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Rumors of a 7A


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I've heard adding a 7A was a possibility after the last couple of realignments.  IMO it would make sense because you have some small 4A's that are playing against schools that have nearly 3 times their enrollment.  I know there's more to the UIL than 4A, but we'll see.

I don't see it happening within the next 2 alignments because enrollment throughout the state is down.

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55 minutes ago, Tatum_DirtyBird said:

So who’s going to be the first school to start flying their team to games? 

I've heard of matchups where it would have been faster. I know Ennis played Canutillo in 2014 in a Semifinal game, and they met in Lubbock, which was about 5 hours for both teams.

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3 hours ago, Tatum_DirtyBird said:

So who’s going to be the first school to start flying their team to games? 

Longview flew to Lubbock to face Permian back in '75. But yea, I feel like it would be a lot of long, long bus rides if 7A was created right now.

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1 hour ago, AllGoodNamesRGone said:

Regular season game? Surprised that was scheduled especially back in the day. That was a long ride must have been since Mid dessa ( in between what they call it) airport lol.

State Semi-Finals vs Permian.

I know Marshall played Permian in the late 80s in non-district. I have to imagine one of them flew. I know our boys rode buses to Midland when we played Midland Lee in 2000 to open the season.

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1 hour ago, AllGoodNamesRGone said:

Just split 6a like the rest. No perfect model but is working tremendously for the rest of the classes.

They've put it up for a vote twice already, and both times it was voted down.

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9 hours ago, LoboFan07 said:

If 6A schools won’t even vote to split football based on travels, there’s no way they’re voting for a 7A. The travel at the top class would be unbelievable.

Just look at how bad it is in 5A D1. Travel for Longview is way worse than it was in 6A...lot different going to Sherman and McKinney than Rockwall and Mesquite. West Texas would be a massive mess. 

Increased travel + you'll still have schools playing other schools with over 2,000-3,000 enrollment difference, solving absolutely nothing.

No way they'll pre-split 6A. 

 

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4 hours ago, AllGoodNamesRGone said:

Regular season game? Surprised that was scheduled especially back in the day. That was a long ride must have been since Mid dessa ( in between what they call it) airport lol.

They used to play Abilene in the early 80's for about 3 or 4 years.  I didn't know they took a plane back then, but Texas International Airlines was flying out of Gregg Co. airport at the time.  

I think there will eventually be a 7A, but how soon I don't think anyone knows for sure.  

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11 hours ago, LoboFan07 said:

If 6A schools won’t even vote to split football based on travels, there’s no way they’re voting for a 7A. The travel at the top class would be unbelievable.

My niece went to San Angelo Central a few years ago.  Her basketball games took her to Amarillo twice a year.  She would not get home about 4 or 5am on a school day.  

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8 hours ago, BuckNut said:

The largest 32 schools in Texas should be 7a

32 seems kind of small.   And random.  

But at some point today I’m going to show what a district in 7A would look like with 32.... or even 64 schools. 

The travel would be ridiculous.... 

I’m really trying to see what benefit it serves TBH.  Because it all looks to have negative effects on something.  Cost. Time. Fans.  Revenue loss.  Possibly kills traditional rivalries.  

What‘s the positive side?  I see none. 

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1 minute ago, CDubya936 said:

6A split and adjust the numbers accordingly. If 6A splits then expect some of the larger 5A Div 1 schools to get moved up. The enrollment cutoffs will be effected for everybody 1A-6A. Make everything split a little more evenly. 

Readjusting the numbers like that could possibly fix some of the 3A/4A "issues" too.

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8 hours ago, CDubya936 said:

6A split and adjust the numbers accordingly. If 6A splits then expect some of the larger 5A Div 1 schools to get moved up. The enrollment cutoffs will be effected for everybody 1A-6A. Make everything split a little more evenly. 

I agree with this. I also know there's not a perfect scenario out there, but I really feel like it will alleviate some of the issues that happen in the lower classifications. 

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This is my mock 7A alignment.

The 7A cutoff for this alignment would be 2,771 and up. 

This is based on last year's numbers.... and doesn't account for new schools or decreasing enrollments or districts asking for schools to play up.

So there are undoubtably some schools on here that shouldn't be and some that should be that aren't.

I tried to make it as geographically feasible as possible.... but some of these distances are wild.

Enjoy!

District 1
El Paso Franklin
San Angelo Central
Midland Lee
Midland High
Odessa
Odessa Permian
Wolfforth Frenship

District 2
Arlington Lamar
Arlington Martin
Arlington Sam Houston
Arlington
Grand Prairie
South Grand Prairie
Euless Trinity
Southlake Carroll
Duncanville
DeSoto

District 3
Flower Mound
Lewisville Hebron
Coppell
Flower Mound Marcus
Lewisville
Keller
Keller Timbercreek
Hurst Bell
Irving
Irving McArthur

District 4
Allen
Plano West
Plano East
Plano
McKinney
McKinney Boyd

District 5
Dallas Skyline
Mesquite Horn
Garland Sache
Wylie
Rockwall
Richardson Lake Highlands
Richardson

District 6
Killeen
Killeen Ellison
Killeen Harker Heights
Killeen Shoemaker
Belton
Lake Belton

District 7
The Woodlands
Conroe
Woodlands College Park
Spring
Humble Atascocita
Spring Westfield
Conroe Grand Oaks
 
District 8
Aldine Macarthur
Aldine Benjamin
Aldine
Aldine EIsenhower
Klien Forrest
Klien Oak
Klien
Klien Collins
Klien Cain

