How Bennett wrestling, once one of Colorado’s worst programs, became a perennial 3A contender

How Bennett wrestling, once one of Colorado’s worst programs, became a perennial 3A contender

If John Faczak said no, Bennett wrestling might have gone extinct. Twenty-five years ago, Faczak had just finished his college career at the University of Wyoming when he got a call from the Bennett principal, who asked if Faczak would return to coach at the school where he won a state title in 1997. The program was then one of the worst in Class 3A. It had churned through four coaches in as many seasons, and had only five, untalented kids on th…