PLAYOFFS

in the process. e same top tier schools comprised the playo s, and reducing the eld from 48 to 32 left a lot of deserving teams to compete in the rst round – especially when the entire playo time block is three weeks.”

As for the future of Class 6A basketball, Romero was indi erent.

“With our enrollment numbers, we’d always be in the highest classi cation,” he said.

French said CHSAA could continue with a sixth classi cation “if they made it for schools with the higher enrollment numbers.”

“Automatically moving schools up from 5A in 2022 did not allow those with the lowest enrollment an opportunity to compete,” he said. “I do would make history.

“If not, I am thinking about going to King University or maybe Iowa,” she said. “I know wrestling is gonna be my main focus in college. But I’m a student-athlete, so I’d like to major in physics and get a doctorate.”

Gutierrez is trying to raise some money for travel- and tournament-related expenses. Visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/ help-phoebe-get-to-the-usopen?utm_medium=referral&utm_ source=unknown&utm_ campaign=comms_s8xd+helpphoebe-get-to-the-us-open.

“My main goal is to do my best, no matter the outcome,” she said. “ is tournament can give me an idea of where I’m at and help me to improve myself. I’m just going to enjoy the process.” believe if those schools were left in 5A, they could compete.” e council voted 69-2 to allow softball teams to take up to 23 players to regional tournaments.

Other business out of CHSAA: Basketball players can play up to five quarters (115 quarters total in a season) per day of competition. The size of some teams forces coaches to bring up players from the junior-varsity squads to fill out rosters. The move brings all of the state’s basketball players into the same umbrella when it comes to playing time, even those schools that play 19 games before their district tournaments.

Tournament o cials for the Class 3A district playo s will not reseed the bracket when the quarter nal round begins.

For all the details from CHSAA’s legislative council meeting from last week, click here.