I think the system is fine the way it is. But I have always had this idea.
8 Sections
The top 8 enrollments from those sections and anyone that wants to opt up.
A flawed system (class a and aa)....
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Pucknutz69 wrote:mainefan wrote:This whole AA/A, public/private tournament is placing Minnesota high school hockey in jeopardy. If the tournament continues as is, we in Mn. are in danger of loosing high school hockey as we know it. Of course, we are not there yet but, it will happen. The tournament is turnning into a championship that is not attainable for many of our kids because they do not have the opportunity to play for a large power house school or a tuitioned high school for whatever the reason ie: affordability accessability etc.. . Soon kids will start to loose interest because they will beleive that the tournament is only a pipe dream not something that they can actually attain. Forget north/south rivalries etc... How sad. Will Minnesota become like the east coast where if you have any skill or want to play you have to go to a prep school? The high school programs in the east number a handful and they don't even play the prep schools. Put the tuitioned high schools in their own section in AA. Then in the tournament we will have the best of the privates taking on the rest of the state. If a smaller school wants to opt up, they can but, any one who is going to a school for the "superior" education also has to play in the "superior" tier. "The State of Hockey" only pertains to a privileged few-what a joke.
It's closer then you think. If schools keep having budget issues Which sports do you think they will cut first?? When I played it was $25 and you got equiped with helmet, COOPERALLS, jerseys, gloves and 3 sticks. This year for my son it was $300 for school and $200 more for boosters and warm-up suit. In the near future could you imagine paying $1000-1500 to play HS hockey at a school that lost every game?
Very true. Off of hockey but: My kindergartener went to all day school this year, we PAID for it, at a public school. Now this was only an option, but most kids his age did it........
The point is: at a private school to me athletic fees are fine, but at a public school even paying 50 bucks is stupid. It is a public school right??? where EVERY kid gets an opotunity??????
As for what has happened to class a and aa, look at the 2008 edition. Two private schools going at it for the a championship....just wrong.
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[quote="komada77"]Anyone know what the enrollment cut off is for A/AA?[/quote]
The biggest 64 schools play AA, and there are currently 7 schools that opt up to make a AA field of 71. These opt-ups are all cities privates and northern traditional powerhouses. The cutoff right now is roughly 1300, I believe Alexandria is the biggest A school at about 1270. Duluth East, at 1222, is an opt-up.
The biggest 64 schools play AA, and there are currently 7 schools that opt up to make a AA field of 71. These opt-ups are all cities privates and northern traditional powerhouses. The cutoff right now is roughly 1300, I believe Alexandria is the biggest A school at about 1270. Duluth East, at 1222, is an opt-up.
According to the MSHSL web site, 1360 is the cutoff for AA/A
John Marshall is the smallest AA school (not counting opt-ups) with 1366.
Cretin-Derham Hall would be the largest A school, but they opt up.
The largest A schools are Alexandria, Bemidji and St. Louis Park.
Winona would be next in line in A if they didn't coop with Cotter and a couple other smaller schools, bumping them up to AA.
John Marshall is the smallest AA school (not counting opt-ups) with 1366.
Cretin-Derham Hall would be the largest A school, but they opt up.
The largest A schools are Alexandria, Bemidji and St. Louis Park.
Winona would be next in line in A if they didn't coop with Cotter and a couple other smaller schools, bumping them up to AA.