Sports Conference Changes Are coming To The Twin Cities
Last January, Inside Minnesota Soccer alerted you to changes that were happening in regard to the Minnesota State High School League and it’s conferences. These changes would most likely go into effect for the 2010 fall soccer season.
Today in the Star Tribunes prep section, John Millea alerts us to the fact that area high schools in the southern suburbs of the Twin Cites were nearly the first to start the shuffle that will eventually realign many conferences. Millea writes, that when it’s all said and done, the Lake Conference as we know it figures to be dismantled, with its Dakota County schools breaking off on their own.
Conference changes are coming to the Twin Cities, and they are unlikely to be quiet little adjustments. Nothing is happening right now — although something major almost took place this month — but there is a large snowball out there, becoming bigger and bigger as it rolls downhill and picks up speed.
The first momentous move turned out to be a false start. A cluster of Dakota County schools came mighty close to forming a new conference for the 2010-11 school year. An official announcement was tentatively set for April 1.
The threshold for forming the new league was seven schools. Six were on board, which according to my calculator is one short of seven. The six were Apple Valley, Eagan, Eastview and Rosemount from District 196, along with Lakeville sister schools North and South. All were prepared to leave the Lake Conference.
“We came close,” District 196 Superintendent John Currie said. “We recognize that you need seven to have a viable conference. I was hopeful for eight or nine. It’s no secret [which schools were involved]. All anybody has to do is pull out a map.”
Burnsville was interested, as was Hastings, but neither could pull the trigger and commit to the new league for 2010. Farmington also was involved but decided to stay in the Missota Conference for now.
For the complete article go here to the Star Tribune online.
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