Reclassification News

[DEVILSLB99]

Found out from my AD tonight that when the VHSL meets in the fall with the Principals and AD's option 3 from the realignment concerns PowerPoint will be voted in to effect. Option 3 is:
Legislate Four regions per class (12-14 schools per region) and remove conferences all together. Play a district schedule and then use the smaller regions as the playoff grouping.

Pluses – Eliminates a component (conferences) that some believe is not working; gives some old system (three classification) feel to the new system (six classification); football region finals now can occur within the region schedule; two reps per region – eight team state event most sports.

Minuses – All-in region creates travel issues greater than with the conference component; some regions have worked out the issues and actually have a well functioning situation; this is change on top of change.

SO basically they are going back to the old setup.

 

[GilliamRatings]

I have heard this was going to happen. I hope so. My only gripe is that I still don't like a team being able to lose the region title in most sports and still advance to states. I think that confuses most season and it puts a game in the playoffs where the need to win isn't quite as important which can lead to some coaches not necessarily going all out to win (holding out a pitcher or injured player). That's the way it's been for a very long time so it's not going to change, but I just thought I'd say that I don't like that one thing about the VHSL playoffs.

I think it will make my sport, cross country, a lot better in the post season.