1a has quality teams that can compete with some of the bigger schools for example christ church lincoln and academic magnet all three have beaten quality teams this year from 2a and 3a so we're not breathing the air of the bigger schools it's just the bigger schools have plenty of kids to play for them so it's not as hard to field a competitive team but the smaller 1a schools don't have that advantage so it is more of an accomplishment for a 1a team to be competitive with the bigger schools