District 9
Cypress Bridgeland
Cypress Ranch
Cypress Ridge
Cypress Creek
Cypress Lakes
Cypress Fair
Cypress Woods
Cypress Falls

District 10
Katy Taylor
Katy Tomkins
Katy 7 Lakes
Katy Cinco
Katy
Katy Mayde Creek
Alief Elsik
Alief Hastings
Alief Taylor

District 11
Jersey Village
Langham Creek
Spring Branch Northbrook
Houston Sam Houston
Houston Westside
Houston Lamar
CE King
Houston Bellaire
Houston Chavez

District 12
Deer Park
Pearland
Pearland Dawson
Dickinson
Pasadena Sam Rayburn
League City Clear Springs
Alvin
Fort Bend Travis
Channelview

District 13
Austin Westlake
Lake Travis
Del Valle
Round Rock
Round Rock Cedar Ridge
Round Rock Westwood
Austin Bowie
Round Rock Stoney Point

District 14
San Antonio Lee
San Antonio East Central
San Antonio Reagan
San Antonio Conner
San Antonio Madison
San Antonio Johnson

District 15
San Antonio Warren
San Antonio Clark
San Antonio Stevens
San Antonio Jay
San Antonio Harland
San Antonio Brandeis
Smithson Valley

District 16
Laredo United
Los Fresnos
Laredo United South
Laredo Johnson
Harlingen
San Benito
Laredo Alexander
Del Rio
La Joya

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Just now, Mavchamp said:

This is my mock 7A alignment.

The 7A cutoff for this alignment would be 2,771 and up. 

This is based on last year's numbers.... and doesn't account for new schools or decreasing enrollments or districts asking for schools to play up.

So there are undoubtably some schools on here that shouldn't be and some that should be that aren't.

I tried to make it as geographically feasible as possible.... but some of these distances are wild.

Enjoy!

District 1
El Paso Franklin
San Angelo Central
Midland Lee
Midland High
Odessa
Odessa Permian
Wolfforth Frenship

District 2
Arlington Lamar
Arlington Martin
Arlington Sam Houston
Arlington
Grand Prairie
South Grand Prairie
Euless Trinity
Southlake Carroll
Duncanville
DeSoto

District 3
Flower Mound
Lewisville Hebron
Coppell
Flower Mound Marcus
Lewisville
Keller
Keller Timbercreek
Hurst Bell
Irving
Irving McArthur

District 4
Allen
Plano West
Plano East
Plano
McKinney
McKinney Boyd

District 5
Dallas Skyline
Mesquite Horn
Garland Sache
Wylie
Rockwall
Richardson Lake Highlands
Richardson

District 6
Killeen
Killeen Ellison
Killeen Harker Heights
Killeen Shoemaker
Belton
Lake Belton

District 7
The Woodlands
Conroe
Woodlands College Park
Spring
Humble Atascocita
Spring Westfield
Conroe Grand Oaks
 
District 8
Aldine Macarthur
Aldine Benjamin
Aldine
Aldine EIsenhower
Klien Forrest
Klien Oak
Klien
Klien Collins
Klien Cain

District 9
Cypress Bridgeland
Cypress Ranch
Cypress Ridge
Cypress Creek
Cypress Lakes
Cypress Fair
Cypress Woods
Cypress Falls

District 10
Katy Taylor
Katy Tomkins
Katy 7 Lakes
Katy Cinco
Katy
Katy Mayde Creek
Alief Elsik
Alief Hastings
Alief Taylor

District 11
Jersey Village
Langham Creek
Spring Branch Northbrook
Houston Sam Houston
Houston Westside
Houston Lamar
CE King
Houston Bellaire
Houston Chavez

District 12
Deer Park
Pearland
Pearland Dawson
Dickinson
Pasadena Sam Rayburn
League City Clear Springs
Alvin
Fort Bend Travis
Channelview

District 13
Austin Westlake
Lake Travis
Del Valle
Round Rock
Round Rock Cedar Ridge
Round Rock Westwood
Austin Bowie
Round Rock Stoney Point

District 14
San Antonio Lee
San Antonio East Central
San Antonio Reagan
San Antonio Conner
San Antonio Madison
San Antonio Johnson

District 15
San Antonio Warren
San Antonio Clark
San Antonio Stevens
San Antonio Jay
San Antonio Harland
San Antonio Brandeis
Smithson Valley

District 16
Laredo United
Los Fresnos
Laredo United South
Laredo Johnson
Harlingen
San Benito
Laredo Alexander
Del Rio
La Joya

Couple of observations:

District 1:
El Paso to San Angelo is 401 miles one way
El Paso to Midland is 306 miles

District 2:
ET, SLC, DeSoto, and Duncanville make this the top district in the state... and there are some other strong candidates in there too.

District 3:
Drive time from Lewisville to Irving is estimated at 7 hours and 31 mins..... jk

District 4:
This is one way for Plano schools to get back in to the playoffs.

District 5:
Pretty interesting district.  Not a juggernaut by any means...but it would be competitive. 

District 6:
Yawn.

District 7:
That would be a fun district to watch.

District 8:
Another competitive district

District 9:
Cypress ISD is a beast...at building schools.

District 10:
Katy Katy Katy

District 11:
A wild mix of suburban and inner city.

District 12:
No clear heavyweights here.  This could be anyones district every season.

District 13:
Westlake and LT own this district.  Round Rock considers another HS so they can drop their schools back to 6A.

District 14 and 15
How long as it been since a SAISD school has been a true contender?

District 16:
473 miles from Harlingen to Del Rio
All the driving for this district is insane.

 

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