Just a question. Is the position then that if you live in a metropolitan area of, say, 3,5 million people and your dd is "All Area" as a freshman, sophomore ... that it doesn't matter to college coaches during recruiting? Are you saying that if you live in a state that has, for example 3 classes, and your dd is first team All State a couple of years, that it doesn't matter in the recruitment process?
I can tell you from first hand experience that HS softball matters in the recruiting process. I won't go into details here but it absolutely matters, at least it did in DD's case.