Chico,
I'm not that close to the issue so here's my view from approximately 100 miles away. As for being regionally competitive at the under U15 age groups, I would say the CESA U-14 girls aren't while the U-13 girls are and the U-13 boys aren't while the U-14 boys are. Of course this depends on your definition of "regionally competitive" (versus regionally dominant).