Are you talking girls or boys?
I coach girls and your point is probably valid for girls. The upstate has a couple of very good teams, a few of us pretty good teams, and the rest would be clobbered by U12 classic teams.
I haven't seen all of these teams yet, but Riverside, Mauldin, Dorman, Eastside, possibly Spartanburg and Hanna are pretty good. I am sure I am leaving some good teams out, but most of the rest of the teams need work.