I think a lot of it is a combination of demographics and priorities. The growth is east/Interstate 75 and that along with Palmetto is where the working class households reside, with families that have school aged kids. Manatee High is an exception due to past success, not really sure if the downtown Bradenton area is aging past the point of families overall. The western portion of Sarasota has, along with the area around Southeast High School, just not as many younger families as there once were. Other than Manatee High, football success has followed the growth pattern of middle income workforce housing. Sarasota and Riverview used to field pretty good teams in the past, but if you look at the demographics for those school districts in that area of the county there has been very little to no growth of younger families east of I-75. The growth went North (Braden River/Lakewood Ranch) and south (Venice/North Port) where due to the constant coaching changes they all school choice to Venice High. Venice also does a good job of mining northern Sarasota for athletes. Sarasota High has built a powerhouse in baseball and has the reputation for that sport, but do to the recession and aging demographics their enrollment has been dropping, but I think has stabilized. Riverview put a lot of emphasis in their IB academic program and that drew a lot of kids that were trying to get into Pineview or transferred for a regular high school experience. That has pushed Riverview to capacity numbers wise, so if you weren't in the IB program, there was no school choice. Those kids are more academically inclined then sports oriented. They did have open enrollment for the first time this year, but there were very few open spots. So to answer your question I think talent due to larger number of players is true. I think the coaching has more experience. On the other hand if you look at baseball it is the complete opposite. Last year Venice won a state title, Sarasota played for a state title or went to the final four and Riverview was one game away from the final four.