JUST IN: UIL makes ruling on Texas high school football teams' district appeals

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Nearly three weeks after the initial release of the UIL's biennial district realignment, the dust has finally settled.

The UIL District Assignment Appeals Committee heard the appeals of seven schools on Tuesday who wished to change their district alignment. After the UIL released its biennial reclassification and realignment on February 1st, all schools were given the opportunity to appeal their district and conference assignments, and seven took them up on it.

This does not include so-called local appeals, wherein the team's current district votes to release them from the district and the team's desired district votes to accept them. For example: Odessa Compass moved from District 4-3A DII to District 3-3A DII because both District 4 and District 3's district executive committees voted to allow the move.

Here are the UIL's District Assignment Appeals Committee ruled on the seven appeals.

APPEAL GRANTED

Lufkin

Leaving: District 7-5A DI — Burleson Centennial, Cleburne, Highland Park, Joshua, Lufkin, Midlothian, Red Oak, Tyler

Joining: District 9-5A DI — Angleton, Barbers Hill, Baytown Sterling, Beaumont United, Beaumont West Brook, Galveston Ball, Port Arthur Memorial

Angleton

Leaving: District 9-5A DI — Angleton, Barbers Hill, Baytown Sterling, Beaumont United, Beaumont West Brook, Galveston Ball, Port Arthur Memorial

Joining: District 11-5A DI — Crosby, Fort Bend Kempner, Friendswood, Houston Spring Woods, Humble Kingwood Park, La Porte, New Caney Porter, Pasadena

Houston Spring Woods

Leaving: District 11-5A DI — Crosby, Fort Bend Kempner, Friendswood, Houston Spring Woods, Humble Kingwood Park, La Porte, New Caney Porter, Pasadena

Joining: District 10-5A DI — Galena Park, Houston Austin, Houston Madison, Houston Milby, Houston Sharpstown, Houston Sterling, Houston Waltrip, Houston Westbury

 

APPEAL DENIED

Victoria West

Remaining In: District 13-5A DII — Boerne, Kerrville Tivy, San Antonio Veterans Memorial, San Antonio Alamo Heights, San Antonio Harlandale, San Antonio McCollum, Victoria West

Appealed to Join: District 14-5A DII — Corpus Christi Carroll, Corpus Christi King, Corpus Christi Miller, Corpus Christi Moody, Corpus Christi Ray, Gregory-Portland

San Antonio Harlandale and San Antonio McCollum

Remaining In: District 13-5A DII — Boerne, Kerrville Tivy, San Antonio Veterans Memorial, San Antonio Alamo Heights, San Antonio Harlandale, San Antonio McCollum, Victoria West

Appealed to Join: District 12-5A DII — San Antonio Brackenridge, San Antonio Burbank, San Antonio Edison, San Antonio Highlands, San Antonio Jefferson, San Antonio Lanier, San Antonio Sam Houston

Smithville

Remaining In: District 13-4A DII — Geronimo Navarro, Gonzales, Jarrell, Lago Vista, Salado, Smithville, Wimberley

Appealed to Join: District 11-4A DII — Bellville, Caldwell, Giddings, La Grange, Madisonville, Sealy

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