By Sandy Anderberg
The 2014-2016 realignment and reclassification was released a week ago and several changes have been made for football and basketball.
Clarendon is currently 1A, but will move to 2A with the new alignment because all six man schools will be considered 1A and all other classes will be moved up one number. New to the realignment this year is the implementation of a new Class 6A for the larger schools that are currently 5A.
“This was a very big year for the new realignment,” Jack said. “The UIL has added a 6A and basically bumped everybody up a class. The 1A’s will all be six man football schools with enrollment of less than 104.9 unless they opt to play 11-man football.”
Jack feels the realignment will suit the Broncos and Lady Broncos.
“We will now be in the 2A classification in all sports and Division II in football,” he said. “This will help us in football with our enrollment dropping in the 125 range for high school. We will now be playing schools that have enrollment closer to ours in football and that should be a big plus for us.”
Jack noted that Clarendon’s new football district (Region I-District 3) will consist of Clarendon, Crosbyton, Lockney, Memphis, Quanah, and Ralls. Crosbyton will be the farthest for the Broncos to travel in football at 115 miles and Ralls will be 110 miles.
The new basketball alignment (Region I-District 2) will consist of Clarendon, Memphis, Quanah, Shamrock, Wellington, and Wheeler. “I believe we will be very competitive in both new districts,” Jack said. “We will find out our new spring sport districts later in March when the UIL releases them.”
The Texas UIL realigns districts and regions every two years according to student enrollment in each reporting high school and also to incorporate new schools.
“The adding of a class 6A really all boils down to the six man size schools having their own classification,” Jack said.
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