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How did teams get national level competition or national level attention?

Or is Ironman, and Beast of the East for that matter, the beginnings of there being an interest with creating multi-state events?

Is there anything that goes back to the 1980's or earlier?
 
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I'm not sure what to think about "national" championships at the high school level anyway. The NFHS doesn't even acknowledge these types of accomplishments on their website from what I can tell.

I got to attend some events but these were out of season and on my own time.
 
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nsstrub said:
How did teams get national level competition or national level attention?

Or is Ironman, and Beast of the East for that matter, the beginnings of there being an interest with creating multi-state events?

Is there anything that goes back to the 1980's or earlier?
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Before the now national elite tournaments like Ironman, there were occasional interstate dual meets between great teams from neighboring states. Before that, there were some post-season duals like the PA schoolboy classic, which pitted PA state champs vs. elite state champs from other states like Ohio, Iowa and Calif. Plus, there were still the post-season AAU nationals, like Fargo. These all went back to the 70's. Before the 60's, tough men wrestled against alligators and Circus bears, wearing muzzles. Sometimes the men were allowed to take the muzzles off though. :)
 
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nooks said:
Before the now national elite tournaments like Ironman, there were occasional interstate dual meets between great teams from neighboring states. Before that, there were some post-season duals like the PA schoolboy classic, which pitted PA state champs vs. elite state champs from other states like Ohio, Iowa and Calif. Plus, there were still the post-season AAU nationals, like Fargo. These all went back to the 70's. Before the 60's, tough men wrestled against alligators and Circus bears, sometimes wearing muzzles. Sometimes the men were allowed to take them off though. :)
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If I remember correctly, AAU Freestyle Nationals used to be in Battle Creek, Michigan in the 80's.
 
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I'm surprised it's been this long to become a school activity. Pretty sure there were Madden tournaments on ESPN early 2000's.

I parted ways from an establishment in 2017. So this could be a factor for that perhaps.
 
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AAU freestyle national results from 1889 to 1982 (post high school but still kinda cool)
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WOW! David Range winning 3 straight titles and placing high in the 4th is an awesome throw back!
Seeing the Japan team compete for many years is also interesting!
But the 1979 bracket below had to be awesome to watch!

163-lb class
1. LeRoy Kemp (Wisconsin WC)
2. Dave Schultz (AIA)
3. Bruce Kinseth (Hawkeye WC)
4. Mike DeAnna (Hawkeye WC)
 
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