November 22, 2002: The Washington HS Boys league structure for the 2003 season has been completed. All teams will be aligned into one of 4 Leagues:

Varsity Division 1: (Top Varsity Teams in the State)
Varsity Division 2: (15 Other Varsity Teams)
Varsity "B" League: (Designed for 2nd level complete teams of the larger programs, approx 8 teams for 2003)
Junior Varsity Teams: (non structured league of exhibition games)

Varsity Division 1 will have 8 teams. Each team will play 12 league games. The top 4 teams in the division will make the State Championship playoffs. The 2003 "Draft" Division 1 Schedule is now posted to: Click Here Teams in Division 1 include:

Bainbridge, Bellevue, Lakeside, Maple Valley, Mercer Island, Nathan Hale, Panthers LC, Port Angeles

Varsity Division 2 will be aligned into 3 Conferences. Each team will play each opponent within their conference twice: home/away for a total of 8 games. Then each team will play one game against each of the other two conferences for a total of 10 league scheduled games. Playoffs...Top 2 in each divisions make playoffs, plus the 2 best 3rd place teams (wildcards). Allowing for 8 teams in the 2003 Playoffs. This will be akin to how the NFL formatted their playoffs last year when they had 3 divisions in each conference.

Olympic Conference- Vashon, Curtis, Kitsap, Klahowya, N. Kitsap
Metro Conference- Roughriders, Franklin, Garfield, Bainbridge, Mt. Rainier
Inland North Conference - Snohomish, Mukilteo, Issaquah, Overlake, Eastside

Varsity "B" Division - This is a new division, designed for second level teams of larger programs in our state. Final details are still being worked out as to the teams that will compete in this division, but initially they include: Port Angeles "B", Mercer Island "B", Panthers "B", Nathan Hale "B", Bellevue "B", Curtis "B", Maple Valley "B"