I’m not saying combine the High schools...I’m saying creating a team to play tier 1 (a team in Bismarck, Fargo and Grand Forks), more games against better competition. The creation of one bantam AA Hs shown that grand forks can compete against top end MN teams. But what happens after bantams? Now these kids that have developed against top end competition are stuck playing against lessor competion for several years (or they are forced to go to juniors early).
These kids stop playing good Cities team at the age of 14/15. And by splitting up the talent so other ND teams have a chance (central and RR), they’re no longer able to compete against high end cities teams (consistently).