Phoenix Brophy and Phoenix Xavier’s placement in 5A in the newly formed Central Region doesn’t make much sense in terms of geography. That was supposedly the No. 1 criteria in the proposal for realignment adopted last week by the 5A Conference.
Brophy moved from its longtime home of the Desert Valley to the Central. The schools in the Desert Valley for the next two-year block - Chaparral, Desert Mountain, Horizon, North Canyon, Pinnacle and St. Mary’s are much closer to Brophy-Xavier than the teams they are now aligned with in the Central. What’s the difference? The longest trip for Brophy-Xavier in the Desert Valley would be Desert Mountain at 40 miles round trip. The shortest trip in the Central is 44 to Desert Vista and the longest is Red Mountain at 62.
Geography? That guideline has fallen by the wayside when it comes to competition. But at least the architects of the new proposal had the gumption to use the the C word (competition) publicly and numbers (enrollment) to devise the new alignment.
Was geography top factor in realignment?October 30th, 2008, 11:19 am · Post a Comment · posted by Les WillseyLeave a Reply |
