UIL Realignment has come and gone after a wild Monday across the state. Now that we’ve had time to digest the results, I take a look at five things I’d have done differently.
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Class 4A Division I
Stephenville Takes One For the Team
Full transparency here, I loathe four-team districts and in certain circumstances I’ll make a team travel to avoid a four-team district. We have one four-team district in Texas and it is District 3-4A Division I, which features Plainview, Andrews, Midland Greenwood and San Angelo Central. My proposal involves Region III (yes Region III) with Stephenville moving out of their Central Texas-based district into a true West Texas district and then sliding Taylor over from District 13 to District 12. Yes, Stephenville has more travel, but in the sense of competition, I don’t like the fact we have a four-team district.
Here’s what I’d have using the newly aligned districts as a base, changes in bold:
3-4A Division I: Andrews, Midland Greenwood, Plainview, San Angelo Lake View, Stephenville
12-4A Division I: Burnet, China Spring, Jarrell, Lampasas, Marble Falls, Taylor
13-4A Division I: Remains the same minus Taylor.
3A Division II
A District Flip-Flop
It’s hard to really find a major issue in Class 3A in Division I or Division II. There’s some consternation about Anthony and San Angelo Grape Creek being together, but Anthony is an island unto themselves; someone has to go there. Grape Creek could be in another district out west but its travel would be longer than taking one long trip in three years, so I get that. My biggest gripe (and it’s a stretch) is the district numbering. I feel like 11-3A Division II is a better fit in Region II in place of 8-3A Division II. I say move 8-3A Division II to 9-3A Division II, 9-3A Division II to 10-3A Division II and 10-3A Division II to 11-3A Division II. Follow me yet?
2A Division I
Riesel and Marlin — Reunited and it Feels So Good
Marlin and Reisel are a mere 12 miles apart on Highway 6 in Central Texas, yet they are in totally separate regions. Riesel is in seven-team District 8-2A Division I, while Marlin is in seven-team 13-2A Division I. Odd numbered districts are always frowned upon because of the rotating bye, so my proposal is simple: move Marlin from 13-2A Division I to 8-2A Division I. This makes 8-2A Division I an eight-team district and 13-2A Division I a six-team district — even numbers! Additionally, Region IV currently has 29 teams and Region II has just 26 teams; moving Marlin out would add a team to Region II (26 teams) and drop Region IV to 28 teams.
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