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BREAKING: UIL Releases Conference Cutoff Numbers for Reclassification and Realignment, and what this means
The University Interscholastic League (UIL) posted their official release on Twitter Wednesday morning to announce the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 UIL Reclassification and Realignment Conference Cutoff Numbers and Preliminary Enrollment Figures. With the realignment, it's possible that you may see a shift for some of your favorite Texas high school sports teams. The numbers for the realignment and reclassification are listed below:
Enrollment Figures and Division Breaks
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Football Conference and Division Cutoff Numbers for the 2022-2023 & 2023-2024 UIL Reclassification & Realignment
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Class 6A: 2225 and up
Class 5A: 1300-2224
Class 4A: 545-1299
Class 3A: 250-544
Class 2A: 105-249
Class 1A: 104.9 and below
With these numbers, the division breaks within the classifications are:
5A-D1: 1925-2224
5A-D2: 1300-1924
4A-D1: 880-1299
4A-D2: 545-879
3A-D1: 360-544
3A-D2: 250-359
2A-D1: 164.5-249
2A-D2: 105-165.4
1A-D1:59.5-104.9
1A-D2: 59.4 and below
What This Means:
For some schools, this means some shifting around. A look at some of the changes that comes with these numbers would include:
Manor heads back to 6A
Harker Heights becomes the only Killeen ISD school in 6A
Royse City and North Forney will move to 6A
El Paso Hanks, Parkland, Crosby, Aledo, and Ysleta move to 5A-D1
Lubbock High, Argyle, Melissa, Austin LBJ, and Amarillo Palo Duro to 5A-D2
San Antonio ISD schools are all 5A-D2
El Paso Austin, Bowie, and Irving move to 4A-D1
There will likely be more to dive into over the coming weeks. VYPE will keep a close eye on realignments and reclassifications.
Clemens Stays Hot Against Lake Travis; Advances To Region Semis
The temperature outside Buda Johnson High School was around freezing when its gym hosted Tuesday night's UIL 6A Region IV quarterfinal volleyball match, but that didn't cool down one of the state's hottest teams. Schertz Clemens (42-4) overcame a five-set battle with Lake Travis (38-14) to advance to this weekend's UIL 6A Region IV semifinal at San Antonio ISD's Alamo Convocation Center.
"Honestly, we have to thank [area round opponent San Antonio] Reagan," said VYPE Player of the Game and 2020 Arizona commit Shelby O'Neal. "They prepared us for that fifth set. We'd only gone to five sets once before with [New Braunfels] Canyon. And playing Reagan, we knew we had to bring all the energy to beat Lake Travis after they upset [Helotes] O'Connor in five."
Schertz Clemens had to rely on O'Neal to extend its win streak to 34 matches. Her three early kills guided the Buffaloes to a 7-3 lead in the opening set, and she recorded two more critical points to tie the match and ultimately take the lead for good in a 25-22 victory.
The second set saw Schertz Clemens bouncing back from a 5-3 hole. Canada Buchanan recorded an early kill that tied the score at five and provided three more in a 25-18 period win.
Lake Travis was now a set defeat away from the end of its season, but it also had the confidence to bounce back because it upset Helotes O'Connor in the area round of the playoffs. The Cavaliers made their third playoff match a competitive one because they led by as much as eight in a 25-19 third period win and added a 25-16 win in the fourth.
All the momentum was on Lake Travis' side going into the fifth and final set, but Schertz Clemens answered the call late. O'Neal recorded two more kills in a 8-2 Buffaloes start, and Buchanan's match-deciding kill resulted in a 15-8 period win.
"It definitely was the highlight of that whole game," Buchanan said of her game-winning play. "This is the farthest our school has gone in 30 years. Just being able to do that for my team is huge for me."
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