message board. I will say however it was not because he was discouraged over losses that he had and it is not because he is a quitter (whatever that is suppose to imply). And I will say that the reason he left, accroding to him, is the exact same reason the other three or four people left.

And, for the record Ark City, was the best team in 5A last year because they won state. Altough we did beat them by 60 points at regionals the week before they showed up at state and beat us by 10 or so. (Our ability to choke has already been well documented on this message board)

As for this year we face KC Turner at the Chanute tournament on January 31 and, if Figge and Steinmetz are back, we will be able to establish who is best. But even a victory there does not protect against another state collapse.

How is Ark City doing this year? If Ark City won 5A state last year that means I loose that argument. I still think BC is the team to beat in 5A this year, but we'll see. I,m glad Kansas has Neosho for wrestling but they need to iron some things out. Sometimes it just boils down to that a certain college wasnt what the student thought it was. Nothing to do with the college could be the student or the college.