Now that the enrollment reports are complete, the KHSAA will get feedback from member schools on who would like to play up a class.
Notable changes:
Frederick Douglass – 5A to 6A
Great Crossing – 5A to 6A
Dixie Heights – 6A to 5A
Covington Catholic – 5A to 4A
Scott – 4A to 5A
Mason County – 3A to 4A
Greenup County – 3A to 4A
Ashland 3A to 4A
Bourbon County – 4A to 3A
Lloyd Memorial – 2A to 3A
Belfry – 3A to 2A
St. Henry to start in 2A in 25-26
Bracken County – 1A to 2A
Newport – 2A to 1A
Cov. Holy Cross – 2A to 1A
Trimble County – 2A to 1A
Now the fun and speculation begin on who will elect to play up, creating a domino effect of “what ifs”. Some questions to think about:
Will Covington Catholic elect to play up to 5A to be with Highlands, Scott, Conner, Cooper, Boone County, and Dixie Heights in NKY?
Will Dixie Heights elect to stay in 6A with Simon Kenton, Ryle, and Campbell County?
With Scott moving to 5A, Holmes is now the only 4A school in NKY, do they stay in the huge geographical district with Harrison, Boyd, and Rowan?
With Ashland, Boyd, Greenup, and Rowan in 4A, does that form the district? Or will new 4A Mason County be thrown into the mix?
How will you divide the district with Fleming, Russell, Lewis, Magoffin, Estill, East Carter and Powell all in 3A and somewhat close together?
With Beechwood’s entire 2A district of Lloyd, Cov. Holy Cross, and Newport now gone, where do they go? The closest would be Walton-Verona, Carroll, and now 2A Bracken County.
With Newport and Covington Holy Cross going down to 1A, will that break Bishop Brossart away from their current district with Bracken, Paris, and Nicholas?
Will someone in 1A elect to play up or drop their program so Bracken County can remain in 1A? (Like Trimble County)
With 1A Lexington Sayre being formally included in the alignment, do they get included in a district with Frankfort, Eminence, and Berea? Or do they get put with Paris, Nicholas, and maybe Brossart or Bracken?
A full table with all teams and their rank based on enrollment with their old/proposed class can be found here: https://10thregion.com/2022/12/05/khsaa-realesd-draft-football-classification-based-on-enrollment/
