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Originally Posted by BillyMac
I wish we had open divisions here in Connecticut. The Catholic high schools, and the new magnet high schools, and charter high schools, are not supposed to recruit kids for athletics (wink, wink), but they do draw kids from across geographic boundaries that the "regular" public high schools are not allowed to cross, and in the case of cities with more that one "regular" public high school, cant even take kids from the other side of town.
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In MN this year we have 1 private school in Class 3A(traditional basketball power) 1 in Class 2A and 2 in Class 1A. In classes 1 and 2A there are two sections(regions) in the Twin Cities that are made up of almost exclusively private and charter schools that are not very good(more so in 1A that 2A) There a couple of Minneapolis city schools in Classes 1 and 2A as well as a few smaller inner ring suburban schools in 2A. There are some private schools outside the twin cities metro are and in a couple of sections they made finals. In one section it was an all private school final but
AFAIK each private school in that section draws students from a larger area due to the fact they are the only private christian high school school for miles around. We(in Class 1A) also have 2 schools made up of exclusively native american students make it for the 2nd straight year. One of the schools is the public school on the reservation and the other one i'm not as sure about. Quite an eclectic mix of schools in the tourney.