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Portage Lady Mustangs are set to be AA in Girls Basketball for the next 2 year cycle, they are opting to play 5A instead. 

Courtesy of Jake Oswalt on Twitter. 
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uhhh?
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AAAAA is a sub-region with Obama Academy and Carrick from District 8, Central Mountain, Bellefonte, and Hollidaysburg from District 6, and DuBois from District 9.

They are avoiding AA which features Bellwood-Antis, West Shamokin, Blairsville, BG, and McCort.


Over the course of the past 5 years, Bellwood, McCort, BG, and Blairsville are likely better than any of the schools mentioned in 5A.
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Well and that's what my thought was, but in state playoffs you're still going to run into a powerhouse team like Archbishop Wood. Pick your poison I guess.
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Yep, makes a district title more manageable, but yeah state playoffs would be much more difficult.
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This does will have some effect on the D6/D5 A-AA playoffs with a win vs Portage in the regular season worth more point correct?
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Would love to hear Portages coach explain the the move to 5A. I'm sure it differs from Crimsons logic. Haha! He's exactly right though, eluding D6 AA powerhouses. Run away!!
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I don't see anything wrong with it. They still have to go out and earn anything they get in 5A.
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Much easier road to the district title at 5A. Let's be honest, when schools do this sort of thing, they are usually not choosing the harder path. I wish my school could move down to 5A! Lol
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If it was just to avoid AA then go to 3A or 4A. Going to 5A means they have a specific reason


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