Projected Classifications (Unofficial)

[hailvictors2]

Based on the declaration list and enrollment numbers that were posted last week, here is my best guess at classifications for the 2018-2019 football scheduling cycle. Please let me know if I have an error somewhere. This might change because an unknown school is contesting their enrollment number at a special hearing on Wednesday.

I am sure I screwed something up in the 8 man split with who is eligible and who is not, who is in the 1 classification waiver period and who is not, etc... I'd appreciate some help there.

I wasn't sure what to do with College View Academy (enrollment 31) because they arent listed as a coop with anyone and they didn't field a team last year to my knowledge. Anyone have any information on them? Who do those kids play with?

School followed by enrollment number
***Denotes ineligible team
*Denotes team in waiver period


Class A (32 Teams with all eligible for playoffs)
Grand Island 1,069
Omaha South 1,060
Millard West 963
Millard North 940
Omaha Central 940
Millard South 892
Lincoln North Star 817
Omaha North 797
Lincoln Southeast 796
Lincoln East 785
Lincoln Southwest 765
Creighton Prep 764
Omaha Bryan 763
Omaha Westside 759
Lincoln High 757
Omaha Burke 748
Papillion La Vista 686
Omaha Northwest 651
Papillion La Vista South 648
Lincoln Northeast 646
Bellevue West 635
Fremont 621
Kearney 582
Omaha Benson 578
Bellevue East 548
Elkhorn South 500
Norfolk 496
Gretna 487
Elkhorn 471
Lincoln Pius X 456
Columbus 452
North Platte 445

Class B (23 Teams with 22 eligible for playoffs)
South Sioux City 446 ***
Ralston 421
Hastings 406
Scottsbluff 387
Lexington 360
Omaha Skutt 291
Northwest-Grand Island 281
Blair 280
Norris 267
Beatrice 255
Schuyler 245
Bennington 237
Waverly 237
Gering 235
Crete 230
Plattsmouth 228
Omaha Gross (166) + Cornerstone Christian (26) 192
McCook 183
Seward 182
Omaha Roncalli 181
Mount Michael Benedictine 180
Alliance 179
York 173

Class C-1 (42 Schools with all 42 eligible for playoffs)
Platteview 157
Nebraska City 156
Aurora 153
Sidney 150
Holdrege 138
Wahoo 136
Omaha Concordia (117) + Omaha Street (9) 126
Wayne 122
Boys Town 119
Douglas Co West 118
Adams Central 113
Columbus Lakeview 113
Cozad 110
West Point-Beemer 107
Gothenburg 104
Falls City 103
Ashland-Greenwood 101
Ogallala 101
Logan View (81) + Scribner Snyder (19) 100
O'Neill 96
Auburn 95
Fairbury 93
Central City 92
Chadron 92
Columbus Scotus 90
Raymond Central 89
Bishop Neumann 88
Broken Bow 87
Fort Calhoun 86
Pierce 86
Arlington 82
Boone Central (69) + Newman Grove (12) 81
Minden 80
Lincoln Christian 77
Mitchell 77
Kearney Catholic 74
Milford 73
Ord 73
Chase County 70
Fillmore Central 70
Lincoln Lutheran 70
Valentine 70

Class C-2 (39 Schools with 37 eligible for playoffs)
Conestoga 89 ***
Louisville 78 ***
Gordon-Rushville 69
Norfolk Catholic 69
Syracuse 69
Hershey 68
St Paul 68
Aquinas 67
North Bend Central 67
David City 66
Johnson Co Central 66
Grand Island Central Cath 65
Malcolm 65
Wood River 65
Twin River 64
Gibbon 63
Tekamah-Herman 63
Doniphan-Trumbull 61
Bridgeport 60
Centura 60
Shelby-Rising City 58
Wilber-Clatonia 57
Centennial 55
Ponca 54
Bancroft-Rosalie (27) + Lyons Decatur NE (26) 53
Battle Creek 53
Sutton 53
Oakland Craig 52
Southern Valley 52
Sandy Creek 51
Yutan 51
Hartington Cedar Cath 49
Stanton 49
Freeman 48
Superior 48
Crofton 46
Hastings St Cecilia 44
Archbishop Bergan 41
North Platte St Patrick's 36

