Yesterday's 6A team race made me go back and look at the history on Mitch Beims's (incredible) state wrestling history website.

The 2018 team title race had the closest point spread between the first- and third-place 6A teams since the state moved to 14 weight classes in 1996. The 8.5-point spread between the top three teams in 2018 tied the 2010 race (Goddard/Derby/Wichita Heights), but 2018 was slightly closer 1st-4th than 2010.

The 1.5-point deficit between OLN and Team Top Hat was the smallest winning margin since that same 2010 season, and was larger only than Hutchinson's 2002 win over Manhattan by 1 point (that one also involved OLN coach Josh Carroll, whose upset vs. Hemmerling in the 215 finals gave Hutchinson the victory).

So it's safe to say, yesterday's result was as crazy if not crazier than any 6A state tournament since the state moved to 14 weight classes 20+ years ago.

Other fun facts:
-Goddard's 250 points yesterday set a state record for team points. However, they "only" doubled the second place team. 1984 Beloit scored 2.4x the amount of points of second place, winning 193 - 81.5.
-Also in 1984, Emporia won the state title by .5 points over Wichita North
-In 1994, Wichita West won the state title by .5 points over SM West