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8-Man Football Declarations

Updated list of what I'm still looking for:

I'm looking at getting the 8-man teams for the upcoming years sorted out (hopefully enrollment numbers are released soon). The following teams have not declared for 2022-2023 and have at least some possibility that they could be 8-man. Does anyone know what these schools are doing?

Brady
College View Academy
Conestoga
Cornerstone Christian, OBT, & Quest Academy
Crawford
Dundy County Stratton
Gibbon
Heartland Lutheran
Hershey
St. Francis
Louisville
Maxwell
Lutheran High Northeast
Medicine Valley
Morrill
Mullen
Nebraska Lutheran
North Platte St. Pat's -- gotta be 11, but they have been 8-man eligible recently
Palmyra
Pawnee City
Paxton
Sandy Creek
Santee
Shelton
South Platte
Sterling
S-E-M
Superior
Tri County
Wauneta-Palisade



Just trying to get a handle on the upcoming season.

Thanks!

Added Today:

Heartland Lutheran -- 6
St. Francis -- 8
Louisville -- 11
Mullen -- 8
Sandy Creek -- 8
Santee -- 6
Shelton -- 6
South Platte -- 6
Sterling -- 6
 
how many schools have declared 8 man that were 11 man last year and how will this shake up districts?
Schools that were 11 man this year (last cycle) that will be 8 man

Bridgeport
Sutton (Same district as Sandy Creek)
Sandy Creek (Same district as Sutton)
Twin River
BRLD (Co-Op dissolved, both will probably be in D2.)

Amherst is the lone school moving from 8 man to 11 man.

I noticed Deshler is moving up to 8 man from 6 man as well.
Spalding Academy falls out of 6 man as they are now co-oping with Riverside.

Has it been confirmed that the NSAA has decided to try and split C2 and C1? To help balance out the classes?
 
Schools that were 11 man this year (last cycle) that will be 8 man

Bridgeport
Sutton (Same district as Sandy Creek)
Sandy Creek (Same district as Sutton)
Twin River
BRLD (Co-Op dissolved, both will probably be in D2.)

Amherst is the lone school moving from 8 man to 11 man.

I noticed Deshler is moving up to 8 man from 6 man as well.
Spalding Academy falls out of 6 man as they are now co-oping with Riverside.

Has it been confirmed that the NSAA has decided to try and split C2 and C1? To help balance out the classes?
Has Palmyra declared? Rumor was they may go back to 11 man.

Yes all of class C will be split in half to form C1 and C2.
 
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Schools that were 11 man this year (last cycle) that will be 8 man

Bridgeport
Sutton (Same district as Sandy Creek)
Sandy Creek (Same district as Sutton)
Twin River
BRLD (Co-Op dissolved, both will probably be in D2.)

Amherst is the lone school moving from 8 man to 11 man.

I noticed Deshler is moving up to 8 man from 6 man as well.
Spalding Academy falls out of 6 man as they are now co-oping with Riverside.

Has it been confirmed that the NSAA has decided to try and split C2 and C1? To help balance out the classes?
Crofton is dropping to 8man as well.

Amherst is declared 11 man.
Heard Palmyra, West Holt, and LHNE will be going up to 11 man.

Any word on Conestoga? Or the new Bronwell-Talbot co-op? Both will have heavy 11 man numbers but will probably opt down to 8 man?
 
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Crofton is dropping to 8man as well.

Amherst is declared 11 man.
Heard Palmyra, West Holt, and LHNE will be going up to 11 man.

Any word on Conestoga? Or the new Bronwell-Talbot co-op? Both will have heavy 11 man numbers but will probably opt down to 8 man?
Tri County moving up to 11 man also has been reported on these boards
 
Has Palmyra declared? Rumor was they may go back to 11 man.

Yes all of class C will be split in half to form C1 and C2.
I noticed Crofton declared for 8 man too. Palmyra hasn't officially declared 11 man yet. Neither has West Holt or Tri County or LHNE.

