Going to agree to disagree with you on this one. My son plays for the nationally ranked East Cobb Astros (#3 per PG) and has stellar competition at every event against other national top talent and way more competition than local High School with one or less good competition. Even the travel team he played for before EC was also nationally ranked and played better competition more consistently.
I would say national travel, at that level, more equates to D1 or other good college ball than local HS. Maybe your high school teams are better than they are in Texas, so Good for you guys. But they are hit or miss here and definitely anemic when it comes to talent and depth compared to travel ball with East Cobb or the other travel team.
Yes, fun to play for your high school and with friends, for fun, but in our situation, in Texas, D1 offers and looks came from travel ball (summer/fall) and definitely NOT high school.
You guys have a much thicker school density in the upper NE than we do in central Texas, at all levels. So your situation may vary.