The word on the street is that Richmond Hill is seriously considering joining BC in 5A. RH currently reside in Region 3-AAA, with Liberty County being the only other school within a 2-hour radius. If that happens, Region 3-AAAAA would look like this:
Beach
Benedictine
Bradwell
Camden County
Groves
Jenkins
Johnson
Richmond Hill
Savannah High
Windsor Forest
According to the GHSA by-laws, regions consisting of 10 or more schools must be subdivided. The GHSA also states that schools in a subdivided region for football must play region "cross over" games so that 70% of the season schedule is against teams in the same region.
Snuffy, what does all this mean?
I'm glad you asked.
If Richmond Hill joins 5A with BC, that will create a 10-team region that will have to be subdivided. The football schedule would include 4 sub-region games, 3 region cross-over games, and 3 games that BC can schedule on its own. The top 2 teams in each sub-region would advance to the state playoffs. This is similar to our old arrangement in 5A, except it was a 12-team region with Glynn and Brunswick included.
If Richmond Hill does not join 5A, then that will leave a 9-team region. The football schedule will consist of 8 region games and 2 non-region games that BC can schedule on its own. The top 4 teams would advance to the state playoffs.
5 comments:
being in favor of RH or not almost comes down to whether or not that would put us in Camden's sub region.
Could be brilliant.
I think BC should join the South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) along with St. Andrews and Bible Baptist.
Like Barstool said, the 10 team region would be great if we are on the opposite side of Camden. The downside of playing on Camden's side would basically mean never hosting a state playoff game in football. If opposite, the chance of being the #1 seed in the playoffs is a real possibility.
For basketball, it really doesn't matter whos on your side because that all washes out in the region tourney.
update?
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