Really 321A is probably the most evenly distributed location wise of each schools so its not that more schools are located in the west or by Hays.

CLASS 3-2-1A
Beloit Regional
Belleville-Republic Co., Beloit, Bennington, Brookville-El-Saline, Ellsworth, Gypsum-SE of Saline, Herington, Lincoln, Mankato-Rock Hills, Marysville, Minneapolis, Onaga, Osborne, Phillipsburg, Plainville, Sabetha,
Salina-St. John’s Military, Smith Center, St. George-Rock Creek, Stockton, Sylvan Grove-Sylvan Unified, Wabaunsee

Burlington Regional
Burlingame, Burlington, Cherryvale, Council Grove, Easton-Pleasant Ridge, Effingham-Atchison County Comm., Erie, Eskridge-Mission Valley, Fredonia, Highland-Doniphan West, Horton, Leavenworth-Immaculata, Mound City-Jayhawk-Linn, Neodesha, Oskaloosa, Richmond-Central Heights, Rossville, Saint Marys, Saint Paul,
Silver Lake, Troy, Wellsville

Ellis Regional
Atwood-Rawlins County, Cimarron, Elkhart, Ellis, Goodland, Hays-Thomas More Prep Marian, Hill City, Hoisington, Holcomb, Hoxie, Lakin, Larned, Leoti-Wichita County, Montezuma-South Gray,
Norton-Norton Comm., Oakley, Oberlin-Decatur Comm., Rolla, Saint Francis, Sublette,
WaKeeney-Trego Comm.

Garden Plain Regional
Anthony—Anthony-Harper-Chaparral, Burden-Central, Cottonwood Falls-Chase County, Douglass, Eureka, Garden Plain, Halstead, Hillsboro, Howard-West Elk, Langdon-Fairfield, Leon-Bluestem,
Little River, Lyons, Marion, Moundridge, Peabody-Burns, Rosalia-Flint Hills, Sedgwick, Stafford, Sterling, Whitewater-Remington


I would say the mentality 321A people have is if you have a good thing going why screw it up by trying something different (if it ain't broke don't fix it). You'd almost compare this to college presidents not wanting to do a playoff system in football instead of bowls (but playoffs make sense this issue is a little more touchy).

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