2019-2022 Approved Football Realignment

The KHSAA approved the final alignment for 2019-22 at the Board of Control meeting today. Six schools (West Carter, Morgan County, Garrard County, Powell County, Russell County, and Breckinridge County) had various requests for changes approved. The final version is shown (and linked) below:

Kentucky high school football alignment set by KHSAA for 219-222 seasons | Lexington Herald Leader

Class 6A
District One — Apollo, Daviess County, Henderson County, Marshall County, McCracken County
District Two — Barren County, Central Hardin, Meade County, North Hardin
District Three — Butler, Manual, Pleasure Ridge Park, St. Xavier
District Four — Bullitt East, Fern Creek, Male, Southern
District Five — Ballard, Eastern, Trinity
District Six — Campbell County, Dixie Heights, Ryle, Simon Kenton
District Seven — Henry Clay, Lafayette, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Tates Creek
District Eight — Bryan Station, Clark County, Madison Central, Oldham County

Class 5A
District One — Breckinridge County, Graves County, Grayson County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Owensboro
District Two — Bowling Green, Christian County, Greenwood, South Warren
District Three — Bullitt Central, Doss, Fairdale, Iroquois, Western
District Four — Atherton, Jeffersontown, North Bullitt, Seneca, South Oldham
District Five — Boone County, Conner, Cooper, Covington Catholic, Highlands
District Six — Frederick Douglass, Grant County, Great Crossing (opens in 2019), Montgomery County, Scott County
District Seven — Collins, East Jessamine, Madison Southern, West Jessamine, Woodford County
District Eight — North Laurel, Pulaski County, South Laurel, Southwestern, Whitley County

Class 4A
District One — Calloway County, Hopkins County Central, Hopkinsville, Logan County, Madisonville
District Two — Allen County-Scottsville, Franklin-Simpson, Russell County, Warren Central, Warren East
District Three — John Hardin, Marion County, Moore, Spencer County, Valley
District Four — Central, Franklin County, North Oldham, Shelby County, Waggener
District Five — Anderson County, Bourbon County, Boyle County, Lexington Catholic
District Six — Boyd County, Harrison County, Holmes, Rowan County, Scott
District Seven — Corbin, Knox Central, Lincoln County, Wayne County
District Eight — Clay County, Harlan County, Johnson Central, Letcher County Central, Perry County Central

Class 3A
District One — Paducah Tilghman, Trigg County, Union County, Webster County
District Two — Adair County, Casey County, Glasgow, Hart County, Taylor County
District Three — Bardstown, Elizabethtown, LaRue County, Nelson County, Thomas Nelson
District Four — Christian Academy of Louisville, DeSales, Henry County, Mercer County, Western Hills
District Five — Bell County, Estill County, Garrard County, Jackson County, McCreary Central, Rockcastle County
District Six — Fleming County, Lewis County, Mason County, Pendleton County, Powell County
District Seven — Ashland Blazer, East Carter, Greenup County, Russell
District Eight — Belfry, Floyd Central, Lawrence County, Magoffin County, Pike County Central

Class 2A
District One — Ballard Memorial, Caldwell County, Fort Campbell, Mayfield, Murray
District Two — Butler County, Hancock County, McLean County, Owensboro Catholic, Todd County Central
District Three — Clinton County, Edmonson County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County
District Four — Danville, Lexington Christian, Somerset, Washington County
District Five — Carroll County, Gallatin County, Owen County, Shawnee, Trimble County, Walton-Verona
District Six — Beechwood, Covington Holy Cross, Lloyd Memorial, Newport
District Seven — Breathitt County, Knott County Central, Leslie County, Middlesboro, Morgan County
District Eight — Bath County, East Ridge, Prestonsburg, Shelby Valley, Sheldon Clark, West Carter

Class A
District One — Caverna, Crittenden County, Fulton County, Russellville
District Two — Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Fort Knox, Louisville Holy Cross
District Three — Berea, Eminence, Frankfort, Kentucky Country Day
District Four — Bellevue, Dayton, Ludlow, Newport Central Catholic
District Five — Bishop Brossart, Bracken County, Nicholas County, Paris
District Six — Betsy Layne, Fairview, Paintsville, Raceland
District Seven — Hazard, Jenkins, Phelps, Pikeville
District Eight — Harlan, Lynn Camp, Pineville, Williamsburg

Not placed in alignment — Fulton City

Changes made were as follows:

Class 2A: West Carter was granted a request to play in Class 2A after being placed in Class 3A during the draft process. The Comets will play in Class 2A, District 8. Morgan County was granted a geographic request to move to District 7 from District 8.

