The Arizona Interscholastic Association’s divisions and
regions seem to change every couple of years, due to the ebb and flow of attendance
across the state.
The organization has made some adjustments for 2016-17 and
at least one year after that, some of which will affect the athletes at Xavier
Prep.
Xavier and brother school Brophy Prep (they are considered
as one school) will be members of the new 6A conference Premier Region, which
will be used in all of the team sports. All of the schools will remain under
the Division I umbrella for individual sports such swimming and diving, golf,
tennis and cross country, etc.
The Premier Region will feature Xavier/Brophy and all of the
schools in the Chandler district – Chandler Basha, Chandler Hamilton, Chandler
High and Perry, which is in Gilbert but is a Chandler school. Xavier previously
was in a region consisting primarily of Mesa schools.
“We have no objection to the placement,’’ said XCP athletic
director Sr. Lynn Winsor. “We are the only 6A conference-region with five
schools. All the rest are larger.
“In many sports, the Chandler schools are the best, and when
you add Xavier and Brophy to the region, we are a very competitive region. We
believe that to get better, you must play the better teams and the Premier
Region has really good teams.
“We (schools) voted to be called the Premier Region mainly
because when you look at the number of state titles and runner-ups, the five
schools in our region, as it is now set, it’s a lot of state titles. And
Premier means top of the line or first class.’’
Schedules will be posted on the AIA Web site,
azpreps365.com, as they become available.
2016-17 conferences
Metro Region
Phoenix Alhambra
Phoenix Central
Laveen Cesar Chavez
Phoenix Maryvale
Phoenix North
Phoenix Trevor Browne
Desert Valley Region
Anthem Boulder Creek
Scottsdale Desert Mountain
Phoenix Horizon
Glendale Mountain Ridge
Phoenix Pinnacle
Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor
Southwest Region
Glendale Copper Canyon
Avondale La Joya
Goodyear Millennium
Tolleson
Surprise Valley Vista
Avondale Westview
East Valley Region
Mesa Dobson
Mesa
Mesa Mountain View
Mesa Red Mountain
Mesa Skyline
Mesa Westwood
Southern Region
Yuma Cibola
Yuma Kofa
Tucson Rincon
Tucson Sunnyside
Tucson
Premier Region
Chandler Basha
Phoenix Brophy Prep
Chandler
Chandler Hamilton
Gilbert Perry
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Central Region
Tempe Corona del Sol
Mesa Desert Ridge
Phoenix Desert Vista
Gilbert
Gilbert Highland
Phoenix Mountain Pointe
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