Class D1 (57 Schools with 51 eligible for playoffs)
Winnebago 71***
Madison 68 ***
Ravenna 60 ***
Kimball 55 ***
Wakefield 54 ***
Hemingford 54*
Perkins County 51 *
Morrill 48 *
Palmyra 48 ***
Ainsworth 47
Elmwood-Murdock 47
High Plains Community (22) + Osceola (25) 47
Lutheran High Northeast 47
Arcadia (12) + Loup City (34) 46
Bayard 46
Guardian Angels 46
Omaha Brownell-Talbot 46
South Loup (Callaway-19 + Arnold- 27) 46
Thayer Central 46
Wisner-Pilger 46
Bruning-Davenport (26) + Shickley (19) 45
Exeter-Milligan (23) + Friend (22) 45
Neligh-Oakdale 45
Omaha Nation 45
Sutherland 45
Amherst 44
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steiner 44
Tri County 44
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 43
Southern 43
Weeping Water 43
Alma 42
Creighton 42
Cross County 42
Heartland Community 42
Howells-Dodge 42
Nebraska Christian 42
Nebraska Lutheran 42
Burwell 41
Palmer 41
Verdigre (21) + Niobrara (20) 41
Fullerton 40
Southwest 40
Boyd County 39
Cambridge 39
Shelton 39
Arapahoe 38
Hitchcock County 37
West Holt 37
Dundy County Stratton 36
Elm Creek 36
Homer 36
North Central (Rock County 25 + Keya Paha 11) 36
Ansley (25) + Litchfield (9) 34
East Butler 34
Elkhorn Valley 34
Hartington-Newcastle 33 (Tie-breaker with Clearwater Orchard)

Class D2 (52 Teams with 51 eligible for the playoffs)
Franklin 39 ***
Clearwater (19) + Orchard (14) 33
Overton 32
Pleasanton 32
Bertrand 31
Elwood 31
Garden County 31
Lourdes Central 31
Meridian 31
Omaha Christian 30
Kenesaw 29
Pawnee City 29
Paxton 29
Twin Loup (Taylor-7 + Sargent- 22) 29
Allen 28
Bloomfield 28
Clarkson (16) + Leigh (12) 28
Emerson-Hubbard 28
Maxwell 28
Plainview 28
Thedford (18) + Sandhills (10) 28
Anselmo-Merna 27
Axtell 27
Cedar Bluffs 27
Leyton (16) + Banner County (11) 27
Pender 27
Wauneta-Palisade 27
Blue Hill 26
Johnson-Brock 26
Brady 25
Central Valley 25
Chambers(12) + Wheeler Central(3) + Ewing(10) 25
Diller-Odell 25
Randolph 25
Mullen 24
Loomis 23
Medicine Valley 23
Riverside 23
Wausa 23
Elgin (11) + Pope John (11) 22
Mead 22
Osmond 22
Parkview Christian 22
Winside 22
Humphrey St Francis 21
Lawrence-Nelson 20
Wallace 20
Stuart 19
Wynot 19
Falls City Sacred Heart 18
Giltner 18
St Mary's 17

Class D6 (31 teams with 25 eligible for the playoffs)
Walthill 47 ***
Harvard 40 ***
Humphrey (24) + Lindsey Holy Family (10) 34 ***
Maywood (19) + Hayes Center (12) 31 ***
McPherson County (8) + Stapleton (22) 30 ***
Wilcox-Hildreth 29 ***
Deshler 27
McCool Junction 27
Minatare 27
Crawford 25
Creek Valley 24
Heartland Lutheran 23
Eustis-Farnam 22
Hyannis 22
Santee 22
Silver Lake 22
Dorchester 21
Lewiston 21
Sterling 21
Cody-Kilgore 19
Hay Springs 19
Potter-Dix 19
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 18
Hampton 16
Elba 13
South Platte 13
Spalding Academy 12
Red Cloud 11
St Edward 11
Arthur County 9
Sioux County 8

Interesting note....NP St Patrick's will play 11 man football with 11 fewer kids than Walthill, who will play 6 man football. St Pats also has 4 fewer kids than Harvard, who will also play 6 man football.

 

[nenebskers]

Based on the declaration list and enrollment numbers that were posted last week, here is my best guess at classifications for the 2018-2019 football scheduling cycle. Please let me know if I have an error somewhere. This might change because an unknown school is contesting their enrollment number at a special hearing on Wednesday.

