I currently live in the Dayton, Ohio area. I went to a playoff game last night as a coworkers son is on the team. This was the 3rd round of the playoffs.
I find it interesting that in Ohio, after the first 2 rounds of the playoffs, every game is played at a "neutral" site. I say use the word 'neutral' loosely as the higher seeds school was 15 minutes from the neutral site while the lower seed was an hour and 15 minutes away. I did some research and found that this was case for most of the 3rd round games. I didn't research the why yet (and I'm sure there's a "good" reason) but on the surface, this seems pointless. True home field advantage is lost after 2 rounds yet it somewhat remains at the neutral site for the higher seed seeing as you're pretty much going a few miles down the road from your school. I hope VHSL doesn't pull this type of caper ever.
I find it interesting that in Ohio, after the first 2 rounds of the playoffs, every game is played at a "neutral" site. I say use the word 'neutral' loosely as the higher seeds school was 15 minutes from the neutral site while the lower seed was an hour and 15 minutes away. I did some research and found that this was case for most of the 3rd round games. I didn't research the why yet (and I'm sure there's a "good" reason) but on the surface, this seems pointless. True home field advantage is lost after 2 rounds yet it somewhat remains at the neutral site for the higher seed seeing as you're pretty much going a few miles down the road from your school. I hope VHSL doesn't pull this type of caper ever.