As I said public school dynasties come and go. Private schhol dynasties seem to go on forever. It is just not the number of state championships, it is the filling of the state level brackets with the private school team. Go look at the brackets. If there are multiple private schools in a class in a sport, at least 1/4 to 1/2 of the schools will be private.

Not to knock their team or school, my middle son went there and played there, but look at Leavenworth HS Football. This has to be the worst record in Kansas. I know of a 26 year list of good coaches. Could not win. May a game or 2 some year, followed by no wins for the next couple of years. Why all these losses. A big percentage of the kids are military dependents. Dad will only be stationed at Fort Leavenworth for a couple of years. A good kid comes in as a freshman--coaches work with him and he show promise--dad is reassigned and the kid moves. Or a kid comes in as a senior and the coach gets him for only one year. All good coaches who burn out and leave after three or four years. Or, use Leavenworth basketnall. That coach has been there for a long time and every year produces a good team. How, most of his players are not military kids, so they are in the Leavenworth system through middle and high school.

Yes, coaches do make a difference. But, I still contend kids are the main factor in successful program.

Lets us example of a super exceptional private school sports dybnasty. Rockhurst HS. Rockhurst HS sit on the east side of State line Road in KC MO. Across the street is the State of Kansas (the Shawnee Mission USD). I do not know but I would guess that there are student (and athletes) from Kansas who go to Rockhurst. Hell of an attendance area---South KCMO plus a good chunk of Johnson County, KS. If not then I am wrong---perhaps Missouri has a rule that prevents out of state residents attending MSHSAA menmber schools.

You, in your support of the private school dominance in athletics, refuse to rationaize why they are so, and by emphasizing the coaches, are ignoring the student athletes and how so many of the top few get to your schools year after year. Is it Cokely's promotion, is it recruiting, is the unrestricted residence area. What is it. It is just not Bill Mason who thinks this, but a whole lot of public school coaches, administrators, athletes, parents and fans.

Some questions need to be asked and answered.

I have nothing personal against private or parochial schools. We are not Catholic. We sent our youngest son to a local Catholic elementary school--until we pulled him out because of a wacko nun teacher and a wacko nun principal. The son was drawing skateboarder symbols and the nuns were adament he was drawing swastikas. Had the nuns ask him what a swastika was and he said he did not know. when I asked the nuns how many of the 5th graders could explain immaculate conception, thats when we parted company!