I just haven't see any ruling that said they were going to split the classes. You'd figure the NSAA would have had that in one of their board meeting minutes.
 
I noticed Crofton declared for 8 man too. Palmyra hasn't officially declared 11 man yet. Neither has West Holt or Tri County or LHNE.

I just haven't see any ruling that said they were going to split the classes. You'd figure the NSAA would have had that in one of their board meeting minutes.
The decision to split C1 and C2 was voted through the membership in the last legislative cycle.

Page 25 of the current football manual has a yellow highlighted section that states:

NOTE: Starting with the 2022/2023 Classification Cycle
*After Class A and Class B are determined, eligible Class C1 and Class C2 schools playing 11-man football are divided up into two classes with approximately equal numbers of schools in each class. Odd number added to C2.
 
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The decision to split C1 and C2 was voted through the membership in the last legislative cycle.

Page 25 of the current football manual has a yellow highlighted section that states:

NOTE: Starting with the 2022/2023 Classification Cycle
*After Class A and Class B are determined, eligible Class C1 and Class C2 schools playing 11-man football are divided up into two classes with approximately equal numbers of schools in each class. Odd number added to C2.
Thank you for clarifying that. So we will see some teams from C1 come down to C2. Interesting to see how that shakes out.
 
Sutton has joined the Sandy Creek and Lawrence-Nelson Unified district? The one Superior used to be in?
 
with teams moving in from 8-man to 11-man, you may only see the bottom two or three come down
There will be a lot more changes than two or three. The last cycle had 43 in C1 and 32 in C2. If there is an odd number the odd number goes to C2. There are also a handful of B teams that may fall into C1 which will cause a trickle down effect of even more C1 coming down into C2.

Between new schools coming in from the bottom (Amherst and maybe Tri-County, LHNE, and West Holt), seven known teams from the current C2 going to 8 man, and teams from C1 coming down, C2 may have a dozen or so new teams.
 
There will be a lot more changes than two or three. The last cycle had 43 in C1 and 32 in C2. If there is an odd number the odd number goes to C2. There are also a handful of B teams that may fall into C1 which will cause a trickle down effect of even more C1 coming down into C2.

Between new schools coming in from the bottom (Amherst and maybe Tri-County, LHNE, and West Holt), seven known teams from the current C2 going to 8 man, and teams from C1 coming down, C2 may have a dozen or so new teams.
I forgot about teams leaving. you are correct Probably safe to say C2 will be 80 down
 
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I forgot about teams leaving. you are correct Probably safe to say C2 will be 80 down
I have compiled a list for what Class C would look like before the split. I see it as a maximum 78 teams. I only see teams being subtracted from the list. The list is in order based on the last cycle order but numbers used are from last December. We don't have official numbers yet so you can't just cut it in half accurately.


#Class C Football Teams - before the split
1Omaha Gross ? rumor - unlikely - 181ish ?
2McCook ? rumor low class 172ish ?
3Omaha Roncalli ? 162ish ?
4York ? 162ish ?
5Aurora ? 152ish ?
6Schuyler (Opt down)
7Nebraska City (Opt down)
8Platteview
9Sidney
10Ogallala
11Wahoo
12Holdrege
13Cozad
14West Point Beemer
15DC West
16Columbus Lakeview
17Boys Town
18Adams Central
19Auburn
20Ashland-Greenwood
21Chadron
22Fairbury
23Gothenburg
24Omaha Concordia
25Pierce
26Falls City
27Minden
28Broken Bow
29Columbus Scotus
30Wood River
31Arlington
32St. Paul
33Fort Calhoun
34Lincoln Christian
35Boone Central
36LVSS
37Central City
38Raymond Central
39O'Neill
40Milford
41Mitchell
42Kearney Catholic
43Louisville
44Fillmore Central
45Malcolm
46Battle Creek
47North Bend Central
48Gordon Rushville
49Gibbon ? (undeclared - 69ish)
50Syracuse
51Bishop Neumann
52Lincoln Lutheran
53Ord
54David City
55Norfolk Catholic
56Wilber-Clatonia
57Centura
58Aquinas
59GICC
60Hershey ? (undeclared - 56ish)
61Centennial
62Yutan
63Tekamah-Herman
64Ponca
65Hartington CC
66Oakland-Craig
67Bergan
68Chase County
69Doniphan Trumbull
70Hastings St. Cecilia
71NPSP (Undeclared - 37ish)
72Amherst
73OBT, CC, QFA ? (undeclared - 103ish?)
74Conestoga ? (undeclared - 74ish?)
75Palmyra ? (undeclared - 48ish?)
76West Holt ? (undeclared - 49ish?)
77LHNE ? (undeclared - 50ish?)
78Tri County ? (undeclared - 58ish?)
 
