iowahawkeyes89 you're a frickin' moron! You must work for the DM Rag...errr Register. They frequently ignore 3A sports here in central Iowa.
There are many years when 3A sports outperform 4A sports. 3A is like the B1G in that there are up years and down years in all sports and the consistency isn't always there.
Case in point...two years ago, my son was a junior in high school and ran track and cross country at a 3A school. At the end of the year, he was ranked 23rd in the state in 3A XC. If he'd been in 4A, he would have been ranked 5th. It was a very strong year for 3A XC in the state. Last year was just the opposite.
He's now running D1 XC and track.