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Rod, in your Record Book for the PIAA Boys Tennis MISC PDF file, it says you are missing the 2002 information. Does that include all information because the 2002 AAA bracket is complete and linked in another PDF and you have the AA championship results you can use. I really like your tennis stats and would like to see it completed if possible.
-tennisfan
Rod: I just found the complete results on the WPIAL site!
Here, please update the PDF if you can, I really enjoy reading them.
http://www.wpial.org/scoreboard/tennis/tennis02/02t_b.htm#2
PIAA Class AAA
Brackets
QUARTERFINALS
Shady Side Academy 5, Abington Heights 0
Altoona 3, Cedar Cliff 2
Emmaus 5, Allderdice 0
Strath Haven 4, Erie Cathedral Prep 1
SEMIFINALS
Altoona 3, Shady Side Academy 2
Strath Haven 3, Emmaus 2
CHAMPIONSHIP
Strath Haven 5, Altoona 0
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PRELIMINARY ROUND
Wyoming Seminary 5, Radnor 0
Bedford 5, Elk County Catholic 0
QUARTERFINALS
Wyoming Seminary 5, Westmont Hilltop 0
Moravian Academy 3, Quaker Valley 2
Danville 4, Fairview 1
ELCO 5, Bedford 0
SEMIFINALS
Moravian Academy 3, Wyoming Seminary 1
ELCO 3, Danville 2
CHAMPIONSHIP
Moravian Academy 3, ELCO 2
Rod: could you pass this suggestion/complaint on to the PIAA Committee that comes up with PIAA tennis brackets? I believe this is a flaw in the brackets. In the 90s, they would seed players, the best possible way. In the current team competitions, I think there is a lack of balance. In individual competition, players could easily be seeded with a quick coaches meeting including USTA and high school season results.
For teams, usually the best two districts in PIAA Tennis are D-1 and D-7. In AA they are usually D-3 and D-1 with D-7 in the mix. The worst districts are always D-8, D-9, D-5, and D-2/D-4 sub-regional with D-3 being fairly average in AAA. D-10 has been on the rise in recent years, garnering some medals, but in the AAA draw, they always pull the WPIAL runner up or champ in the first round. My suggestion is to keep D-1 and D-7 champs on opposite sides of the bracket, playing D-8 and D-9 champs and giving D-10 (a champion) a match against someone else.
D-10 has proven to be a strong, if not deep, district in past years from Erie McDowell and Cathedral Prep in AAA and Fairview in AA. Why should the D-10 team winner in AAA have to play the WPIAL champ in the first round? That match has historically been close, 3-2 at times, and it isn’t fair for a strong D-10 team to go out in the first round nor is it fair for the WPIAL champs to play such a strong opponent early.
This is how I would suggest setting up the brackets in AAA Team:
1-1 vs. 9-1 (one of top two districts vs. one of bottom two)
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10-1 vs. 3-2
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7-2 vs. 2-1/4-1 (WPIAL runner up vs. relatively weak subregional winner)
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11-1 vs. 1-3
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1-2 vs. 3-3
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6-1 vs. 12-1 (d6 champ usually strong state college vs. weak d12 team)
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3-1 vs. 1-4 (good matchup, two tough teams usually)
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7-1 vs. 8-1 (one of top two districts vs. one of bottom two)
In this year’s field, that would have left with a possible quarterfinal of CR North, Erie Prep, Butler, Manheim Township, Conestoga, State College, Radnor and Shady Side Academy, in my opinion the top 8 teams in the field.