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Football Realignment 2023-2024

2023 Approved Final Football Alignment for 2023 and 2024 Playing Seasons

2022-2023 News Releases

Class 1A
1- Ballard Memorial, Caverna, Fulton County, Russellville
2- Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Holy Cross (Louisville), Kentucky Country Day
3- Bellevue, Dayton, Newport, Newport Central Catholic
4- Bishop Brossart, Holy Cross (Covington), Ludlow, Trimble County
5- Berea, Eminence, Frankfort, Sayre
6- Fairview, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland
* 7- Harlan, Lynn Camp, Middlesboro, Pineville, Williamsburg
* 8- Hazard, Paintsville, Pikeville
* – The fifth place team in District 7 will become the fourth place team
   in District 7 for the purpose of playoff cross-bracketing

Class 2A
1- Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Mayfield, Murray
2- Edmonson County, Fort Campbell, Owensboro Catholic, Todd County Central
3- Clinton County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County
4- Fort Knox, Lexington Christian, Shawnee, Washington County, WEB DuBois**
5- Beechwood, Bracken County, Carroll County, Gallatin County, Owen County, Walton-Verona
6- Breathitt County, Danville, Leslie County, Somerset
7- Floyd Central, Knott County Central, Martin County, Prestonsburg
8- Betsy Layne, East Ridge, Pike County […]

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1A Final Adopted Alignment Map

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2A Final Adopted Alignment Map

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3A Final Adopted Alignment Map

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4A Final Adopted Alignment Map

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5A Final Adopted Alignment Map

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6A Final Adopted Alignment Map

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2023 DRAFT Football Alignment for Final Consideration

2022-2023 News Releases

Class 1A
1- Ballard Memorial, Caverna, Fulton County, Russellville
2- Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Holy Cross (Louisville), Kentucky Country Day
3- Bellevue, Dayton, Newport, Newport Central Catholic
4- Bishop Brossart, Holy Cross (Covington), Ludlow, Trimble County
5- Berea, Eminence, Frankfort, Sayre
6- Fairview, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland
7- Lynn Camp, Middlesboro, Pineville, Williamsburg
8- Harlan, Hazard, Paintsville, Pikeville

Class 2A
1- Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Mayfield, Murray
2- Edmonson County, Fort Campbell, Owensboro Catholic, Todd County Central
3- Clinton County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County
4- Fort Knox, Lexington Christian, Shawnee, Washington County, WEB DuBois**
5- Beechwood, Bracken County, Carroll County, Gallatin County, Owen County, Walton-Verona
6- Breathitt County, Danville, Leslie County, Somerset
7- Floyd Central, Knott County Central, Martin County, Prestonsburg
8- Betsy Layne, East Ridge, Pike County Central, Shelby Valley

Class 3A
1- Hancock County, Hopkins County Central, McLean County, Trigg County, Union County, Webster County
2- Adair County, Butler County, Franklin-Simpson, […]

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1A – Draft Alignment Map – 1/15/23

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2A – Draft Alignment Map – 1/15/23

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3A – Draft Alignment Map – 1/15/23

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4A – Draft Alignment Map – 1/15/23

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5A – Draft Alignment Map – 1/15/23

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6A – Draft Alignment Map – 1/15/23

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2023 Football Realignment – Responses from Membership on Class Boundaries

2022-2023 News Releases

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2023 & 2024 and 2025 & 2026 Mandatory District Scheduling Grid

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12/05/22- Update – Football Realignment for 2023 through 2026 seasons

Football Blog Updates

Football Alignment Update and Opportunity to Play Into a Higher Class and Withdraw from District   TO: Superintendents, Principals, Athletic Directors and Designated Representatives of Football Playing Schools   FR: Commissioner Julian Tackett   RE: Update on the Drafting of 2023 through 2026 Football Alignment, Opportunity to Withdraw From District Play or to Play in a Higher Class   At its meeting in November, the KHSAA Board of Control discussed and again agreed on parameters surrounding an alignment of teams in football for the 2023 through 2026 playing seasons. This communication is solely about classification and geographic alignment development. The needed information was received from the KDE around the first of December, and has been formatted in accordance with the Board’s approved process. Your […]

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2023-2026 Enrollment/Membership Numbers Used for Football Classification (Original)

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07/25/22- Reminders About Realignment/Reclassification Processes for 2023-24 and beyond (FB, TR, XC)

2022-2023 News Releases

As discussed at the 7/22/22 Board of Control meeting, the process for realignment in the classified sports remains unchanged from various updates since 2021. The new alignments will be completed during the 2022-23 school year, to be implemented for 2023-24 and beyond.

Enrollment

The KHSAA receives from KDE electronically, the by-grade membership numbers of all common schools. These numbers are submitted as part of the “second-month” report, and these numbers are subject to audit for accuracy. These numbers are usually received in the last part of October or the first part of November.

During the pandemic, there has been no collection of this data by KDE for 2020-21 or 2021-22 as the districts were permitted to use 2018-19 or 2019-20 numbers for that key report which forms part of the ADA equation and is considered by KDE to be the most accurate. The same data (second month) is collected from all other schools.

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