Nothing gets past Coach Moore!! But Mr. Steiger gave a much better, more reasoned response than I would have.

We will never settle the question of which class is tougher, but you have a better chance of qualifying for state in 8 man regionals than you do in 16 man regionals

All I would say is, twice I was good enough to get out of my own regional, and twice I was not as fortunate. The western Kansas 4A regionals were and are a bastard. Freshman year 3-2 @ 103 = No State, Sophomore year 4-1 @ 119 = State, Junior year 3-2 @ 130 = No State, Senior Year 5-1 @ 145 = State. So yes, I do get a little frustrated when a 1-2 record qualifies for state and people say there is no difference. As a coach, there were years where I had some good young kids, not world beaters, but hard workers who I would have loved to enter in to a 5A regional. They would have had a 50% chance of qualifying versus a 25% in 4A. I like those odds. The end result would probably have been the same, but qualifying for state apparently means something. I can also say that I was able to get some kids through an eastern regional that probably would not have been as fortunate in the western regional. So that kind of tells you what I think without having to actually say it. I am fairly certain that all 4 class state champions from 1992 would have, and some did, hammer me so I can’t say for certain which class is toughest, but I can say where your better odds are.

I am also an idiot for always losing in the quarter-finals. Geez.