why us 3a teams play 4a

[wos pride]

why do us 3a teams have to play nothing but 4a teams? im sure there are 3a teams around the area please post replys on this

[hj_hawk_60]

there is technically no 3a soccer, because there aren't enough 3a schools that have soccer teams across the state... so they just mix the few 3a schools that do have soccer teams into the local 4a districts...

[SHS_ATW]

there are only 47 3A schools that play soccer across Texas

you need to have 100 to have 3A district's

[thechozen107]

yea bit its still pretty ridiculous that we have to play schools that are nearly twice as big as us. And then people rub it in our face that we lose half of our games. All those big schools have enough people to make 3 teams and we can barely keep a varsity. I would much rather travel farther and win than losing all the time

[sportsguy]

I agree, its not fair to the 3A schools to have to compete with the 4A schools.  Just take a look at the bench and you can see the difference!  When the 4A schools can put fresh legs on the field to give the starters a break, they definitely have the second half advantage!  The second half is where a most of the Silsbee games were lost against the largers schools, cut the game in half and these games would be very different.  Even the best of players cant give 100% for a full 80 minutes! 

I think that the playoffs should consist of the top 2 4a schools and the top 3A school in the districts.  Give the 3A schools something to strive for!  Then let the 3A winners compete against each other in the playoffs, while the 4A schools compete in their own playoff.

[Bon_Mot]

I don't know if most of you have been following high school long enough, but the 4A division has been around for less than ten years now I believe.  Before that, all 4A's had to play up in 5A.  The 4A high school I attended was fortunate enough to win the 5A district and also win a first round game in the 5A play-offs for the two years that I played, so it's tough, but a lower classification can be successful.

Sportsguy, I like your solution.  And it'd be good in certain districts, but what about the districts that don't have 3A schools?  Or what about the districts that have only one 3A school playing soccer?  Does that team automatically make the play-offs?

I agree with you guys, too!  We need a 3A district.  Otherwise, this area is going to be stuck with a 9 or 10 team 4A district for a while.  And that stinks because it doesn't give the teams enough time to get their form, and it doesn't allow enough weekends for some teams to go off and see or play teams from other parts of the state.  I know several area teams were regular attendees to the Brenham 4A Showcase.  No teams from this area could go this year because the weekend it was held was the fourth game of distict for everybody.

You kids in school, tell your soccer buddies at other 3A schools to start a petition or demand a program.  I know that Bridge City is talking about starting up a program, although they've "talked" about starting up one for years.  I don't know for sure, but it seems like schools like Hamshire Fannet or Orangefield could produce a team, too.  The problem is, the AD's and school boards don't think that there will be enough participation.  The only way they'll consider it is if the students and parents let it be known that they want a program.

[wos pride]

im enjoying the replys on my topic i think 3a coaches parents and even players should really push this to the uil to try and figure something out so us smaller school dont get demolished by goliaths

[SHS_ATW]

theres talk of a big 3A tourny

[wos pride]

yea my coach was talking about it

[SHS_ATW]

i think it would be an awesome idea

[wos pride]

yea you guys would probably win the tourny wonder who would all play in it and who would get second

[SHS_ATW]

their sayin it could stretch from SETX to Dallas

[wos pride]

wow i would hope so that would be a very interseting tourny my coach says our parents need to push this to our schools athletic directors and superintendents to hopfully get this going

[SHS_ATW]

same here

also talk to the people at UIL

[wos pride]

where and when do you think the tourny would take place?

[SHS_ATW]

no idea when or where

maybe in Palestine? i dunno