Fallout from the placement of all four Classic Lake Conference schools into the Lake Conference continues today with word that Wayzata and Hopkins have filed appeals.

In its presentation to the placement committee last month, Wayzata had requested that it be placed into the Northwest Suburban. Hopkins said it would be satisfied with placement into the Lake or the Northwest Suburban. (Edina and Minnetonka both requested that they join the Lake.)

In reading the placement committee’s decisions for each school, one thing stands out. The dissolution of the Classic Lake began when the above four schools voted to toss Armstrong out; Armstrong was then accepted into the NW Suburban for 2010-11. The placement committee told the four schools the same thing: You clearly didn’t want to be in a conference with Armstrong, so we won’t put you into the NW Suburban.

A private hearing on the appeals will be heard Monday, and chances are almost nil that the committee’s decisions will be overturned. As someone who has been through this process in the past told me, these hearing are “a formality and an exercise in futility.”

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