The Latest on Conference Shuffling

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The wheels are continuing to turn on possible conference changes. This all began, of course, when the five-school Classic Lake Conference announced that it will disband after the 2009-10 school year. Those schools (Armstrong, Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Wayzata) are in the process of applying to existing conferences, with no luck so far. Some themes are emerging…

The Northwest Suburban
Armstrong, Hopkins and Wayzata have all applied to join the Northwest Suburban and all three have been denied. But that doesn’t mean one or two of those schools could still end up in the NW Suburban. Once those schools formally filed letters of application to the NW Suburban, MSHSL rules mandated that the league reply with a decision within 30 days.

Some in the NW Suburban felt the 30 days wasn’t enough time, thus the denials. The NW Suburban schools will meet again next week, with the possibility that they will reconsider one or two of the Classic Lake applications.

Armstrong has the best chance to be accepted, and Hopkins is also a possibility, although facing longer odds than Armstrong. There seems to be very little sentiment in the NW Suburban for accepting Wayzata as a member.