Bisonguy06 wrote:We could put together a pretty long list of small schools that are expected to contend for a Regional championship this year on the boys side.
I haven't even been following the season all that closely, but I know that Maple Valley will be in the hunt in Region 1 and Cavalier in Region 2.
Region 3 doesn't have a truly "Big" class B school in it, so they'll be sending a small school as their representative. Right now, tiny Strasburg-Zeeland is undefeated.
Region 4 contenders include North Star and Four Winds.
Region 5 has Turtle Lake-Mercer as a slight favorite right now, and Berthold will be in the hunt in Region 6 again.
We know that the big schools are favored in Region 7, but Heart River is capable of pulling an upset and Mott-Regent is coming on strong.
Trenton and Powers Lake are the favorites in Region 8.
Look at the landscape. It is littered with competitive small schools.
Region 1 has Milnor
Region 5 has Grant County
Region 6 has DL-B (I don't know if that is considered small school though)
There are plenty of small schools competing very well