For some schools, it's because they HAVE to. For example, Harrison, McCutcheon, and Jeff used to be in the HCC and were asked to leave. They were playing mainly higher caliber 5A/6A schools at that time in the HCC. They were able to return to the NCC, but that also has them playing 4A competition that is sometimes closer, like Logansport, and sometimes not, like Marion and Richmond ... although Harrison and Jeff are 6A-sized schools.