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Like I said earlier not trying to discredit anyone, I know this region has always been strong. The Boyle 8th grade team from a few years ago that you speak of are sophomores now and IMO were a much better team than this years team, and the only reason Boyle has never competed in this tournament is simply because the previous coaches had no interest in it this is coach Gavans first year and the fact that Boyle has seven state titles means that they have had the talent to play and compete in this tournament.

The 7 state championships is a great accomplishment. Although that is a high school championship composed of a combined 4 class groups to form one team, talk about that on high school. This is a middle school forum and we are talking about middle school championships they are composed of a single class. We are pulling this way off topic so I am done responding, why doesn't Boyle have a 7 th grade team involved, do they not recognize 7th or do they combine to make team have a little more talent.[/QUOTE]

The Salt River Conference doesn't do 7th grade and 8th grade teams. They do an A Team (composed of the players at all levels that can compete at that level) and everyone else is on the B Team to develop them on a different level.

What is amazing is that the Salt River Conference titles that have been won (banners in the school) fall in line with state titles almost exactly.