I am sure I screwed something up in the 8 man split with who is eligible and who is not, who is in the 1 classification waiver period and who is not, etc... I'd appreciate some help there.

I wasn't sure what to do with College View Academy (enrollment 31) because they arent listed as a coop with anyone and they didn't field a team last year to my knowledge. Anyone have any information on them? Who do those kids play with?

School followed by enrollment number
***Denotes ineligible team
*Denotes team in waiver period


Class A (32 Teams with all eligible for playoffs)
Grand Island 1,069
Omaha South 1,060
Millard West 963
Millard North 940
Omaha Central 940
Millard South 892
Lincoln North Star 817
Omaha North 797
Lincoln Southeast 796
Lincoln East 785
Lincoln Southwest 765
Creighton Prep 764
Omaha Bryan 763
Omaha Westside 759
Lincoln High 757
Omaha Burke 748
Papillion La Vista 686
Omaha Northwest 651
Papillion La Vista South 648
Lincoln Northeast 646
Bellevue West 635
Fremont 621
Kearney 582
Omaha Benson 578
Bellevue East 548
Elkhorn South 500
Norfolk 496
Gretna 487
Elkhorn 471
Lincoln Pius X 456
Columbus 452
North Platte 445

Class B (23 Teams with 22 eligible for playoffs)
South Sioux City 446 ***
Ralston 421
Hastings 406
Scottsbluff 387
Lexington 360
Omaha Skutt 291
Northwest-Grand Island 281
Blair 280
Norris 267
Beatrice 255
Schuyler 245
Bennington 237
Waverly 237
Gering 235
Crete 230
Plattsmouth 228
Omaha Gross (166) + Cornerstone Christian (26) 192
McCook 183
Seward 182
Omaha Roncalli 181
Mount Michael Benedictine 180
Alliance 179
York 173

Class C-1 (43 Schools with all 43 eligible for playoffs)
Platteview 157
Nebraska City 156
Aurora 153
Sidney 150
Holdrege 138
Wahoo 136
Omaha Concordia (117) + Omaha Street (9) 126
Wayne 122
Boys Town 119
Douglas Co West 118
Adams Central 113
Columbus Lakeview 113
Cozad 110
West Point-Beemer 107
Gothenburg 104
Falls City 103
Ashland-Greenwood 101
Ogallala 101
Logan View (81) + Scribner Snyder (19) 100
O'Neill 96
Auburn 95
Fairbury 93
Central City 92
Chadron 92
Columbus Scotus 90
Raymond Central 89
Bishop Neumann 88
Broken Bow 87
Fort Calhoun 86
Pierce 86
Arlington 82
Boone Central (69) + Newman Grove (12) 81
Minden 80
Lincoln Christian 77
Mitchell 77
Kearney Catholic 74
Milford 73
Ord 73
Winnebago 71
Chase County 70
Fillmore Central 70
Lincoln Lutheran 70
Valentine 70

Class C-2 (39 Schools with 37 eligible for playoffs)
Conestoga 89 ***
Louisville 78 ***
Gordon-Rushville 69
Norfolk Catholic 69
Syracuse 69
Hershey 68
St Paul 68
Aquinas 67
North Bend Central 67
David City 66
Johnson Co Central 66
Grand Island Central Cath 65
Malcolm 65
Wood River 65
Twin River 64
Gibbon 63
Tekamah-Herman 63
Doniphan-Trumbull 61
Bridgeport 60
Centura 60
Shelby-Rising City 58
Wilber-Clatonia 57
Centennial 55
Ponca 54
Bancroft-Rosalie (27) + Lyons Decatur NE (26) 53
Battle Creek 53
Sutton 53
Oakland Craig 52
Southern Valley 52
Sandy Creek 51
Yutan 51
Hartington Cedar Cath 49
Stanton 49
Freeman 48
Superior 48
Crofton 46
Hastings St Cecilia 44
Archbishop Bergan 41
North Platte St Patrick's 36

