It absolutely is happening. If KSHSAA is going to run this clown show like it has thus far expect coaches and athletes to scout their best chance at advancing through as far as they can. Eventually the rubber will meet the road and the options to “pick your opponent “ are going to run out, but for KSHSAA to hamstring the western half of the state the way they did I don’t blame coaches or kids one bit. Guessing there will be 4th place district 1 or 2 kids beating the champions from the other regionals in the first round this week. Ethical? All in the eyes of the beholder I guess. IMO not much different than taking an inferior kid down and cutting him repeatedly just to score 20 some points on him.