Les, we all appreciate the vigor you promote western Kansas wrestling with and it makes great fodder for these forums. But when are these great teams going to travel and face the competition you readily promote they will defeat? Garden City is given all the credit for coming to Basehor and beating the Kansas field and a very mediocre Iowa team handily and Hutch had a respectable showing at Lees Summit - but that is it. To back up the smack you have been running you need something beside statistics and the watered-down Kansas state tournament system. Send a team to Lees Summit, Ray South or Platte County MO; Lincoln East or Omaha Skutt Nebraska; Broken Arrow Duals; Sioux City Heelan Duals, Urbandale Invite, or Mt. Ayr Duals in Iowa. How about The Clash at Rochester, MN Mayo or the Reno NV TOC. Or barring all that at least travel to Washburn Rural and put a team up again Jeff City Helias? Do you see the point that us in the KC area struggle with. We see the Oak Parks, Blue Springs, and Platte Countys, the Shawnee Heights and others travel and back up their smack with beating diverse competition. These fantastic Western teams need to go somewhere besides their backyard to garner the respect they deserve.