The Region and state All A draw but just the champion of the region advances to state so it really does not matter because the best team of the region will play their way through.
NCC just won the ALL "A" Classic. Yes with the class system in football they are 2A, but before they went to 6 classes they were 1A. But in basketball they are class A. Newport is class 2A in football and have been even before football went to 6 classes
A couple years ago in 2006 Highlands and NCC were on opposite sides of the bracket and Newport went in and took down a pretty good team in NCC down and team that had D-1 Player Klei on it and then took down Highlands in the final so it can be done. But they went on and won a game in the region. I bet you those girls really felt good because they earned their berth into the region tournament and were able to compete in the region. They knew that they were not just going to get lucky and get blown out going into the region.
I don't see it changing anytime soon Dayton/Newport/Bellevue will never vote to seed, so thats 3-2 and that will never change at least not in the near future.
NCC and Highlands are on the same side of the draw, one of these two teams will not play in the region.
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/preps/2010/02/04/36th-district-draw/
I agree the region is very good at the top but night in and night out there are not great games in the region, there have been a lot of blowouts. The region is normally pretty consistent, but not so much this year.