I do NOT mean this in any context of the current conversation raging on the board, and am not trying to make a point, I'm genuinely curious. Private schools in IL tend to be very competitive with public schools. The only states the I'm aware of that have separate public and private state tournaments are states where the private schools are considered significantly inferior to the publics.
Mississippi has the MAIS (private school league) - the top 1-2 teams there could hang with decent public schools of comparable size but in general the MAIS is made up of tiny schools and is significantly outclassed by public competition.
In Alabama, the larger, competitive privates play with the publics in the AHSAA, and the smaller privates made their own league (AISA) to avoid playing anyone else. Georgia combines public and private like IL.
Those are just a few I am familiar with. Are there any states that split them on account of the privates being too competitive?
Mississippi has the MAIS (private school league) - the top 1-2 teams there could hang with decent public schools of comparable size but in general the MAIS is made up of tiny schools and is significantly outclassed by public competition.
In Alabama, the larger, competitive privates play with the publics in the AHSAA, and the smaller privates made their own league (AISA) to avoid playing anyone else. Georgia combines public and private like IL.
Those are just a few I am familiar with. Are there any states that split them on account of the privates being too competitive?