Urban / Rural - Rankings

[Bearhugger]

My good (and covert) friend "TrueSouthFanFromPartsUnknown" sent me the top secret document a few days ago that reveals the master scheme to transform West Virginia sports into four categories: Large Urban, Small Urban, Large Rural, Small Rural. The group behind this plot is some outfit called the "Competitive Balancing Committee" or some BS like that. I recall James Bond saved the world many times from the diabolical organization known as SPECTRE. Well, we shall refer to this gang as "SPECTACLE" because they are making a spectacle of an attempt to fix something.

Ole James Bear, 007, "Licensed to Talk about the subjects people keep covered up" gave all of this a quick glance.

I bounced the current rankings we are building (thank you for your input) against the top secret document.

Observations:

1. AAA is still AAA. All you schools that lack "speed" will still struggle to compete in football or basketball.

2. The top wrestling teams in AA/A are now scattered across three different divisions. There will be less competition, more champions and possibly a state finals match that pits two wrestlers that would not have qualified under the current system.

3. As a person who grew up on the West Side of Charleston, I never considered Sissonville as "urban". Charleston has itself become more "rural" in the past 20 years.

AA/A

106: Sanders/Independence/4th in state/Word on the street/R3 – SMALL URBAN
106: Short/Point Pleasant/NA/Super 32 Entry/R4 – LARGE RURAL

113: Powell/Wirt County/5th in state/Word on the street/R4 – SMALL RURAL
113: Smith/Point Pleasant/3rd in state/Super 32/R4 – LARGE RURAL

120: Hodges/Grafton/4th in state/Word on the street/R2 – LARGE RURAL
120: Raike/Point Pleasant/Freshman/Super 32/R4 – LARGE RURAL

126: Bartee/Point Pleasant/Freshman/ Super 32/R4 – LARGE RURAL
126: Spaulding/Ritchie County/5th in state/Super 32/R1 – SMALL RURAL

132: Dawson/Independence/Runner Up in state/Word on the street/R3 – SMALL URBAN
132: Freeman/Smith/Point Pleasant/Third & Fourth in state/Super 32/R4 (Obviously one will be 132 and the other 138). – LARGE RURAL
132: Powell/Wirt County/NA/Word on the street/R4 SMALL RURAL

138: Hall/Oak Glen/State Champion/Word on the Street/R1 – SMALL URBAN

145: Cook/Madonna/State Champion/Super 32/R1 – SMALL URBAN
145: Lusher/Independence/State runner up/Super 32/R3 – SMALL URBAN
145: Ward/Winfield/State Champion/Super 32/R4 – LARGE URBAN

152: Parkes/Greenbrier West/NA/Word on the street/R3 – SMALL RURAL
152: Thomas/East Fairmont/4th in state/Word on the Street/R1 – SMALL URBAN

160: Cox/Greenbrier West/5th in state/Word on the street/R3 – SMALL RURAL

170: Van Meter/Moorefield/3rd in state/Word on the street/R2 – SMALL RURAL

182: Kotsko/East Fairmont/3rd in state/Word on the street/R1 – SMALL URBAN

195: Cook/Madonna/3rd in state/Word on the street/R1 – SMALL URBAN
195: Kump/Independence/3rd in state/Word on the street/R3 – SMALL URBAN
195: Patterson/Greenbrier West/NA/Super 32/R3 – SMALL RURAL

220: Brown/Greenbrier West/State qualifier/Word on the street/R3 – SMALL RURAL
220: Shamblin/Sissonville/State qualifier/Word on the street/R4 – SMALL URBAN

285: Frazier/Fairmont Senior/State champion/Word on the street/R1 - SMALL URBAN


AAA aka LARGE URBAN LEAGUE

106: Dolan/Spring Mills/3rd in state/Super 32/R2 – LARGE URBAN

113:

120: Donahue/Parkersburg/Runner up in state/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN
120: Hartley/St. Albans/State Champion/Super 32/R3 - LARGE URBAN
120: Johnson/South/3rd in states/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN
120: Simpson/University/NA/Super 32/R1 - LARGE URBAN

126: Miller/Musselman/Runner up in state/Super 32/R2 - LARGE URBAN
126: Simpson/University/3rd in state/Super 32/R1 or Staud/University/State Champion/Super 32/R1 - LARGE URBAN

132: Simpson/University/3rd in state/Super 32/R1 or Staud/University/State Champion/Super 32/R1 - LARGE URBAN


138: Quiocho/South/State Champion/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN

145: Roberts/South/State Champion/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN

152: Best/Parkersburg/Runner up in state/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN
152: Dempsey/Huntington/State qualifier/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN
152: Hinzman/South/State champion/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN

160:

170: Carmen/John Marshall/Runner up in state/Super 32/R1 - LARGE URBAN
170: Casto/St. Albans/5th in state/Super 32/R3 - LARGE URBAN

182: Lanham/Huntington/State champion/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN
182: Stevens/Spring Valley/4th in state/Word on the street/R4 - LARGE URBAN

195:

220: Amos/South/State Champion/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN

285: Chapman/Riverside/4th in state/Word on the street/R3 - LARGE URBAN
285: Haga/South/Runner up in state/Super 32/R4 - LARGE URBAN
285: Stanley/Spring Valley/Runner up in state/Word on the street/R4 - LARGE URBAN
285: Stiffler/Woodrow Wilson/NA/Word on the street/R3 - LARGE URBAN