Posted by Fan on February 09, 2023 at 06:40:26:
In Reply to: CIF Playoffs - Small School Edition posted by SOCAL HOOP GROUP on February 08, 2023 at 23:54:41:
: Shalhevet, Valley Torah, and AGBU.
: 3 small schools, we’re talking 200 students a pop, with local talent, winning basketball games in highly competitive divisions.
: We’ve had the opportunity to watch Coleman at Shali (Div 2) through the years, phenomenal. We watched Kopooshian at AGBU (Div 2), another basketball savant, and finally Schwartzberg (Div 2), incredibly gifted basketball mind. What these 3 have done with their programs, RESPECT.
Schools like this and many others under 1000 students(St John Bosco, Aquinas, St Paul,Etc.) are why the system changed last decade to no longer value attendance. You get these Schools with a strong feeder program and having fewer students doesn't mean much when the entire program has played basketball since they could walk.
Who else remembers seeing St John Bosco, Renaissance, SGA, etc. embarrass the lower divisions for years. It's much better seeing these teams compete against other top teams. Those were some great highlt competive wins