Very good point. Athletes do run in cycles. There used to be a tournament held at St. Marys back in the early 80s. I think it was the St. Marys Holiday Tournament, and I believe it hosted both class A and class B teams. I think class B won a couple of them.vballfan06 wrote:For the most part, having good athletes goes in cycles. Of course, you see some small schools that are tough year after year----and coaching, which of course makes a difference... Valley City would NOT be a powerhouse at the Class B level, they'd be middle of the road at best. Look at Minot High and their girl's programs. They wouldn't be a powerhouse at the Class B level either. Their volleyball team got beat by Tioga this year in a tournament...Tioga has what? 30 girls in grades 9-12, while Minot High has probably twice that many just in their volleyball program. It just came down to the fact that Tioga had way better athletes. Look at Dickinson high in the early 90s...just plain awful. Dickinson Trinity was poor when the first dropped down the class B. Shanley and St. Mary's have had their own big runs at times. Braddock and their good girl's basketball teams in the late 80s/early 90s, Newburg and their boys' teams. I can go on and on and on. Think how bad it looks when Valley City girl's teams play in Class B tournaments against schools 1/8th their size and they're getting creamed. They wouldn't be competitive anywhere.
The 3 class system will get shot down! It all comes down to money and the state B tournament.
There was a letter to the editor in the Sunday Williston Herald that questioned the 3 class idea. His idea is to take the top 2 teams from each region instead of just 1. Then add a day to the state tournament. Sounds like an idea that would work.
region1 football wrote:lol how about they just put all the teams into one class.....divide up the class a schools with the class b and just have a bigger tourny....do like they do with the college championship....yes this would be unfair....but we'd get to see some pritty cool upsets i bet.
Honus355 wrote:The Beulah proposal comes at an interesting time. Beulah just moved back down to class B and in their first year they are proposing a third system...hm... I am just looking at the facts and the irony with their timing, but it is interesting to note that only one team goes to state out of their region (which includes Dix Trinity). However, it would make sense that in a class with 24 teams, more than one team per region would qualify for the tournament, because it would make most sense to have 4 regions of 6 teams or 2 of 12...either way, multiple teams would qualify.
ndfan wrote:http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=54237
So are we closer to a 3 class system happening??
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