Who are your "winner" and "loser" teams of the 2022 season?
Example:
Winner: Burley Bobcats- Cam Anderson has stepped up to the 4A plate and has not looked back across the freeway to Gooding since. With what appears to be a high octane offense, his team has boasted an incredible 6-3 record and playoff appearance in year 1.
Loser: Parma Panthers-Parma has lost ANOTHER head coach. He left three weeks into the season. They are on their 5th head coach in I believe 5 years. They have won a total of TWO games in that times (I think). As the smallest 3A school in the state, they don't seem equipped to compete in the BRUTAL SRV conference with the likes of Homedale, Weiser and Fruitland.
Who else would you add to this list?
Winner: Post Falls Trojans– When was the last time a team not named "Coeur d'Alene" won the IEL? They're not at a Meridian/Rocky, Rigby/Highland level, but a conference championship and a 1st round bye in the playoffs is something they can build off of.
Loser: Gooding Senators– For years, Gooding has been in the thick of 3A. They consistently made deep playoff runs. They seemed to have an endless supply of pinball wizards pulling the trigger and what always seemed to be a very explosive offense, and won 8 SCIC titles in 10 years, with a 3A runner up trophy in 2015, and multiple semifinal appearances. This year, they went 1-7 and didn't win a conference game.
As a sidenote, based on enrollment numbers, Parma should be moving back down to 2A, and even if not, it wouldn't have shocked me if they pulled a "Wood River" and petitioned down. The WIC is a better fit for them right now, though they'd still struggle, it wouldn't be as bad. I'm actually shocked they even attempted a varsity season this year.