CPF 417 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 All I can say is that it's about time! Link: http://www.dailypress.com/sports/highschool/dp-spt_vhslreclassification_102oct22,0,7967106.story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighton_3 10 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 iIt's much better. It's much more fair. But there will still be complaints. There's no way around those. Just a matter of time. Like they said it's a proposal so, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 All I can say is that it's about time! Link: http://www.dailypress.com/sports/highschool/dp-spt_vhslreclassification_102oct22,0,7967106.story I guess if you get an idea out to enough of the RIGHT people changes CAN be made...:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeye 32 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 There's already some complaints. Some have mentioned the travel issue. While I certainly would not want to travel to Winchester Va to play a regular season game, I would rather drive a few miles to play square competition than walk to play a bigger team that I felt reasonably sure would blow my team out by 50+ on a yearly basis. I say make the changes and have one divisional state champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Here's how SWVASports.com and other local teams of interest would fall in those divisions... 5A (1801+) Franklin Co. Halifax Co. 4A (1301-1800) William Fleming Patrick Henry (Roanoke) George Washington Amherst Co. E.C. Glass Pulaski Co. 3A (801-1300) Alleghany William Byrd Lord Botetourt Northside Staunton River Brookville Heritage (Lyn) Jefferson Forest Liberty (Bed) Rustburg Blacksburg Cave Spring Christiansburg Hidden Valley Salem Bassett Magna Vista Patrick Co. Tunstall Abingdon Carroll Co. Marion Lee 2A (451-800) Martinsville Graham Grundy Richlands Tazewell Appomattox Chatham Dan River Gretna Nelson Co. Patrick Henry (GS) Fort Chiswell Grayson Co. James River Floyd Co. Giles Glenvar Radford John Battle Gate City Lebanon Virginia J.J. Kelly Powell Valley 1A (450 and under) Altavista William Campbell Chilhowie Holston Northwood Rural Retreat George Wythe Bland Co. Galax Narrows Bath Co. Covington Craig Co. Parry McCluer Auburn Eastern Montgomery Haysi Honaker Hurley Twin Valley Castlewood Coeburn Ervinton Rye Cove Saint Paul Twin Springs Thomas Walker Appalachia J.I. Burton Clintwood Pound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 There's already some complaints. Some have mentioned the travel issue. While I certainly would not want to travel to Winchester Va to play a regular season game, I would rather drive a few miles to play square competition than walk to play a bigger team that I felt reasonably sure would blow my team out by 50+ on a yearly basis. I say make the changes and have one divisional state champ. There are NO travel issues with this new plan. You can still play in the district in which you currently play. The only change occurs in the playoffs...you play against schools of similar size. For example... The SWD would still play as the SWD. But when playoffs roll around...Abingdon, Carroll Co. and Marion would compete in the 3A playoffs while Graham, Richlands, Tazewell, and Grundy would compete in the 2A playoffs. And with this plan, there is only ONE champion per division. This plan balances the playing field in the playoffs. You won't have a school that is Division 1 in one Region but could be Division 3 if they played in another Region. You won't have Championship game matchups of a school with an enrollment of 150 playing a school with an enrollment of 650. You won't have schools playing in the Division 1 Championship game that have a higher enrollment than some of the schools that might be playing in the Division 3 Championship game. This plan will work if given the chance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olewave 44 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Grundy goes to 1a with current enrollment as of today at 403. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogo_sportz 19 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Was reading a similar article on VaPreps where they talked about getting rid of districts... I'd be out of a hobby if that were the case...but I don't see how that would benefit anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Grundy goes to 1a with current enrollment as of today at 403. My numbers are based on the enrollment figures currently being used by the VHSL... 403??? WOW!!! I can't believe the numbers have dropped like that...sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconfan1 125 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Why not have six divisions and make the numbers a little more fair? We have six state champs as is stands now. What would be the difference. I haven't looked at the numbers yet but I think a fair cut point would be every 350 students. Would that leave enough 1A teams without travel issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbobva 10 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Five champions in football, basketball and baseball would be great. But, five championships in wrestling? in track and field? in soccer? One championship in soccer is too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendatLegion 109 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 This is for all sports, not just football, so that's why not 6. It will never be totally fair, because some schools just don't fit into a certain group, and there always has to be a cutoff somewhere, it sucks if you are the smallest in a certain division, but someone has to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhsalum 31 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 My numbers are based on the enrollment figures currently being used by the VHSL... 403??? WOW!!! I can't believe the numbers have dropped like that...sad... sad indeed...i was talking to someone just today and said with confidence that MHS's enrollment was in the neighborhood of 850. and that's down from the high 800s it has been within the last 4-5 years. to my surprise it's down under 800 now. one plus might be that there aren't many teams in the new proposed AA classification that could even stay close in the first half with a mavahi basketball team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futbolking 766 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 (edited) All I can say is that it's about time! Link: http://www.dailypress.com/sports/highschool/dp-spt_vhslreclassification_102oct22,0,7967106.story Wow...could you imagine the playoff matchups...?? In Division 2...you'd have teams like Graham,Tazewell, Richlands(maybe) Gate City, Giles, George Wythe, Floyd, Radford, Powell Valley.... I would love to see these teams battle it out in the playoffs (schools of similar size with great traditions). This would be my dream come true!!! Also, Marion has dropped below 800 and enrollment is projected to be around 720 in the year 2011-2012. I get these numbers from a proposed plan to upgrade the schools in the county. Edited October 24, 2008 by futbolking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuceswild 15 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Wow...could you imagine the playoff matchups...?? In Division 2...you'd have teams like Graham,Tazewell, Richlands(maybe) Gate City, Giles, George Wythe, Floyd, Radford, Powell Valley.... I would love to see these teams battle it out in the playoffs (schools of similar size with great traditions). This would be my dream come true!!! Also, Marion has dropped below 800 and enrollment is projected to be around 720 in the year 2011-2012. I get these numbers from a proposed plan to upgrade the schools in the county. Just out of curiosity, do you have the projected numbers for the other schools in Smyth by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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