heimer wrote:Bismarck is a great Class B town.
heimer wrote:Bismarck is a great Class B town.
d_fense wrote:heimer wrote:Bismarck is a great Class B town.
And Valley City.
heimer wrote:d_fense wrote:heimer wrote:Bismarck is a great Class B town.
And Valley City.
Yeah, cause there is an apples to apples comparison.
Someone on Facebook told me that Ryan won 3 straight up to this year. I haven't followed it, but if true, that's a swift kick in the nuts to girls basketball.
Ready to solve this problem? This years tourney featured two privates, two former Class A schools, one that should be Class A now, one that should definitely be middle division, a 6'5" transfer from a Class A, and FCT.
But keep your two class system. Did you see the attendance? Yep, this is working well.
EHS1998 wrote:The Kvilvangs moved to Cando from VC a number of years ago.
I'm a big fan of moving the privates to Class A. Anyone who doesn't think they have significant advantages over the majority of Class B is not being intellectually honest with themselves.
HONKER wrote:Trina was born, raised and graduated from Cando. When her dad got sick, she and her family moved back to be closer to him. That has been 4 years ago.
Sportsrube wrote:I am all in favor of moving all private schools into Class A, I am also in favor of the NDHSAA never, ever putting a basketball tournament in a football venue again. Unfortunately neither of these will happen in my lifetime.
Sorenson23 wrote:Sportsrube wrote:I am all in favor of moving all private schools into Class A, I am also in favor of the NDHSAA never, ever putting a basketball tournament in a football venue again. Unfortunately neither of these will happen in my lifetime.
By private schools you mean Shiloh Christian, Dickinson Trinity, and Minot Ryan. These teams have mostly made it out of their respective regions and made it to state every year. No team in their respective regions has a chance if these private schools keep recruiting players from Class A. I heard that these schools stay just under the number of recruits to remain in class B. And that's not right. Prepare for Shiloh, Trinity, and Ryan to make to state every year. Teams in regions 5,6 & 7 won't have a chance to make it to state if Shiloh (reg 5), Ryan (reg 6), Trinity (reg 7) remain in these. For example if teams in their regions have a good regular season and do good their district tournaments they get stuck playing them every year. Now I know Trinity is in the Super Region 7.
ndlionsfan wrote:And what about Williston Trinity? Everyone forgets about them when making the private school argument. Do they not have enough state appearances?
heimer wrote:I was trying to have a heart, but throw them up there also.
The horse is not dead, it's being beaten back to life with privates winning four titles in a row.
heimer wrote:I was trying to have a heart, but throw them up there also.
The horse is not dead, it's being beaten back to life with privates winning four titles in a row.
heimer wrote:I'm finally with you on the locales. Fargo and Grand Forks residents have put their eggs in the collegiate basket. The tournaments no longer excite them. It's only the Chamber of Commerces that want these events for the spending that goes on during the tournaments. Bismarck and Minot support them better.
As far as the classes, I'm not ready to shove all of the privates into what is currently A. That's an easy fix without any forethought. There is enough of a critical mass to construct a middle division with those schools involved, even if you borrowed from the currrent Class A level to construct it.
In a 16-16, rest scenario, with all privates that have over 100 kids "A", you'd have good, highly-competitive basketball, and that's what this should be about.
AA East:
Fargo North
Fargo South
Fargo Davies
West Fargo Sheyenne
West Fargo
Grand Forks Red River
Grand Forks Central
Jamestown
AA West:
Bismarck
Bismarck Century
Bismarck Legacy
Mandan
Dickinson
Williston
Minot
Belcourt
A East:
Wahpeton
Fargo Shanley
Valley City
Central Cass
Fargo Oak Grove
Grafton
Devils Lake
Kindred
A West:
Bismarck St Marys
Minot Ryan
Dickinson Trinity
Watford City
Hazen
Beulah
Bottineau
Carrington
Or, like I said before, leave all the current Class "A"s up and take four more to make 16 in the new "A". Either way, there's a solid class there.
We can't try this for two years? Just for two years?
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