Class D1 (55 Schools with 51 eligible for playoffs)
Madison 68 ***
Ravenna 60 ***
Kimball 55 ***
Hemingford 54*
Perkins County 51 *
Morrill 48 *
Palmyra 48 ***
Ainsworth 47
Elmwood-Murdock 47
High Plains Community (22) + Osceola (25) 47
Lutheran High Northeast 47
Arcadia (12) + Loup City (34) 46
Bayard 46
Guardian Angels 46
Omaha Brownell-Talbot 46
South Loup (Callaway-19 + Arnold- 27) 46
Thayer Central 46
Wisner-Pilger 46
Bruning-Davenport (26) + Shickley (19) 45
Exeter-Milligan (23) + Friend (22) 45
Neligh-Oakdale 45
Omaha Nation 45
Sutherland 45
Wakefield 45
Amherst 44
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steiner 44
Tri County 44
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 43
Southern 43
Weeping Water 43
Alma 42
Creighton 42
Cross County 42
Heartland Community 42
Howells-Dodge 42
Nebraska Christian 42
Nebraska Lutheran 42
Burwell 41
Palmer 41
Verdigre (21) + Niobrara (20) 41
Fullerton 40
Southwest 40
Boyd County 39
Cambridge 39
Shelton 39
Arapahoe 38
Hitchcock County 37
West Holt 37
Dundy County Stratton 36
Elm Creek 36
Homer 36
North Central (Rock County 25 + Keya Paha 11) 36
Ansley (25) + Litchfield (9) 34
East Butler 34
Elkhorn Valley 34

Class D2 (53 Teams with 52 eligible for the playoffs)
Franklin 39 ***
Clearwater (19) + Orchard (14) 33
Hartington-Newcastle 33
Overton 32
Pleasanton 32
Bertrand 31
Elwood 31
Garden County 31
Lourdes Central 31
Meridian 31
Omaha Christian 30
Kenesaw 29
Pawnee City 29
Paxton 29
Twin Loup (Taylor-7 + Sargent- 22) 29
Allen 28
Bloomfield 28
Clarkson (16) + Leigh (12) 28
Emerson-Hubbard 28
Maxwell 28
Plainview 28
Thedford (18) + Sandhills (10) 28
Anselmo-Merna 27
Axtell 27
Cedar Bluffs 27
Leyton (16) + Banner County (11) 27
Pender 27
Wauneta-Palisade 27
Blue Hill 26
Johnson-Brock 26
Brady 25
Central Valley 25
Chambers(12) + Wheeler Central(3) + Ewing(10) 25
Diller-Odell 25
Randolph 25
Mullen 24
Loomis 23
Medicine Valley 23
Riverside 23
Wausa 23
Elgin (11) + Pope John (11) 22
Mead 22
Osmond 22
Parkview Christian 22
Winside 22
Humphrey St Francis 21
Lawrence-Nelson 20
Wallace 20
Stuart 19
Wynot 19
Falls City Sacred Heart 18
Giltner 18
St Mary's 17

Class D6 (31 teams with 25 eligible for the playoffs)
Walthill 47 ***
Harvard 40 ***
Humphrey (24) + Lindsey Holy Family (10) 34 ***
Maywood (19) + Hayes Center (12) 31 ***
McPherson County (8) + Stapleton (22) 30 ***
Wilcox-Hildreth 29 ***
Deshler 27
McCool Junction 27
Minatare 27
Crawford 25
Creek Valley 24
Heartland Lutheran 23
Eustis-Farnam 22
Hyannis 22
Santee 22
Silver Lake 22
Dorchester 21
Lewiston 21
Sterling 21
Cody-Kilgore 19
Hay Springs 19
Potter-Dix 19
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 18
Hampton 16
Elba 13
South Platte 13
Spalding Academy 12
Red Cloud 11
St Edward 11
Arthur County 9
Sioux County 8

Interesting note....NP St Patrick's will play 11 man football with 11 fewer kids than Walthill, who will play 6 man football. St Pats also has 4 fewer kids than Harvard, who will also play 6 man football.

Is Bago going C1 by themselves? If Walthill was with them I could see them trying but can't imagine they will alone.

How big of a recruitment deal is it for HSC, Bergan, and St Pats to play 11 man. And no I don't mean recruitment in the sense that some are thinking. For goodness sake please don't start that argument on this post

Norfolk Catholic in C2 will be interesting to renew old rivalries with Cedar, Battle Creek, Crofton, etc.

I know Madison struggles but think it would be interesting if they tried C2, a drop from the past years in C1 and where they naturally fall as opposed to D1.

