Teams like UIC College Prep (above) made it to sectionals this year, but if the IHSA alters the regional format, borderline sectional schools like UIC will have to work a lot harder to get in.
According to a DyeStat IL message board posting:
The advisory committee met on Tuesday, December 1, and it appears the only moderately controversial issue discussed was the following:
1. There were no Proposed Changes to the Current Terms and Conditions. However a motion was passed to have Ron McGraw review options to possibly reconfigure the Regional structure. The committee feels that since the implementation of the three class system, the number of teams assigned to each regional results in most teams and individuals automatically advancing on to the sectional meets. It was suggested that the number of regional meets may need to be reduced (increasing the number of teams in each) so that the regional meets actually serve as a qualifying meet as they were originally intended to be. Options will be prepared and submitted to thecommittee for their review when they reconvene after the 2010 season.
It short, what they are looking to do is reduce the number of regional meets but increase the teams in each regional. What this will do, in theory, is make each regional more competitive to make it more of a qualifying meet. There were some regionals this year where there were only 5,6,or 7 complete teams. So it was relatively easy to qualify for sectionals. For example, the Riverside Brookfield boys class AA regional had only 5 complete teams participating in it. The last two complete teams Little Village and North Lawndale, got a free pass to sectionals just by having 5 guys. If they change the regional format, LIttle Village and North Lawndale would have to work at it more to advance to sectionals.
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