The HS Girls programs are direct reflections of their Youth PAL programs. The towns that balance their teams and include all levels of players from K-8th grade are the Towns putting quality Varsity and JV teams on the field year in and out. They may lose at the PAL level but when it all comes together at he HS level the winning happens. In my town many of the girls play on travel programs and the town travel teams up till 9th & 10th grade. If the Town youth directors would put more effort into keeping the girls playing together and developing the Town Program which includes having balanced PAL teams the HS program would benefit. The problem is that many PAL coaches are only interested in getting their daughters on Varsity and winning meaningless PAL games.
