Non-league crossover schedule idea...

[Sean]

Here is and idea I had the other day about crossover basketball games between the CTL and NEA. This would be a two-year cycle so that everyone would get the equal amount of home and road games. The teams paired up from the same leagues were based on the least distance apart from each other with the exception of Lake Roosevelt and Tonasket. The NEA would also rotate who ever the lone team had to be. The end result would be five (5) non-league crossover games for CTL teams and eight (8) non-league crossover games for NEA teams. The one big negative setback I could see to something like this would be that this would give CTL schools a total of 19 scheduled league and non-league games with one remaining, while the NEA would have 16 scheduled league and non-league games with four remaining. These games could be played as holiday tournaments and/or back-to-back weekend games most likely in December.

Friday/Saturday #1
1st year: Freeman and Lakeside @ Okanogan and Omak
2nd year: Okanogan and Omak @ Freeman and Lakeside
1st year: Chewelah and Newport @ Cascade and Cashmere
2nd year: Cascade and Cashmere @ Chewelah and Newport
1st year: Brewster and Chelan @ Kettle Falls
2nd year: Kettle Falls @ Brewster and Chelan
Both years: Lake Roosevelt and Tonasket bye

Friday/Saturday #2
1st year: Freeman and Lakeside @ Lake Roosevelt and Tonasket
2nd year: Lake Roosevelt and Tonasket @ Freeman and Lakeside
1st year: Chewelah and Newport @ Brewster and Chelan
2nd year: Brewster and Chelan @ Chewelah and Newport
1st year: Kettle Falls @ Cascade and Cashmere
2nd year: Cascade and Cashmere @ Kettle Falls
Both years: Okanogan and Omak bye

Friday/Saturday #3
1st year: Lake Roosevelt and Tonasket @ Chewelah and Newport
2nd year: Chewelah and Newport @ Lake Roosevelt and Tonasket
1st year: Okanogan and Omak @ Kettle Falls
2nd year: Kettle Falls @ Okanogan and Omak
1st year: Cascade and Cashmere @ Freeman and Lakeside
2nd year: Freemand and Lakeside @ Cascade and Cashmere
Both years: Brewster and Chelan bye

Friday/Saturday #4
1st year: Kettle Falls @ Lake Roosevelt and Tonasket
2nd year: Lake Roosevelt and Tonasket @ Kettle Falls
1st year: Okanogan and Omak @ Chewelah and Newport
2nd year: Chewelah and Newport @ Okanogan and Omak
1st year: Brewster and Chelan @ Freeman and Lakeside
2nd year: Freeman and Lakeside @ Brewster and Chelan
Both years: Cascade and Cashmere bye

AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD STATS

---Brewster and Chelan would each get two (2) home games and three (3) road games the first year, then get three (3) home games and two (2) road games the second year.

---Cascade and Cashmere would each get get three (3) home games and two (2) road games the first year, then get two (2) home games and three (3) road games the second year.

---Lake Roosevelt and Tonasket would each get three (3) home games and two (2) road games the first year, then get two (2) home games and three (3) road games the second year.

---Okanogan and Omak would each get two (2) home games and three (3) road games the first year, then get three (3) home games and two (2) road games the second year.

---All five NEA schools would each get four (4) home games and four (4) road games for both years.

[BulldogDad]

I like the idea but my first thought is travel cost? There is alot of pavement between these to leagues?

[Sean]

That, I am sure, is a huge thought on the minds of athletic directors. So, why not make this a choice up to the coaches and athletic directors. They could always select parts of this idea for their own schedules. I think it this would have to be just an option for schools to select from. Keep in mind that there are schools already doing a lot of traveling between the two leagues.

---Freeman to Lake Roosevelt
---Tonasket at Freeman tourney
---Lakeside to Lake Roosevelt and Chelan. Lake Roosevelt to Lakeside.
---Tonasket and Kettle Falls play each other
---Kettle Falls at Brewster tourney
---Lakeside, Brewster, Cashmere at Yakima tourney
---Cashmere and Cascade traveled to Deer Park and Riverside and vice versa the last two years.

[bbjunky]

This would be great. especially for the teams like okanogan and omak that seem to play a lot of 2B and 1B non-league games.