I know I am stating the obvious but I find it interesting that the top 4A teams in the Eastern part of the state are now 17-1 against 5A competition with the only loss being against the current #1 5A team in the state in Lake City. The 17-1 stat line is a sum of Hillcrest, Century, Pocatello and Preston records against 5A competition this year. Those wins are against the best East ID 5A has to offer with multiple wins against Madison, Rigby and Thunder Ridge. Add Middleton, Jerome, and BK to the list of 4A teams previously mentioned and you have a very deep and talented 4A division this year. Lake City is good, but one of these 4A teams might just be better. Too bad we will never know.
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I used to live in Wyoming. Over there, only the biggest schools play 5A football. But during basketball, they expand the pool of teams to make things more competitive. So some schools play 4A in football and 5A in basketball. I'm not sure that's a good idea for Idaho, but I've said for awhile that the enrollment numbers used for each classification need to be adjusted. Thoughts?
We kind of do know this year the top 4a teams are pretty close and measurably better than the 5a's in eastern and likely western Idaho. The eye test will tell the story as we get to see championship bracket 4a and 5a for the first time all day Friday in the Idaho Center what good fortune from that standpoint in addition to avoiding the nightmare Friday night 4a limited attendance issues we have experienced at Borah the last 15 years. Too bad two of the best 4a's will be staying home.
Tournament of champions! How fun would it be to see Lapwai, Lake City, Hillcrest, etc. duke it out for the ultimate bragging rights. It will never happen, but I can dream, right? It would be like Hoosiers