Nice job Sammy! Sam Willard had a career high 23 points and 17 rebounds last night to help Pacific beat Loyola Marymount and advance in the CIT post season basketball tournament. Pacific plays Northern Colorado Monday in the second round.
The Athletic Directors will have another chance to say no to their basketball coaches later this month at their annual spring get together. Coaches advisory votes once again include a shot clock for Class A and B schools. AD's will vote NO once again. It cost to much to get the equipment and then you have to provide someone to run the shot clock. Money will be the number 1 reason though. And the AD's will vote NO to the 16 minute half instead of 4 quarters consisting of 8 minutes. Coaches I have talked too don't like the two 16 minute halves. They like that free time out they get called the end of the third quarter. The football suggestion in Class 11AA football giving top teams byes for the first round seems to be getting more and more support. It's being pushed by the Sioux Falls Schools of course because they will be the ones that get the byes. Call me negative but take a look at the last few years. Who has been the number 1 and 2 power point teams at regular season end. It hasn't been an ESD school and certainly not anyone from west river. That proposal will continue to get pushed and pushed til it gets through. And there will be at least two retiring Athletic Directors getting to vote. It will be close. There are a list of proposals you can take a look at on the High School Activities Association website. And again, as you look at them, ask yourself if it will cost more. That will be the overiding reason in alot of decisions. That includes travel cost for schools at all 3 class levels. But that may be more of a factor for the Class A and B schools, especially in football. AA I think understands that travel is a way of life. Why do you think Sioux Falls schools would rather only travel to Sioux City to play than Rapid City!
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Growing up and ESD'er, I hate myself for thinking this way. But if long road trips are such a big concern for the AA schools, why not combine Districts 1 & 2 and Districts 3 & 4 for scheduling purposes. Of course that could mean the end of yearly home-and-aways against Brookings, Yankton, Brandon Valley, and Watertown (in Pierre's case). But it would also reduce the number of cross-state trips for West River and SF - more so for SF as the West River schools still need to travel across most of the state to get to Huron, Mitchell, Aberdeen, etc.
ReplyDeleteLet's not forget about Harrisburg (and others that may be moving up soon). It's hard to consider them as Harrisburg since over half the student body probably lives in SF south of 57th Street, as I do. Where will they fit in the mix?
Tri-Valley and West Central could also see booms in student population with portions of SF lying in the those school districts.
Just a thought.
Brett O