I have compiled a list for what Class C would look like before the split. I see it as a maximum 78 teams. I only see teams being subtracted from the list. The list is in order based on the last cycle order but numbers used are from last December. We don't have official numbers yet so you can't just cut it in half accurately.


#Class C Football Teams - before the split
1Omaha Gross ? rumor - unlikely - 181ish ?
2McCook ? rumor low class 172ish ?
3Omaha Roncalli ? 162ish ?
4York ? 162ish ?
5Aurora ? 152ish ?
6Schuyler (Opt down)
7Nebraska City (Opt down)
8Platteview
9Sidney
10Ogallala
11Wahoo
12Holdrege
13Cozad
14West Point Beemer
15DC West
16Columbus Lakeview
17Boys Town
18Adams Central
19Auburn
20Ashland-Greenwood
21Chadron
22Fairbury
23Gothenburg
24Omaha Concordia
25Pierce
26Falls City
27Minden
28Broken Bow
29Columbus Scotus
30Wood River
31Arlington
32St. Paul
33Fort Calhoun
34Lincoln Christian
35Boone Central
36LVSS
37Central City
38Raymond Central
39O'Neill
40Milford
41Mitchell
42Kearney Catholic
43Louisville
44Fillmore Central
45Malcolm
46Battle Creek
47North Bend Central
48Gordon Rushville
49Gibbon ? (undeclared - 69ish)
50Syracuse
51Bishop Neumann
52Lincoln Lutheran
53Ord
54David City
55Norfolk Catholic
56Wilber-Clatonia
57Centura
58Aquinas
59GICC
60Hershey ? (undeclared - 56ish)
61Centennial
62Yutan
63Tekamah-Herman
64Ponca
65Hartington CC
66Oakland-Craig
67Bergan
68Chase County
69Doniphan Trumbull
70Hastings St. Cecilia
71NPSP (Undeclared - 37ish)
72Amherst
73OBT, CC, QFA ? (undeclared - 103ish?)
74Conestoga ? (undeclared - 74ish?)
75Palmyra ? (undeclared - 48ish?)
76West Holt ? (undeclared - 49ish?)
77LHNE ? (undeclared - 50ish?)
78Tri County ? (undeclared - 58ish?)
Wood river/Shelton is no more. Wood river will be solidly in c-2.
 
Wood river/Shelton is no more. Wood river will be solidly in c-2.
That’s why I noted everything above the list and said that I just took the list from the last cycle and you can’t just take it and split it. We don’t have new numbers yet so there’s no sense in trying to guess the split. I also took Shelton off their name. But at least you have an idea of how many teams there will be.
 
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Saw these posted today

Cornerstone Christian, OBT, & Quest Academy - 8
Morrill - 8
Nebraska Lutheran - 8
Paxton - 6
Santee - 6
Shelton - 6
S-E-M - 6
Superior - 8
Tri County - 11
 
I was wondering what Morrill might do. I think their number is up there. Participation hasn't been the best for a couple of years.
 
The cutoff last cycle was 36, but it is a bit of a moving target
Thanks. Number will probably go up as more teams drop to 8 man, you think? I was hoping someone more analytical than me had looked at it. I would guess all the key decisions are done.
 
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