2250594, Sort of Posted by B9, Wed Oct-23-13 01:31 PM
Tulsa Public Schools, at least the good football schools (Booker T and East Central) have fluctuated in enrollment over the past five years, riding the line of 6A and 5A, because of policy changes and constant reclassification by OSSAA that really favors the suburban mega schools like Broken Arrow and Norman. Add to that some of the Tulsa area suburban schools that have recently exploded in population but not in football playing ability (lets face it, if you live in Bixby but are good enough to play at Union or Jenks, they find a way to make it happen), and they really needed to separate the Sapulpa's from the Edmond North's. As for how they broke them into the two separate divisions, since only four are really Tulsa area schools and two are the perennial #1 and 2 in the state, they broke them up so they only meet in the state tournament. This means a team like Owasso (who isn't that great in football, anyway, just a gargantuan school) will travel to the 120+ miles to the OKC area 4-5 times a year. That's sort of crazy. They could go just down the street to BTW and get their asses handed to them.
Here's how the divisions are broken down:
Division I
District 1
Edmond Memorial Broken Arrow Edmond Santa Fe Jenks Norman Putnam City Westmoore Yukon
District 2
Edmond North Moore Mustang Norman North Owasso Putnam City North Southmoore Union
Division II
Division 1
B.T. Washington Bartlesville Bixby Claremore Muskogee Ponca City Sand Springs Sapulpa
Division 2
Putnam City West Choctaw Eisenhower Enid Lawton Midwest City Stillwater U.S. Grant
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