Humphrey and Holy Family going 6 man? Never new that. Interesting. Also, it's been that way for many years now but with is Holy Family with Public and not St Francis? If Humphrey Public is hurting I would think that Clarkson Leigh would be a fit or even Madison.

When you look at the enrollments with boys only two things stand out to me. How far apart Class A and B can get and how close D1 and D2 is. Even with enrollments in A and B being far apart ultimatly if your good your good and if your bad your bad. Example; Im assuming Elkhorn South will transition just fine to A and South Sioux will struggle in A or B and would maybe be only .500 in C1. Would love to see D1 and D2 be one class.

 

[nenebskers]

Oh, yeah. Great work Hailvictors!

 

[hailvictors2]

Is Bago going C1 by themselves? If Walthill was with them I could see them trying but can't imagine they will alone.

How big of a recruitment deal is it for HSC, Bergan, and St Pats to play 11 man. And no I don't mean recruitment in the sense that some are thinking. For goodness sake please don't start that argument on this post

Norfolk Catholic in C2 will be interesting to renew old rivalries with Cedar, Battle Creek, Crofton, etc.

I know Madison struggles but think it would be interesting if they tried C2, a drop from the past years in C1 and where they naturally fall as opposed to D1.

Humphrey and Holy Family going 6 man? Never new that. Interesting. Also, it's been that way for many years now but with is Holy Family with Public and not St Francis? If Humphrey Public is hurting I would think that Clarkson Leigh would be a fit or even Madison.

When you look at the enrollments with boys only two things stand out to me. How far apart Class A and B can get and how close D1 and D2 is. Even with enrollments in A and B being far apart ultimatly if your good your good and if your bad your bad. Example; Im assuming Elkhorn South will transition just fine to A and South Sioux will struggle in A or B and would maybe be only .500 in C1. Would love to see D1 and D2 be one class.

That was an error. Winnebago will compete in D1. My fault. They will be ineligible. The list is corrected to reflect this now.

I am surprised St Cecilia can't get more kids (again, not meant as a recruiting stab). Hastings and Columbus have similar set ups in terms of high school enrollment options for kids Both have a large public school (Big B/Little A), an additional public school that sits near the top of C1 (Lakeview/Adams Central), and a private school (Scotus, St Cecilia). Scotus is a lot bigger than St Cecilia, which is odd to me because Hastings is actually bigger than Columbus in population and the public schools in each community are virtually the same size as each other. I am not familiar enough with St Pats or Bergan to speak on their declining enrollments.

Catholic in C2 will be something, that is for sure. My projections all call for their district to be Battle Creek, Stanton, Norfolk Cath, Ponca, Hartington CC, and Crofton.

Madison going all the way to 8 man makes sense to me. Personally, I don't think there is much difference between Madison playing Boone Central/Norfolk Catholic/Pierce/Scotus/Lakeview/Wayne/etc and them playing Battle Creek/HCC/Crofton/Ponca/etc. Either way they are going to get drilled, which is probably why they went down to 8

 

[JET20]

Three times as many Catholics in Columbus area. Also, tuition costs have risen and are going to continue to rise at most parochial schools. No family is ever turned away because of inability to pay but sometimes the perception of high costs causes some not to even consider private education.

 

[wsc-oline]

Good work!!
I only saw that Wakefield has 54 instead of 45 so I think they will be ineligible.

Only classes with under 50% in playoffs are the Cs again. C1 only 38% make it and C2 something around 43%

Only 6 teams in Class B will not make playoffs...

 

[fbnut999]

Great work, Hailvictors! Fun to see!

From other posters:
Holy Family has tried co-oping with just about everyone. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that in the past 15 years, they have shared sports (either in junior high or high school) with Newman Grove, Humphrey High, St. Francis, Madison, and even St. Edward.

It makes sense that St. Fran and Holy Family would cooperated, but there's too many hard feelings between families. Too bad for the kids....can't believe that Holy Family and Humphrey High together can't field an 8-man team!

Agree with Jet--there are way more Catholics in Columbus (but I'm still a little surprised at how small St. Cecilia has gotten). And he's right...tuition keeps going up. When you are thinking about sending your Kindergartener there, then you multiply tuition times 13 years......people may feel it's not worth it. And there are no free rides--at least at the schools I've been associated with. Everybody has to pay SOMETHING.

