Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So for a newbie to VA State Playoffs. Can some explain how districts, regionals and then states work. It feels like teams can lose in districts and then show up in states.
Where I grew up. You played in regionals/districts based on your school size. So you could play a school during the regular season that was larger or smaller but during the playoffs these schools would be regrouped based on size - sort of like AAA, AA, A. Thus, you might play in a region but you would have to win it to move farther along in the state playoff system. Doesn't seem like in Virginia.
There are 4 regions in 6A(largest enrollment). There are two districts in each region. The district tournaments are seeded based off regular season results.
The top 6(out of 8, generally) advance to regions. Then the top 2(finalists) advance from regions to state.
States is then bracketed where Regional Champions play other regional runner ups in the first round. Winners move to semifinals and then the Title game. Regional Champs aren’t normally on the same bracket side as the runner up from their region. So you could in theory play the same team for District, Region and State Championships.