2012 Realignment: Stronger or Weaker?
By 5ATexasFootball.com on Jan 09, 2012 with Comments 0
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# of Teams: 63
New School (0): None |
Up from 4A (4): Carrollton Turner, Denton Ryan, Keller Timber Creek, Waco Midway
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District 1 (8)
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District 2 (9)
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District 3 (8)
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District 4 (8)
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| El Paso Americas El Paso Bel Air El Paso Coronado El Paso Eastwood El Paso El Dorado El Paso Franklin El Paso Montwood El Paso Socorro Verdict: Weaker Didn’t add anyone, but lost Hanks to 4A. Extra non-district game could benefit, but nine team 2-5A puts that into question. |
Abilene Abilene Cooper Amarillo Tascosa Lubbock Coronado Midland Midland Lee Odessa Odessa Permian San Angelo Central Verdict: Stronger Districts 2 and 3-5A combine to make a much larger and deeper district. |
Arlington Arl. Bowie Arl. Houston Arl. Lamar Arl. Martin FW Paschal North Crowley Weatherford Verdict: Push Same group of teams previously in 4-5A. No one out, no one in. |
FW Haltom Justin Northwest Keller Keller Central Keller Fossil Ridge Keller Timber Creek NRH Richland Southlake Carroll Verdict: Weaker The SLC/Keller district loses Guyer to 4A and Coppell to 5-5A. |
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District 5 (6)
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District 6 (8)
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District 7 (8)
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District 8 (8)
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Coppell Verdict: Weaker A new group of teams. A mix of former 7 and 8-5A, minus the Plano schools, SLC, and Allen. Sub Guyer for Ryan. Four of six will make playoffs. |
Carrollton Turner Colleyville Heritage Euless Trinity Grapevine Hurst Bell Irving Irving MacArthur Irving Nimitz Verdict: Weaker Largely the same except for Turner moving up with Haltom and Richland moving out. |
Cedar Hill DeSoto Duncanville Grand Prairie Mansfield Mansfield Timberview Midlothian South Grand Prairie Verdict: Stronger This remains the same group over from 5-5A, except DeSoto joins and Legacy drops to 4A. |
Belton Copperas Cove Killeen Kill. Ellison Kill. Harker Heights Kill. Shoemaker Temple Waco Midway Verdict: Push One of the surprises of realignment based on placement in Reg. 1. Group adds Midway and Killeen from 4A, loses Consolidated and Bryan. |
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# of Teams: 58
New School (1): RR Cedar Ridge
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Up from 4A (6): Killeen, Lake Travis, Pflug. Hendrickson, Richardson Pearce, Rockwall, Rockwall Heath
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District 9 (8)
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District 10 (6)
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District 11 (7)
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District 12 (7)
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| Dallas Jesuit Dallas Skyline Dallas Sunset Dallas White Richardson Richardson Berkner Lake Highlands Richardson Pearce Verdict: Stronger Samuell drops to 4A, Richardson Pearce moves up. Upgrade. |
Allen McKinney McKinney Boyd Plano Plano East Plano West Verdict: Weaker It’s a downgrade if you’re Allen and the Planos due to the Flower Mound schools exiting. On the plus side, easier to make the playoffs. |
Garland Lakeview Centennial Gar. Naaman Forest Garland Rowlett Garland Sachse North Garland South Garland Verdict: Weaker Previously 10-5A, loses playoff contender in McKinney Boyd. |
Longview Mesquite Mesquite Horn North Mesquite Rockwall Rockwall Heath Tyler Lee Verdict: Push Strength in numbers offsets the loss of DeSoto. |
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District 13 (9)
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District 14 (7)
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District 15 (7)
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District 16 (7)
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Humble Atascocita Verdict: Stronger The addition of Atascocita and Kingwood makes this a deeper, stronger district. One of the better districts in the state. |
A&M Consolidated Verdict: Push Consolidated and Bryan take the place of the Humble schools. |
Austin High Austin Akins Austin Anderson Austin Bowie Austin Westlake Del Valle Lake Travis Verdict: Stronger The same district plus a school with five straight championships, Lake Travis. Added depth and quality. |
Pflugerville Pflug. Hendrickson Round Rock RR Cedar Ridge RR McNeil RR Stony Point RR Westwood Verdict: Weaker Leander and Georgetown move down to 4A. Replaced by Hendrickson and new school Cedar Ridge. |
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# of Teams: 62
New School (1): Clear Falls
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Up from 4A (1): Manvel
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District 17 (10)
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District 18 (7)
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District 19 (8)
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District 20 (7)
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| Cy Creek Cy Fair Cy Falls Cy Lakes Cy Ranch Cy Ridge Cy Springs Cy Woods Jersey Village Langham Creek Verdict: Push This district remains unchanged. |
Aldine Ald. Eisenhower Ald. MacArthur Aldine Nimitz Alief Elsik Alief Hastings Alief Taylor Verdict: Push This district remains unchanged. |
Houston Memorial Katy Katy Cinco Ranch Katy Mayde Creek Katy Morton Ranch Katy Seven Lakes Katy Taylor Strake Jesuit Verdict: Push This district remains unchanged. |
Hou. Bellaire Hou. Chavez Hou. Lamar Hou. Madison Hou. Sam Houston Hou. Westbury Hou. Westside Verdict: Push The only change here is that Milby drops down to 4A.
