I guess part of the new realignment was to make the four regions in AAA, made up largely of schools in teh major metorpolitan areas of teh state, feel the pain of the small Group A schools in the southwestern and mostly rural parts of the state.
The 5A "North" somehow includes Halifax County, which is on the the North Carolina border, and the 4A "North" has George Washington of Danville, which also borders North Carolina. Why those two schools weren't assigned a "South" conference to play in, who knows.
So tonight as the 5A North Region began on a "school" night, Massaponax got to travel from just south of Fredericksburg, to west of Ashland, about 40 miles, to play Hanover County's Patrick Henry. They won. Now, less than 20 hours later, they get to travel 60 miles north to Arlington to play at Wakefield. 200 miles of bus trips on back to back school nights.
Isn't that just great?
Oh I forgot that C.D. Hylton who got put in 6A "South" got to drive 220 miles...one way...tonight to play at Patrick Henry of Roanoke. Meanwhile, the longest trip for Hylton, had they been put in the 6A "North" with the other 26 6A schools would have been 30 miles to Yorktown High.
The VHSL needs to tweek these alignments before the new school year, but they'll likely wait until the 2015-16 school year.
The 5A "North" somehow includes Halifax County, which is on the the North Carolina border, and the 4A "North" has George Washington of Danville, which also borders North Carolina. Why those two schools weren't assigned a "South" conference to play in, who knows.
So tonight as the 5A North Region began on a "school" night, Massaponax got to travel from just south of Fredericksburg, to west of Ashland, about 40 miles, to play Hanover County's Patrick Henry. They won. Now, less than 20 hours later, they get to travel 60 miles north to Arlington to play at Wakefield. 200 miles of bus trips on back to back school nights.
Isn't that just great?
Oh I forgot that C.D. Hylton who got put in 6A "South" got to drive 220 miles...one way...tonight to play at Patrick Henry of Roanoke. Meanwhile, the longest trip for Hylton, had they been put in the 6A "North" with the other 26 6A schools would have been 30 miles to Yorktown High.
The VHSL needs to tweek these alignments before the new school year, but they'll likely wait until the 2015-16 school year.