okay must we start this battle again? and if we must, please tell me how many parts this will consist of and where the boundary lines will be?

if i may set a few to start a topic on, let's divide the state into 4 sections, northwest, southwest, northest, southeast.....then from there the dividing lines will be US highway 281, and Kansas Highway 96, as if it ran across the state continually in a horizontal manner.

So my choice for the toughest part of the state in order is:

1. Northwest- based on history and tradition the schools have, ie. St. Francis and Oberlin, holding the most state champions of any schools, as well as returning 321A state champ Norton.

2. Southeast- just because it includes many of the wichita schools, ie. Haysville-Campus and Bishop-Caroll.

3. Southwest- schools like Ulysses and Scott City, what else needs to be said, Ulysses is always tough and Scott City defending 4A state champs.

4. Northest, although producing quality schools such as Abiliene, Minneapolis, Chapman, and Clay Center, it is considerably weaker the farther northeast you get due to lack of 6A &5A schools and very weak 321 schools, so it has earned the last spot. Although containing 5A champs, KC-Turner, it says not too much due to the weakness of 5A.

these are my personal opinions and this is a topic of strongest region, not class, so lets keep to what it's about

Alex