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District 21 (7)
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District 22 (8)
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District 23 (8)
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District 24 (7)
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| Baytown Sterling Beau. West Brook Channelview Deer Park La Porte North Shore PA Memorial Verdict: Stronger This already strong group adds another perennial playoff team in Deer Park. |
Alvin Alvin Manvel Pasadena Pasadena Dobie Pasadena Memorial Pasadena Rayburn Pearland South Houston Verdict: Stronger Loses Deer Park, but adds a strong Manvel team from 4A and the ’10 champs in Pearland. |
FB Austin FB Bush FB Clements FB Dulles FB Elkins FB Hightower FB Kempner FB Travis Verdict: Weaker Elkins and Willowridge drop to 4A, two playoff teams out of the mix. |
Brazoswood Dickinson Clear Brook Clear Creek Clear Falls Clear Lake Clear Springs Verdict: Weaker The big news here is the exit of Pearland. District also drops from eight to seven teams. |
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# of Teams: 62
New School (1): Edinburg Vela
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Up from 4A (4): Brownsville Veterans Memorial, La Joya Juarez-Lincoln, New Braunfels Canyon, Smithson Valley
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District 25 (6)
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District 26 (7)
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District 27 (9)
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District 28 (6)
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| Converse Judson New Braunfels New Braunfels Canyon SA Wagner San Marcos Smithson Valley Verdict: Push Steele moves to another district, Seguin down to 4A. Smithson Valley and Canyon move in from 4A. Could be considered a slight upgrade. |
SA Churchill SA Johnson SA Lee SA MacArthur SA Madison SA Reagan SA Roosevelt Verdict: Push The group remains unchanged. |
SA Brandeis SA Clark SA Holmes SA Jay SA Marshall SA O’Connor SA Stevens SA Taft SA Warren Verdict: Push This group remains unchanged. |
CC Carroll CC King Cibolo Steele SA East Central SA Southwest South San Antonio Verdict: Stronger This district trades SA Highlands for ’10 champion, Cibolo Steele. One of the more surprising moves of realignment. |
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District 29 (7)
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District 30 (9)
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District 31 (9)
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District 32 (9)
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| Del Rio Eagle Pass Eagle Pass Winn Laredo Alexander Lar. Johnson Lar. United Lar. United South Verdict: Weaker Laredo Nixon, Martin, and Cigarroa drop to 4A. Doesn’t hurt strength among the stronger teams, but does hurt district depth. |
Donna Edinburg Edin. Economedes Edinburg North Edinburg Vela La Joya La Joya Juarez-Lincoln La Joya Palmview Mission Sharyland Verdict: Weaker Traded stronger McAllen schools for Edinburg schools. |
McAllen McAllen Memorial McAllen Rowe PSJA PSJA Memorial PSJA North San Benito Weslaco Weslaco East Verdict: Stronger Added quality at the top and depth with McAllen schools, Weslaco, and San Benito. |
Brownville Hanna Brownsville Lopez Brownsville Pace Brownsville Porter Brownsville Rivera Browns. Veterans Harlingen Harlingen South Los Fresnos Verdict: Push Lost Weslaco and San Benito (1st and 2nd in district last year), adds one of the best teams in the region. |
Justin Northwest
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