Thanks Mitch for your work! Very familiar with Beloit program during the dynasty run. Had never really looked at it from the perspective that Beloit alone had almost half the state finalists (34 of 72) during that 6 yr. stretch. The 1984 team had the 3rd ever 4 time state champion in Ks. Matt Treaster. Also the 1984 team owns the largest margin of victory (team pts.) ever at a State tournament any class 193 to 81.5 over runner-up Columbus, this happening with just 12 wts., 6 state champions also still a record (almost 7, other guy lost by 1 pt.), also had there been 6 medals/wt. class all 12 from Beloit would have placed at state. We often thought that we had other potential state champions on our jv team, for sure state placers. We would send our jv to varsity tournaments and win them. Often our toughest matches were during the challenge matches in the practice room. I of many highlights in 1984 was lining up 12 wrestlers (12 wts.) at BOTH the 1984 Norton Invitational, AND the Norton 4A substate tournament, Beloit took the whole side of the mat during finals introductions, fun times! 1985 team lost a state champion from 1984 due to a knee injury, or we could have had 1 more state champion quite possibly. He won his state championship match in 1984 15-1, and the wrestler he defeated in 1984 won state in 1985 in his weight class. Many were disappointed when the 1986 team didn't make that streak 7 straight! They certainly had the potential to do that. As I recall our dual steak during that stretch was about 120-130 straight dual wins and no tournament losses. It was actually ended when our jv lost to a varsity team, which counted as a varsity match on the schedule. Again thanks for the work on this. Always wished someone would write a book about these years at Beloit! TONS of storylines!
Last edited by Black Machine; 01/14/16 07:08 PM.