So next year...Who's going to be the competition?

top 4 of 135 are returning, i dont know what weight they will all go but all of those kids are probably capable of being champs if they are at the right weight.

Schridde graduates this year. Great Bend is returning 6 state qualifiers of them one state placer. They ought to be pretty good next year also.

Is Liberal 5a? If so Bach is Bach..er Back.

Yes at this time Liberal is 5a but with Western Kansas growth, and another potential Packing Plant likely to be built in Hooker Oklahoma "Which would be the Largest Beef Slaughter Plant in the USA" Liberals population will explode. Bach was a outstanding wrestler this year, and our hats are off to him. Judging from his size I don't know if it will be at 215 though.

With another packing plant being built in Hooker, OK, the population explosion would be greater in Guymon, OK since Guymon is a little closer and was the main supporter of this packing plant. There might be a little fall-out toward Liberal, but the main growth will more than likely be in Tyrone, Hooker & Guymon.

Graham from Ark City will be going for his third title. He has to be a favorite in whatever class he wrestles in.

Graham won state championship titles in 2005, 2006, and 2007 and will be attempting to win his fourth (4th) title.

State Qualifiers -Returning SQ

Carroll 4 Seniors , 2 Juniors, and2 Sophmores.
STA 2 Seniors,2 juniors, and 2 Sophs..
Hutch 3 Seniors, 2 Sophs.
Ark City 5 Srs. 1 Soph
Emporia 6 Jrs , 2 So. , 1 Sr.
Gardner 2 Sr ,2 Jr , 2 So.
Kapaun 4 Sr. , 1 Jr ,1 So.
Langsing 3 Sr , 2 Jrs, 1 So

ksbevo,

Carroll looks extremely tough for next year. I would not be surprised to see them rated somewhere in the top 15 nationally by the end of the year. To add to your list here is some information on how these returning state qualifiers placed this year. I am going to piggyback by copying your information:

State Qualifiers -Returning SQ

Carroll 4 Seniors , 2 Juniors, and 2 Sophmores.
3-1st places, 1-2nd place, 1-3rd place

STA 2 Seniors,2 juniors, and 2 Sophs..
1-2nd place, 2-5th place

Hutch 3 Seniors, 2 Sophs.
1-1st place, 1-2nd place, 1-3rd place

Ark City 5 Srs. 1 Soph
1-1st, 2-2nd place, 1-4th place

Emporia 6 Jrs , 2 So. , 1 Sr.
1-3rd, 2-4th place, 1-6th place

Gardner 2 Sr ,2 Jr , 2 So.
2-1st

Kapaun 4 Sr. , 1 Jr ,1 So.
2-5th places

Langsing 3 Sr , 2 Jrs, 1 So
2-2nd places, 1-4th

I looked at some other teams that you did not list but I think these teams will also do well next year. I saw that they had these placers coming back:

Liberal-1-1st, 1-5th, 1-6th

Valley Center 3-3rds, 1-6th

Winfield-1-1st and 1-4th

I know I probably missed some and hopefully I compiled it correctly.

Great Bend has 6 coming back, 4 seniors, 1 junior, and 1 sophmore. Just one 5th place medalist coming back.

Emporia and Bishop Carrol are gonna be the teams to beat next year. Lansing's got a lot of promising freshmen too so they'll definitly be tough. But states state so any team can come out of nowere and make a run. No offense to Manhattan but i think a lot of people overlooked them and look what happened.

what freshmen are up and coming from lansing, other than Baughman?

tyler terron, dillon scanlon, nathan wessel, spencer blew, i think rowdy andrews might be. and thats all i can think of off the top of my head there all good and i'm pretty sure they all qualified for kids state. i'm sure i'm leaving others out but its definitly a promising group.

Yea next year should be pretty exciting to watch..