“All the schools that have applied to drop from a Division I status to a Division II status have been denied,” Class 5A Executive Board President and Buena Principal Tad Bloss said after Thursday’s meeting.
“Those schools now have one more chance for getting their appeal overturned, that being on Monday with the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board,” Bloss said.
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Casa Grande’s appeal to be moved from the Southern Region was approved and they will now be Division I in the Pima Region along with Mesa Desert Ridge, Mesa Skyline and Mesa Westwood.
That leaves a three-team Southern Region Division I consisting of Buena, Salpointe Catholic and Tucson High with the winner between those three teams earning an automatic berth to state tournaments effective in the 2009-2010 school year.
No mention was made of any Phoenix area team being moved down to Division I of the Southern Region.
In related matters regarding scheduling, Buena Athletic Director Greg Duce attended the 5A Southern Region’s Athletic Director’s meeting Wednesday and a vote was made in regards to computer scheduling outside the region’s “must play” games.
“It was voted on and approved to allow schools to pick two non-region games and the other two non-region games will be filled in by the computer in regards to the football schedule,” Duce said.
It has not been determined what two schools Buena football coach Kent Holland will request to play.
As for the computer generated schools put on a team’s schedule, Duce said that travel will be used as a major criteria.
For the other sports, there is nothing in the mill for determining non-region games as yet.
Herald/Review sports reporter Kevin Carolan can be reached at 515-4621 or by e-mail at sports@svherald.com.