That C-2 District should be something. It's too bad that Lutheran High has gotten so small and has dropped to 8-man. Would have made it even tougher.

I hope that the Norfolk Catholic and Pierce game can be salvaged. What are some other rivalries that could come to an end?

Too bad that we couldn't have set the Class B level at 150 and kept Platteview, Neb City, Holdrege, and Sidney in B. 22 teams in one class is ridiculous. I remember when I was in elementary school (and yes, I am old) there were only 4 classes. Class B was made up of 64 teams and for volleyball and basketball, the district tournament was 8 teams, with only the winner advancing to state.

 

[hailvictors2]

Good work!!
I only saw that Wakefield has 54 instead of 45 so I think they will be ineligible.

Only classes with under 50% in playoffs are the Cs again. C1 only 38% make it and C2 something around 43%

Only 6 teams in Class B will not make playoffs...

List edited with Wakefield at 54 rather than 45. That is significant because I think it shifts the cut line between D1/D2. There are 109 teams, but 6 are ineligible (Winnebago, Madison, Ravenna, Kimball, Wakefield, Palmyra). That leaves 103 teams, which to my understanding get split evenly with the extra team going D2 (51D1 +6 ineligible=57) (52 D2). The 56th team is Elkhorn Valley at 34 enrollment. The 57th team would be the enrollments of 33, which are Clearwater-Orchard and Hartington-Newcastle. Hartington-Newcastle has had the higher number over the past few cycles, so I would assume they would be the team that goes to D1. My original post has been modified to reflect this.

 

[hailvictors2]

List edited with Wakefield at 54 rather than 45. That is significant because I think it shifts the cut line between D1/D2. There are 109 teams, but 6 are ineligible (Winnebago, Madison, Ravenna, Kimball, Wakefield, Palmyra). That leaves 103 teams, which to my understanding get split evenly with the extra team going D2 (51D1 +6 ineligible=57) (52 D2). The 56th team is Elkhorn Valley at 34 enrollment. The 57th team would be the enrollments of 33, which are Clearwater-Orchard and Hartington-Newcastle. Hartington-Newcastle has had the higher number over the past few cycles, so I would assume they would be the team that goes to D1. My original post has been modified to reflect this.

Another interesting note in C2 is that there will be four districts of 6 teams and three districts of 5 teams to make up the 39. Louisville and Conestoga are almost certain to be in the same district. It is quite possible that you could end up with a 5 team district and 2 of the teams are ineligible (say Louisville, Conestoga, Syracuse, Johnson County Central, and Freeman).

 

[nenebskers]

[QUOTE="fbnut999, post: 170964, member: 462"It makes sense that St. Fran and Holy Family would cooperated, but there's too many hard feelings between families. Too bad for the kids....can't believe that Holy Family and Humphrey High together can't field an 8-man team!
[/QUOTE]

Sounds like some good Catholic values!

 

[northeastNebraska]

That was an error. Winnebago will compete in D1. My fault. They will be ineligible. The list is corrected to reflect this now.

I am surprised St Cecilia can't get more kids (again, not meant as a recruiting stab). Hastings and Columbus have similar set ups in terms of high school enrollment options for kids Both have a large public school (Big B/Little A), an additional public school that sits near the top of C1 (Lakeview/Adams Central), and a private school (Scotus, St Cecilia). Scotus is a lot bigger than St Cecilia, which is odd to me because Hastings is actually bigger than Columbus in population and the public schools in each community are virtually the same size as each other. I am not familiar enough with St Pats or Bergan to speak on their declining enrollments.

Bergan elementary is growing like crazy. They are just in a weird spot now in high school. 3-5 years from now I bet they’ll be a middle of the pack C2 school numberswise.

St. Pat’s is going through some tough times now. (Kids going to NP High) But they have good leadership at the school. Just need to keep the elementary growing.

 

[fbnut999]

[QUOTE="fbnut999, post: 170964, member: 462"It makes sense that St. Fran and Holy Family would cooperated, but there's too many hard feelings between families. Too bad for the kids....can't believe that Holy Family and Humphrey High together can't field an 8-man team!

Sounds like some good Catholic values![/QUOTE]
No, just plain stubborness.

 

[Alum-Ni]

Per the OWH, South Sioux City has confirmed they will opt down to Class B for football this year.

