Winless football team (0-10) makes state playoffs. 1-9 team too.
Friday night, two area teams with combined records of 1-18 will compete in the Class 3 playoffs.
In Region 3B, where 0-10 George Wythe and 1-8 Armstrong reside, fans scratch their heads, wondering how these teams are deemed worthy of the postseason.
For the Virginia High School League, things have swung from one extreme to another. Under the current system, the VHSL entrusts each of the 24 individual regions to decide how many teams make the playoffs. Many are generous in their bracket construction.
In the Richmond area, Region 6B takes seven of eight teams, while Region 5B takes the top eight of 15 schools for football as well as other team sports.
“It’s a computer program, but it’s the regions who put teams in the playoffs,” communications director Mike McCall said. “The VHSL rating system does not determine who is in or who is out. The regions do.”
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