Class A preliminary proposal

I'd think they'd keep Hollis SW in district 2 bc that's a long way to send them NW. I've been wrong before though. I wouldn't mind seeing things getting mixed up though in the others, sending the likes of Sayre and Merritt NW for a change. The mileage wouldn't change a whole lot having them in there instead of Thomas and Watonga. I like seeing new schools playing each other in districts every couple of years as long as it's reasonable.

Thomas/Hollis to the two panhandle teams washes out, but when you add in Mooreland it changes it to make a lot more sense for Thomas to be in there instead of Hollis. One that makes even more sense though is Fairview. They're closer to all three than Thomas and Hollis are. Why not have them in that district?

Oh I understand.  I thought it would just be easier to put Watonga over in A-1 and have that as your 7 team district since they only had 5 last year.  Pretty easy.  Then just add Hollis back to A-2, or Hollis and Burns Flat to A-2.  

Their justification puts out some facts, but not all the facts. For Hooker and Texhoma they can make the mileage somewhat comparable, but no matter what Mooreland is in that district and when you add in mileage to there it changes things a lot. A fact they just kind of omitted. Also in their comparisons they had a mileage with a district with Cashion and Crescent, but not OBA. OBA is closer than either one of those two schools. If the coaches of the teams involved want it that way, then great. But trying to justify it by the mileage they used is BS. I'm not going to say anything in particular was done bc of this, but a few interesting facts. One of the committee members is from Thomas. The last years records of teams from the proposed A1 district are: 11-2, 9-3, 7-4, 6-2, 5-5, 3-7, 0-9. A2 in this proposal would get rid of the top two teams from it (Frederick and Mangum) and its 4th place team (Sayre). It'd get replaced with another 4th place team (Watonga). Records of teams from proposed A2: 9-4 (Thomas), 7-3, 6-5, 4-6, 4-6, 2-7, 1-9.

Now I actually wouldn't mind seeing the districts like this bc I like to see things mixed up and new teams playing against each other instead of the same districts pretty much year in and year out, but only bc I'm not a fan of one of those teams making those drives. They do make good points in the justification about breaking up A5, and about keeping the two teams that will have 7 teams in them together for nondistrict scheduling reasons. I'm just trying to throw out some of the facts that are conveniently left out.

There's not a huge difference, but I'd say in the proposed ones A1 is tougher. Put it this way, if I were having to take a team and fight for a district title or playoff spot, I'd much rather take my chances in A2 than A1.