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Teams moving classes next year
From staff reports
The Weekly Post
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Published November 22, 2007
MONTGOMERY—The reclassifications for the next two school years are complete, and two local teams will be shifting classes.
Geraldine will drop to Class 2A while Plainview rises to 4A, according to a statement released by Alabama High School Athletic Association Executive Director Steve Savarese on Monday. The remainder of the local area schools will remain in their present classes.
This classification procedure, approved by the Central Board of Control, is implemented every two years to take into consideration the changing enrollments of schools, school consolidations and closings, new schools and association members and current member schools adding sports to their interscholastic program. Classifying member schools for the purpose of athletic competition is one of the Central Board’s duties under Article VII of the AHSAA Constitution.
Schools are divided into six classifications (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A) for competition in championship programs.
Classification was based on the Average Daily Membership (ADM) figures furnished by the State Department of Education for the upper three grades (10-12) plus ninth grade holdbacks. Schools with the largest enrollments are placed in Class 6A, the next largest in Class 5A, etc.
An index of 1.35 was used to determine the enrollment figure for classifying each private school member. Each private school student counts 1.35 for classification purposes.
Alignments are made for each sport in each class, based on the number of schools participating in a sport. Some programs include two or more classes in a division.
The current two-year classification period ends with the 2007-08 school year. The new alignments will go into effect in the fall of 2008.
The following is a look at the new football regions for local area teams as well as a glimpse at each school's area:
The following is a look at the new football regions that involve local area teams. Local teams are in bold:
Class 1A, Region 6: Cedar Bluff, Collinsville, Gaston, Gaylesville, Skyline, Spring Garden, Valley Head and Woodville.
Class 2A, Region 6: Fyffe, Geraldine, Ider, NSM, Sand Rock, Section, West End-Walnut Grove and Westbrook Christian.
Class 3A, Region 6: Brindlee Mountain, Crossville, Holly Pond, New Hope, Pisgah, Sylvania, Sardis and Susan Moore.
Class 4A, Region 7: Columbia, DAR, Douglas, Plainview, North Jackson, Priceville, Guntersville and Fairview.
The following is a look at the new basketball areas that involve local teams. Local teams are in bold:
Class 1A, Area 12: Asbury, Cedar Bluff, Collinsville, Gaston and Gaylesville.
Class 1A, Area 14: Athens Bible, Paint Rock Valley, Skyline, Valley Head and Whitesburg Christian and Woodville.
Class 2A, Area 12: Geraldine, Sand Rock, West End-Walnut Grove and Westbrook Christian.
Class 2A, Area 15: Fyffe, Ider, NSM and Section.
Class 3A, Area 14: Sylvania, Crossville, Pisgah and New Hope.
Class 4A, Area 14: Plainview, DAR, Guntersville and North Jackson.
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