Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Their Best = Richland Community College

 Of all the varsity programs that the state of Texas ever had, many argue that the toughest of them all was Richland Community College which competed in the NJCAA from the 1972-1973 season through the 1983-1984 season.   The program was started by Bill Neal & to my understanding, what killed the program was the cost of extensive travel. A majority of their tournaments & dual meets were as far away as Kansas.  This got to be too expensive & that was why a decision was made to discontinue the program. 

Today the Thunder Ducks have a club program that competes in the NCWA. 

Rudy Perez & Dallas Spruce are some names I came across, but have no information on them. 

Evan Bernstein, a native of Richardson High School, who later transferred to Minnesota, spent his first two seasons at Richland. He was a 1988 Olympian.  His son Ophir wrestled for Brown where he was an All American.