Class 3A: Garrard County was granted a geographic request to move to District 5 from District 4. Powell County was granted a geographic request to move to District 6 from District 5.

Class 4A: Russell County was granted a geographic and time zone request to move to District 2 from District 7.

Class 5A: Breckinridge County was granted a request to play up in class due to geographic concerns. It was placed in District 1.

No changes from the original draft alignment were made in Class A and Class 6A. Below you'll find the complete alignment with revisions.

Cross bracketing for 2019-22 was also on the agenda for today but I've not seen a final approved version so I'll hold off on posting the pairings.

West Carter and Morgan seem to be a misprint when you look at the teams in the district based on what was said about the actual alignment. Should read 2A District 7 for Morgan and 2A District 8 for West,.

Rockcastle and Bell Co have a cake walk district.

West Carter and Morgan seem to be a misprint when you look at the teams in the district based on what was said about the actual alignment. Should read 2A District 7 for Morgan and 2A District 8 for West,.

I noticed that. I went back and edited - I believe it is fixed now. Thanks!

That's a long hike for Caverna for a district game. Seems like the KHSAA needs to revisit its 32-only policy for 1A.

West Carter was granted a request to play in Class 2A after being placed in Class 3A during the draft process.

How does that work? I thought you couldn't petition to play down in class.

How does that work? I thought you couldn't petition to play down in class.

I believe they had initially requested to play up based on the lack of nearby schools in their class (West Carter has done this a couple of times). Teams requested to play up and some were dropped down before the first alignment was produced. After that was released, 2A had more neighboring schools for West Carter and they subsequently asked to be moved to 2A - which is where they should have been all along.

That's a long hike for Caverna for a district game. Seems like the KHSAA needs to revisit its 32-only policy for 1A.

I get why they do it but geography is a bear in Class 1A and it makes for some really distant outliers like Caverna.

I believe they had initially requested to play up based on the lack of nearby schools in their class (West Carter has done this a couple of times). Teams requested to play up and some were dropped down before the first alignment was produced. After that was released, 2A had more neighboring schools for West Carter and they subsequently asked to be moved to 2A - which is where they should have been all along.

This isn't exactly 100% correct, but it is close enough.

This isn't exactly 100% correct, but it is close enough.

Yeah, I'm obviously not privy to all of the information, but that's what I've deduced from documents on KHSAA, etc. West Carter has been in an odd spot regarding football alignment for some time.

There is no logical reason for Oldham County to be in the district they are in.

Here is one person's thoughts on the alignment:

Coaches,

Berea High School in Berea, Ky is looking for varsity football games for the 2019 - 2020 scheduling cycle. Berea High School is located between the North American tectonic plate and the Caribbean tectonic plate. These plates meet under Clays Ferry and run through the middle of Madison County. The shifting of these plates causes the constant movement of exit 76 off of Interstate I 75.

This information is scientifically evident by the fact that over the last ten years our district shifted from the mountain district travelling as far as Campbellsville Ky, to the Central Kentucky district traveling to Central Kentucky schools Bracken County and Bishop Brossart to now officially shifting to the Louisville area class A district.

It is for these reasons that we are looking for competitive games that are within a one day traveling distance. Also, if any of you have any information regarding gas vouchers please do not hesitate to contact me as we are anticipating that the next seismic shift will place us in the class A district with Fulton County and Crittendon County.

PS: If you are a district opponent for the 2019 - 2020 playing seasons please be patient with us and give us until Sunday morning when we return home to get our game footage exchanged with you via hudl.

There is no logical reason for Oldham County to be in the district they are in.

You thinking they should be in District 5?