Originally posted by DOUG MOORE:
I believe the reason why the Grand State was discontinued was because the basketball Grand State failed. Wrestling, of course, was the first to be held and as far as I know was a complete success. I have never heard anyone say something negative about it. So, if wrestling has one, why shouldn't basketball? Since wrestling is part individual, part team, it made no difference what class the wrestler was from. With basketball, however, the large classes were by far much better than the smaller schools and therefore it was a failure. There was no "Hoosiers" phenomenon happening here. In conclusion, basketball didn't work, so therefore, we will not have wrestling either.
Something interesting about Grand State Basketball: The first Girls' Grand Champion was a 1a school (Jackson Heights). The second year, Highland park won, though... So I really don't understand why they discontuned Grand State even for basketball...
