There’s no good solution here, but if we are trying to get the best kids to be able to compete at a state tournament (not just the lucky ones) we should allow more time between qualifiers for the testing process to play out. Example, if we did Regionals Jan 30, Substate Feb 13, State Feb 27 we would have the CHANCE of a kid that gets exposed at the qualifier to make it through quarantine and compete. There needs to be more time between the qualifying tournaments to allow our kids to make it through any kind of quarantine window.
Several good points mentioned above. One thing to note is Girls, 4A and 321A have an additional qualifying tournament so that would have to be Jan 16. That would basically make 2nd semester all postseason tournaments with not much seeding criteria or time back from break to get into shape. But I get the concern and like the idea to space it out. Especially since kids won’t be replaced in brackets if they get Covid
