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Hatem- I think you nailed it.
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Hey oldskool, how is BE being more than twice the size of PG any different than AAAA teams? Over the last decade we were always one of the smallest AAAA schools yet had to compete with some that were 3,000+ and a lot with more than 2,500+. ...
I hear ya, Old Gal. I have always thought it was silly for SCISA to have 3 classifications(4 for American football) when its largest school has 350 high school students. All SCISA schools would play in the same class (Single A) in the High School League.
But, size does matter - at least to some extent. Enrollment is a particularly big deal in American football where you really need to have 40 kids, chin straps on, ready to go. Its only a medium-size deal in soccer and baseball where you really only need about 13 or so kids ready to go). Its practically not a factor in basketball and other sports.
My point about BE playing non-public schools is this: With an enrollment of more than 700, BE is twice the size of the next biggest non-public school, but it is three, four, and even five times the size of some of the other independent schools I listed (I believe Hilton Head Prep for example only has about 140 high school students). Nobody in AAAA is playing schools twice their size (particularly in football) much less four or five times their size.
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As I said in my first post, my only point was that BE does not give scholarships - at least not when I played - and those were arguably BE's best teams ever.
I can't speak for other private schools, but it's a huge misconception to think BE does.
And it isn't like BE is out ther demolishing every team they play. Sure, the first couple of rounds are gimmies but after that it's always been a battle. This is the case for any level of soccer...from high school to professional. There will always be powerhouses in sports.
Of my 4 years on the varsity team, we were in the finals every year, winning 2 of them. But how can someone who is a a coach of the very same team that BE would see EVERY YEAR in the finals, talk and say that competition isn't fair??? Chapin grew, so you guys moved to 3A. BE hasn't grown.
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Really? I thought AAAA enrollments bottomed out around 1600 and maxed out around 3200-3400. Colleton County/Walterboro has been hovering at a low number for years.
The reason why private schools are divided by enrollment is simple: resources. You can't tell me that the larger private schools (Porter, Pinewood, Hammond, Heathwood Hall, etc.), aren't dealing with a diferent set of constraints than schools like Archibald Rutledge and Trident Academy.
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That's not as bad as Battery Creek- 3A
Cane Bay-1443
Bluffton-1479
Berkeley-1281
Hilton Head- 1174
Battery Creek-822
Really needed that new school????
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That's not as bad as Battery Creek- 3A
Cane Bay-1443
Bluffton-1479
Berkeley-1281
Hilton Head- 1174
Battery Creek-822
Really needed that new school????
I understand that Battery Creek will begin playing in AA in 2012.
Eventually, though, you can expect that school board to try to close Battery Creek and send the students to Beaufort and Whale Branch.
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They should have never built Whale Branch, all political, biggest waste of 32 million dollars.Could use that now!!!!
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They should have never built Whale Branch, all political, biggest waste of 32 million dollars.Could use that now!!!!
You'd be hard pressed to get anyone to argue that!
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Ok, so, where I come from, a "branch," in addition to being part of a tree, is a small creek or stream..something that "branches" off from a main river. And a whale is, well...a whale. So please understand if I just can't wrap my mind around the name "Whale Branch"...it just doesn't fit.
Unless we're talking about those pesky tree whales...
I've got good news and bad news...
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