I think you are dismissing this element too easily. I think good coaching and program development has a lot to do with those state championships. I may not have this exactly but I think Gwen Pike is the Bishop Miege girls volleyball coach. I believe she has been there about 30 years in that role and I believe she has about 19 state titles. She just won her 1,000 game this year. Terry English the Miege girls basketball coach has been there about 34 years with about 16 state titles. These two Miege girl coaches are very good and have definitely been a major factor in the success of these teams. They have developed winning programs. They have been a major factor in their team's success and I believe they would have been successful at both public or private schools. I believe Tony Severino the Rockhurst high school football coach also won a state championship at SM Northwest before he took the Rockhurst High School position.

The same can also be said about the impact of very good public coaches like Van Rose the SM Northwest cross country coach who has about 31 boys and girls state titles. The SM East boys swimming and diving coach has a strong long term success with state titles too. There have been numerous success stories like these in specific Kansas high school sports both in public and private schools that have successful long term coaches who have developed their programs over a period of years.

You also made a statement that wrestling is the only sport not dominated by the parochial schools. I do not agree with that either. The parochial schools have had some success in football but they far from dominate it. There are other sports too like track and field that they do not dominate.