It's about the makeup of the enrolled kids. Regina's 200 kids is not the same as North Cedar's 200 kids.
Of the 200 kids at North Cedar they probably have a few physically handicap kids, a few more with intellectual disabilities, and then another chunk of kids who are dirt poor and don't have the capabilities of contributing to an athletic team. The 200 kids at Regina? They all come from houses with incomes of $100,000+ and have all the resources to be successful.
Bottom line, every one of the 200 kids at Regina is capable of contributing to an athletic team. At North Cedar, maybe 120 of them are capable.
Same is true in 3A. According to the 2016-17 BEDS document on the IAHSAA website, Xavier is the exact same size as Denison-Schleswig. Do people really think 700 rich kids from Cedar Rapids is the same as 700 kids from the bowels of SW Iowa?
Again, do you apply the same to public vs public problem about money?
School funding is almost entirely based on property taxes - for public schools. This means rich kids get better shit, not just at private schools. Alabama has nicer shit than Iowa in football, Kentucky more so in basketball,, South Carolina in baseball.
Making this private Cs public is just emotional dogshit - in most cases.
Why don't we have some fun. The allegation was dastardly recruiting, I.e. "Stealing" players that would have otherwise played public. Ok then, pick one of the championship teams this year and we'll look at the rosters.
Because your post, as with many others, isn't complaining about "recruiting," it is complaining about funding, support, and wealth of families.