One reason I think those teams from Hoxie and Norton and Sainty were so tough historically was the calibre of competition that existed at the time. That league was at the apex of its toughness at that time. There were a lot of Big 8 wrestlers that came off those squads at that time. Heck Colby would win the Garden City tourney then and place last or next to last in the NWKL. At that time they didnt have a team in the league that wasn't state tough.