LEXINGTON, KY — The Kentucky High School Athletic Association Board of Control conducted its final regularly scheduled meeting of the 2023-24 academic year in Lexington and announced the football alignment for the 2025 and 2026 seasons on Wednesday.
An initial draft was approved at last February’s regularly scheduled meeting with a six week period of feedback from the member schools that was shared and publicly available.
The Board reviewed each of the concerns and suggestions brought forth by member schools and approved the following logistically and geographically verifiable moves:
Breckinridge County to move from District 2 to District 3 in Class 4A;
Taylor County to move from District 7 to District 2 in Class 4A;
Grant County to move from District 5 to District 4 in Class 4A;
Bardstown to move from District 3 to District 4 in Class 3A; and
LaRue County to move from District 4 to District 2 in Class 3A.
Additionally, requests by both Jenkins and Phelps to withdraw from postseason play (and required district play) in 2025 and 2026 were accepted.
“The process of getting an alignment approved is a challenge each time, especially in these times when school enrollments are changing each year with different education initiatives and options,” said KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett. “At the end of the day, the membership had significantly greater time and opportunity for feedback than the past alignment, all of which was fully disclosed to the public and the membership throughout the process. A few requests for logistically geographically supported moves were adopted, but there were also requests denied as each request was considered independently.”
The majority of the requests were to be aligned with a particular district due to travel expenses.
2025-26 districts for local teams of interest:
Class A, District 6
Fairview, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland
Class AA, District 6
Breathitt County, Jackson County, Morgan County, West Carter
Class AAA, District 6
Bath County, East Carter, Fleming County, Lewis County, Russell
Class AAA, District 8
Estill County, Lawrence County, Letcher County Central, Magoffin County, Powell County
Class AAAA, District 6
Ashland, Boyd County, Greenup County, Johnson Central, Rowan County
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