I just heard this past weekend of the end of team state after this season and have read all the threads over the last few days, trying to come up with a solution. As we all know IHSAA is not going to give anything without getting something in return, therefore maybe something along the following, using next season?s scheduled dates would be a possibility.
Note: Individual tournament would remain the same.
1. First drop a tournament from the season schedule, opening the date of January 21, 2012 for ?Team Sectionals?, in Class 1A, 2A, 3A & 4A. These sectionals like all other sectionals in other team sports would be blind draws and bracketed.
- Class 1A ? Bottom 72 Schools
Eight - 9 team sectionals
- Class 2A ? 80 Schools
Eight ? 10 Team Sectionals
- Class 3A ? 80 Schools
Eight ? 10 Team Sectionals
- Class 4A ? 78
Six ? 10 team sectionals and Two ? 9 team sectionals
2. Wednesday 2/1/2012 ?Team Regionals? - Four Sites
- Site 1 ? Four 1A Teams & Four 2A Teams
- Site 2 ? Four 1A Teams & Four 2A Teams
- Site 3 ? Four 3A Teams & Four 4A Teams
- Site 4 ? Four 3A Teams & Four 4A Teams
Two mats ? two same class matches on each mat, winners move on to ?Team State?
3. Saturday 2/28/2012 ?Team State? ? One Site ? Four Teams each Class
Then if you really want to have some fun, bracket the four champs to determine the best ?TEAM? champion in the State of Indiana.