By Chris Parker
Last year MSHSAA announced that the blanket non-public & charter school school multiplier that took a school’s raw enrollment and multiplied it by 1.35 would be going away. Starting this year it has been replaced by a new system that moves individual non-public and chareter school athletic programs up based on success called the Championship Factor.
That new classification system is set to go into effect this fall.
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Here is how it will work.
NOTE: Public schools are not subject to the Championship Factor. This is for non-public and charter schools only.Â
First, every non-public and charter school will be placed in a classification for each sport based off its raw enrollment numbers just as every public school. There is no more 1.35 multiplier.
After that, each non-public and charter school athletic program will judged individually and independently of all the other programs within its own school. For example, a school’s football program could be in Class 4 while the basketball program plays in Class 2. It is all based off success over the previous six athletic seasons.
Here is how the point system works:
1. Post-season points
a. District Champion: 1 point
b. State 3rd/4th Place: 2 points
c. State 2nd Place: 3 points
d. State Champion: 4 points
IMPORTANT: Points are not cumulative within each season. Each program will only receive the points for the highest finish. If a team wins a state title it is four points only. You do not add district points on top of the championship.
Here are the plateaus for moving up classifications:
2. Point Totals for Re-Classification:
a. 0 – 2 points: remain classified based on raw enrollment
b. 3 – 7 points: re-classified one class above where classified on raw enrollment
c. 8+ points: re-classified two classes above where classified on raw enrollment
So how does this affect Springfield’s non-public schools?
Springfield Catholic
Baseball: 1 Point (2019 District Champion)
*Boys Basketball: 4 Points (2018 District Champion, 2019 State Runner-up)
Girls Basketball: 0 Points
**Boys XC: 8 Points (2014 State Runner-up, 2015 State Champion, 2016 District Champion)
Girls XC: 2 Points (2014 District Champion, 2015 District Champion)
Football: 1 Point (2018 District Champion)
*Girls Golf: 7 Points (2019 State Champion, 2018 State Runner-up)
*Boys Golf: 7 Points (2015 District Champion, 2016 State Runner-up, 2017 District Champion, 2018 State Fourth Place)
*Boys Soccer: 6 Points (2014 State Fourth Place, 2015/2017/2018/2019 District Champion)
*Girls Soccer: 7 Points (2015 State Fourth Place, 2017 State Runner-up, 2018/2019 District Champion)
**Girls Tennis: 9 Points (2014 District Champion, 2016/2017/2018 State Fourth Place, 2019 State Third Place
**Boys Tennis: 8 Points (2016 State Fourth Place, 2017 State Third Place, 2018 State Runner-up, 2019 District Champion)
Boys Track: 1 Point (2019 District Champion)
Girls Track: 0 Points
Volleyball: 0 Points
Wrestling: 0 Points
*Moving up one class
**Moving up two classes
New Covenant/Summit Prep
*Baseball: 4 Points (2016 State Runner-up, 2018 District Champion)
Boys Basketball: 0 Points
Girls Basketball: 0 Points
Boys XC: 0 Points
**Girls XC: 9 Points (2014 Third Place, 2015 Second Place, 2016 State Champion)
Boys Golf: 0 Points
Boys Soccer: 0 Points
Girls Soccer: 2 Points (2019 State Fourth Place)
Boys Tennis: 0 Points
Boys Track: 0 points
**Girls Track: 11 points (2015 State Champion, 2016 State Runner-up, 2017 State Champion)
Volleyball: 0 Points
*Moving up one class
**Moving up two classes
Greenwood
*Boys Basketball: 6 Points (2017 District Champion, 2019 State Champion, 2020 District Champion)
Girls Basketball: 0 Points
Boys XC: 0 Points
Girls XC: 0 Points
Girls Golf: 1 Point (2016 District Champion)
**Boys Golf: 8 Points (2015 District Champion, 2016 Third Place State, 2017 State Runner-up, 2018 District Champion, 2019 District Champion)
*Boys Soccer: 5 Points (2016 State Third Place, 2017 District Champion, 2019 State Third Place)
Girls Soccer: 1 Point (2015 District Champion)
Girls Tennis: 0 Points
Boys Tennis: 2 points (2015 State Fourth Place)
Boys Track: 0 Points
Girls Track: 0 Points
*Moving up one class
**Moving up two classes
