Range of Competition

Unfortunately, in high school athletics, there is quite a different range of competition in each class. Now I bet you can expect that the competition is hardest in 5A, and it declines as you go down each class. This is unfortunate (not really unfortunate because it's fun to play hard teams) for my school because we are 5A.

It's pretty crazy to think that the state champion in 1A could probably be crushed by the worst team in 5A. I've had a few encounters with this situation. At a school volleyball tournament, we played a team called Tripoli. I had never heard of them before (they were 1A). They had gone to state the past like ten years, and we hadn't made it to state in five. We absolutely crushed that team. They were not very good... That makes me mad though because that would mean we would make state and probably win it. 

Now this doesn't mean that there are some really good teams in lower classes, it just means there are fewer of them. If you really think about it, it makes sense. In a 5A school, there are 2000 people who could potentially go out for a sport. There's probably a lot of good athletes to choose in that pool of people. But then you go to a 1A school, with only 100 people in it. Less people to choose from, probably means less quality athletes. 

I think one time, we should have a whole state tournament, including all classes. That would determine who the real state champion is, and it would be a LOT of fun to participate in. 

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