Mike,
How can you be sure that Berkeley will not be facing Westside in the 4A girls final on Friday? Or than an upstart Westside boys team will not be making its first state championship appearance?
I have worked the state championships on two different occasions and was sorry I did not get to do so this year. It is truly a feat for the coaches that volunteer their time, but it's a joy to be there and watch the national anthem, the players getting ready, run back to sell concessions, hundreds and even upwards of 1-2 thousand fans for some games, etc.
Here's a question: how many other state championship games are played during school hours, or almost directly after school, other than girls A/AA and AAA state championships? Would it be possible to host girls and boys state title games on the same day, Saturday, and stagger the time of boys and girls matches in the same classification (A/AA, AAA, and AAAA) so that fans of say Riverside or BE could potentially attend both matches?
I imagine the biggest hindrance to this would be the aforementioned (in a hundred posts or so) lack of participation.
Any thoughts on this?
