In that old system, there were only 3 Regions in the Upperstate in AAAA. Now there are 4 AAAA Upperstate regions, which makes AAAA different from the (Old School) Bracket. Also, Region champs received a bye in the 1st round. In the same year you mentioned, this was not the case in the Lowerstate, with 14 teams making the playoffs.
Happy enough to be out of the playoffs, facing Dorman with 10 players in the 1st round only had so many upsides.
Any answer as to why the systems were changed, like NeverPlayed asked?
