
Bill Jones
Here’s a look at the new district alignments for the 2010-12 school years, as announced this morning by the University Interscholastic League:
District 3-5A District 4-5A
Abilene Arlington
Abilene Cooper Arlington Bowie
Midland Arlington Sam Houston
Midland Lee Arlington Lamar
Odessa Arlington Martin
Odessa Permian FW Paschal
North Crowley
Weatherford
Abilene’s prayers are answered! After being the odd team out two years ago and having to travel to the Metroplex for league games, Abilene is back where it belongs because Cooper moved back up to Class 5A. Arlington schools have to love this arrangement, though North Crowley should rule in basketball. Potentially tough non-district football games for 4-5A.
District 5-5A District 6-5A
Cedar Hill Trinity
Duncanville L.D. Bell
Grand Prairie Grapevine
South Grand Prairie Colleyville Heritage
Midlothian Haltom
Mansfield Richland
Mansfield Legacy Irving
Mansfield Timberview Irving MacArthur
Irving Nimitz
Midlothian, Legacy, and Timberview all move to 5A for the first time. That moves southern Dallas County schools like Cedar Hill and Duncanville out of a district with the Irving schools. Irving ISD, thus, gets paired with schools along the 183/121 corridors. In football, it should make for interesting battles for 2nd place behind Cedar Hill and Trinity in each district.
District 7-5A District 8-5A
Southlake Carroll Allen
Coppell Plano
Denton Guyer Plano West
Keller Plano East
Keller Central Hebron
Keller Fossil Ridge Flower Mound
Justin Northwest FM Marcus
Saginaw Lewisville
It’s disturbing that the UIL doesn’t pair natural rivals together. Once again, Southlake Carroll is not in the same district as neighboring schools, Grapevine and Colleyville Heritage. I mean, their two football stadiums are right across the street from each other, yet they aren’t in the same district! Go figure. Since it will be a major rebuilding year for Carroll, don’t be surprised if Denton Guyer is the pre-season football favorite. The Wildcats return one of the top dual-threat QBs in the state in J.W. Walsh as they move up to 5A for the 1st time.
District 8-5A is a killer district – Allen and the Plano schools paired with Lewisville ISD – wow! The bi-district match-ups between 7-5A vs. 8-5A should be very compelling. You could have Division II first round games pitting Carroll vs. Allen and Guyer vs. Hebron, as well as a Division I pairing of Coppell vs. Plano.
District 9-5A District 10-5A
Dallas Jesuit Garland
Dallas Samuell Lakeview Centennial
Dallas Skyline Garland Naaman Forest
Dallas Sunset North Garland
Dallas W.T. White South Garland
Richardson Rowlett
Richardson Berkner Sachse
Lake Highlands McKinney Boyd
From a competition standpoint, Jesuit has to be elated to be out of the Allen/Plano district. However, Skyline is the football heavyweight in 9-5A. The Garland district remains the same except for the addition of McKinney Boyd.
District 11-5A District 12-5A
DeSoto Bryan
Longview A&M Consolidated
Tyler Lee Copperas Cove
Mesquite Temple
Mesquite Horn Belton
North Mesquite Killeen Ellison
Killeen Harker Heights
Killeen Shoemaker
Once again, DeSoto gets the short end of the draw. I don’t understand how the UIL can justify sending this school to the east again. Obviously, DeSoto is a natural rival with its neighboring cities Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and now Midlothian. Yet, the UIL forces the Eagles to travel as far away as Tyler and Longview to play district games. I understand the goal is to have an even number of schools in as many district as possible to make scheduling easier, but to do this to DeSoto again this year just doesn’t seem fair. At least, put the burden on a different school this year. Spread the misery around. I feel for you, DeSoto.
District 4-4A District 5-4A
Denton Aledo
Denton Ryan Azle
Lake Dallas White Settlement Brewer
The Colony Saginaw Boswell
Little Elm Birdville
Wichita Falls Springtown
WF Rider Keller Timber Creek
Northwest Byron Nelson
District 6-4A District 7-4A
FW Southwest Arlington Seguin
FW Wyatt Burleson
FW Dunbar Cleburne
FW Eastern Hills Crowley
FW Arlington Heights Everman
FW Western Hills Granbury
FW North Side Joshua
FW South Hills Mansfield Summit
FW Trimble Tech
District 8-4A District 9-4A
Stephenville Carrollton Creekview
Killeen Carrollton Newman Smith
San Angelo Lake View Carrollton R.L. Turner
Waco Frisco
Waco Midway Frisco Centennial
Waco University Frisco Heritage
Frisco Liberty
Frisco Wakeland
So, how can Frisco have more schools than Waco?!!! Poor Stephenville! District 8-4A is so wacky because there are no West Texas 4A schools within a 6 hour drive of San Angelo Lake View, so the UIL had to dream up a district to cut the travel distance down. Thus, Stephenville must play schools its never played before.
District 10-4A District 11-4A
Highland Park Dallas Adamson
McKinney Dallas Carter
McKinney North Dallas Kimball
Richardson Pearce Dallas Molina
Rockwall Dallas Pinkston
Rockwall Heath Dallas Seagoville
Wylie Dallas South Oak Cliff
Wylie East North Dallas
District 12-4A District 13-4A
Dallas Bryan Adams Denison
Dallas Conrad Sherman
Dallas Hillcrest Greenville
Dallas Thomas Jefferson Mount Pleasant
Dallas Lincoln Royse City
Dallas Spruce Sulphur Springs
Dallas Woodrow Wilson Texarkana Texas
District 14-4A District 15-4A
Hallsville Corsicana
Jacksonville Ennis
Kilgore Forney
Longview Pine Tree Lancaster
Marshall Mesquite Poteet
Nacogdoches Red Oak
Tyler John Tyler Terrell
Whitehouse Waxahachie
West Mesquite
District 7-3A District 8-3A
Bridgeport Alvarado
Decatur Glen Rose
FW Castleberry Hillsboro
Lake Worth Kennedale
Mineral Wells Venus
West
District 9-3A District 10-3A
Argyle Anna
Aubrey Bonham
Gainesville Celina
Pilot Point Commerce
Sanger Van Alstyne
Whitesboro
District 11-3A District 12-3A
Farmersville Carrollton Ranchview
Frisco Lone Star Dallas Madison
Lucas Lovejoy Dallas Roosevelt
Nevada Community Dallas A. Maceo Smith
Princeton FW Poly
Prosper Diamond Hill-Jarvis
District 13-3A District 14-3A
Crandall Canton
Ferris Emory Rains
Kaufman Lindale
Kemp Quinlan Ford
Mabank Van
North Forney Wills Point
Bill Jones
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