glad to see Western picking up some again. Back when I was young, they had 3 tournaments in the series-District, Regional, and State. The NW district was pretty much a preview of the next two, with over half of the state champions coming from 6 teams of the old NWKL on a consistent basis. Plus, Colby and Goodland, who were up a class in those days, would have several between them!

Did the east just get better, or is it just the lower number of kids to work with?