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When you talk about the 15th Region, consider this. Region 7 has 3 schools with over 4,000 boys, Trinity, St. X, and Ballard. I'm not even mentioning the other schools who also have big enrollments, but just those three. The 15th Region as a whole will struggle to have 4,000 boys. When you look at it those terms, the 15th has been very competitive in the Sweet 16.

Neither St X, Trinity or Ballard have anywhere close to 4,000 boys. I think Ballard has an enrollment of near 2,000 which would give them about 1,000 boys. I think St X and Trinity have enrollments in the neighborhood of 1,500, of which all are boys.

The advantage of these schools is not huge male enrollments. The advantage is they can get athletes from all over, including Indiana for the Catholic schools. Jefferson County has open enrollment for public schools, which means a kid can go to any public school he wants. Which means Ballard can draw from a population base of 3/4 of a million people.