Does the plot thicken? As was pointed out: the last time the All A champ went to State was 1976. Not sure that makes HC a perennial winner. I've been in that gym a few times. Not a lot of district and regional banners there either.
My real question (and tho I've tried to read all the posts, I hope this is not redundant): Why don't those who want a smaller school tournament just start their own? Call it the "All Public A." Organize all the teams state-wide, fine a venue, hire the refs. Instead of trying to hijack the tourny the Catholic schools started, why not put your time and effort and money into creating your own? I don't ask this to be argumentative, I really want to know.