Church vs State

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Originally Posted by GarthB

In Washington all accredited schools, whether public or private, may belong to the WIAA and compete in common leagues and districts.

Many of the private schools "play-up", that is, althought they may be "2A" in size, they belong to higher bracketed leagues. Locally, Gonzaga Prep, 2A in size, competes at the 4A level and makes it to the state tournament in football quite often.

In Alabama, we have two individual Associations, the AHSAA, made up primarily of public schools, with some private school participation, and the
AISA, made up of independent schools. Private schools that participate in sports under the auspices of AHSAA must play up by two classifications over their actual student body size. I assume this was done to
"level" the playing field. This past season, the 5A football Championship was contested between Briarwod Christian (Birmingham) and St. Paul's (Mobile),
both private schools.