However, he is a 321a guy from Western Kansas. It always seems like the talk of "who's who" comes down to east and west, and this year I am going to look outside the box and say that the East guys taken across the board may be the superior guys-- so far they haven't all decided to go to a private school, so they are on different teams. Norton appears to me to be the superior team, but its pretty hard to discount the efforts of Turner High School. By using the Bashor scores to prove a point is really not a very good test, since only 2 really far west teams competed, which is like ten per cent of the competition, against many of the best eastern teams extant. Add Norton, St. Francis, Oakley into the mix and you would have a bit different score. Same holds true for Garden City, No eastern schools except for Bashor chose to make the trip, due to budget, time, travel fatigue, etc. Goodland made the effort, wrestled with that problem, and did well. Newton was a good test because of their central location, and it was a very good test. Norton came out on top there, and earned it, but very close competition resulted. That to me shows how close it really is between the classes and the sides of the state, and even though I am a western fan, I think this year both sides and all three classes have a legitimate argument, because all have good individuals, and the team argument is just crazy between about 5 or 6 schools!