 

[cavalot]

This would be the most equitable way to organize the state.

With 136 teams counted A - C2 . The state could divide that number into 5 groups of 27-28 teams per class.
Class A would be cut off at Norfolk (496)
Class B1 at York (173)
Class B2 at BN (88)
Class C1 at GICC (65)
Class C2 at NPCC (36)
All other classes remain the same

 

[hailvictors2]

Looks like Weeping Water (43) and Lourdes Central Catholic (31) were the schools that contested their enrollment number. I base that off the minutes Alumni posted on another thread. Lourdes is already D2, so I am not sure what they would want to contest about, unless they think they should be below 27 and eligible for 6 man? Weeping Water's # of 43 puts them squarely in D1 unless that is completely inaccurate somehow. Typically when schools contest it is over 1 kid. I don't see the classification projections posted changing at all due to these contentions.

 

[hdendzonecam]

I think our state needs to look hard at our format for football. I think 8 man football could be replaced with 9 man. You could play it on a standard sized field so schools do not have to modify their facilities if they drop down. Also, the game makes sense, you just drop the tackles and play the game. For schools that are teetering on C2 or D1 status it makes sense. For schools that are smaller, they can still do six man football. The reality is that the A & B classes are just not that big anymore. Nebraska's schools are mostly class C & D and we should think about how to best serve those kids. Just my opinion, I think we could improve our football and give kids more opportunities.

 

[northeastNebraska]

I think our state needs to look hard at our format for football. I think 8 man football could be replaced with 9 man. You could play it on a standard sized field so schools do not have to modify their facilities if they drop down. Also, the game makes sense, you just drop the tackles and play the game. For schools that are teetering on C2 or D1 status it makes sense. For schools that are smaller, they can still do six man football. The reality is that the A & B classes are just not that big anymore. Nebraska's schools are mostly class C & D and we should think about how to best serve those kids. Just my opinion, I think we could improve our football and give kids more opportunities.

I’ve been saying that same thing for a few years now. I really think 9 man would be better because of the reasons you listed. 11,9, and 6.

 

[ACICOD]

Per NSAA page:

Updated boys enrollment--
Lourdes Central Catholic - 34
Weeping Water - 42

 

[hailvictors2]

With Lourdes going from 31 to 34 it will bump them from D2 to D1 (if my projections are correct). Weeping Water stays D1. Lourdes moving up to D1 bumps Hartington-Newcastle to D2 and makes the cut line 34 (D1) and 33 (D2).

 

[ACICOD]

Potential D2 District Map...........anyone have differing thoughts?

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.393...6m1!1s1CPMhW-wbHWZh0HD4hZleW_a8ubBxE4m0?hl=en

 

[Yossarian23]

Potential D2 District Map...........anyone have differing thoughts?

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.393...6m1!1s1CPMhW-wbHWZh0HD4hZleW_a8ubBxE4m0?hl=en

Your security settings make it a little difficult to see.

 

[Xcell]

Got one for D1 and C2?

 

[Yossarian23]

Potential D2 District Map...........anyone have differing thoughts?

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.393...6m1!1s1CPMhW-wbHWZh0HD4hZleW_a8ubBxE4m0?hl=en

I had made one before the shuffling of Lourdes. Mine was similar, but with some differences between your Black, Red and Blue districts...I also didn't venture a guess at NE Nebraska. With so many, so close, I thought they could go a few different directions.

But with Lourdes in D1, that seems to clear up a lot of the districts I was questionable on, yours looks pretty on target to me.

 

[ACICOD]

Here would be a D1 Projection:

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.231...6m1!1s16jrGn9jcJ0XbrCMGfG4-8jJnW9qdUTgs?hl=en

 

[ACICOD]

Sharing settings should be fixed now. Anyone should be able to access both the D1 and D2 projections.

 

[warriorpride36]

Possible matchup of father vs son with Hartington-Newcastle vs Allen!

 

[nenebskers]

Possible matchup of father vs son with Hartington-Newcastle vs Allen!

Battle of the Big Eagles.

 

[ACICOD]

I've updated my projected D2 districts based on the fact that the NSAA has indicated there will be 2 five team districts and 7 six team districts.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.393...6m1!1s1CPMhW-wbHWZh0HD4hZleW_a8ubBxE4m0?hl=en