Thursday, January 19, 2012

What Will Be and Could Have Been

U.I.L. realignment is upon us in just a couple of weeks. Those of us that are fans of Six-Man football are excited that some 11-Man schools with qualifying enrollment numbers (99.5 in top four grades) made the decision to join our ranks for the upcoming season.

As much as I love the Six-Man version of the game, I understand the potential conflict that exist when a community decides to move away from the 11-Man version and come "up" to the Six-Man level.

UNOFFICALLY, the schools that have chosen to make "THE MOVE" for the upcoming 2012 season that I am aware of are as follows:

CAMPBELL INDIANS
HIGH ISLAND CARDINALS
MARFA SHORTHORNS
NAZARETH SWIFTS
ROTAN YELLOWHAMMERS
SAVOY CARDINALS

WELCOME OT THE WORLD OF SIX-MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are other schools that could have elected to play Six-Man but CHOSE not to. We will welcome them when they are ready.

Those schools and their enrollment numbers are:

Roscoe 97
Union Hill 97
Bronte 96
Menard 93.5
Baird 93
Cross Plains 92.5
Frost 91
D'Hanis 87
Roby 81
Gorman 80
Leakey 78
Rocksprings 76

There are many other schools with enrollments 99.5 or below that CHOOSE not to field a football team that have a standing invitation to join our ranks as well. It is an extensive list that I am not posting at this time. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

February 2nd, the U.I.L. will release OFFICIAL classifications and realignments.

MORE TO FOLLOW AT THAT TIME.