Yesterday, we issued articles with the girls and boys top individuals in the South Region. That was for the sake of information and not necessarily who has or will sign up to race.
Today, we are doing the same thing for the top South boys teams. Per the data, these are the top teams in the South Region, not necessarily teams who will be competing,
For argument sake, let's take a look at the teams who if entered will have solid opportunities to grab the two automatic NXN qualifying positions.
The 2023 NXR South Region was all up for grabs. Considering Southlake Carroll (TX) had qualified from the region every available season dating back to 2009 and had just won their fifth straight Texas UIL state meet, they weren't even a shoe-in.
As they typically do, the quality Texas teams made a long list of possible teams, but it had perhaps the strongest push from the rest of the region since the inception of NXN and NXR. Arkansas had Bentonville, Oklahoma had Deer Creek, and Louisiana had both set...