PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota High School Activities Association released its proposed alignments for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. Of note, boys and girls basketball will see a shift in the number of teams in each class.
In Class AA, Tea Area is jumping up from Class A and there will be 20 teams in the largest class.
In Class A, there could be seven teams in the eight regions for a total of 56 teams. Britton-Hecla and Scotland-Menno are both moving up from Class B. Britton-Hecla will be in Region 1A, while Scotland-Menno is in Region 5A.
In Class B, there will be 10 teams in each region for a total of 80 teams. In total, 10 teams will drop from Class A to Class B. Those schools are Tiospa Zina, Waubay/Summit, Estelline/Hendricks, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, Parkston, Kimball/White Lake, North Central, Bennett County, Dupree and McLaughlin.
In wrestling, Class A will include 35 teams and Class B will consist of 64 teams.
In football, Class 11AAA will have nine teams and 11AA will have 11.
In Class 11A, Rapid City Christian and Tri-Valley are moving up from Class 11B for a total of 14 teams in the class.
In Class 11B, there will be 24 teams as Beresford and Chamberlain will drop down from Class 11A.
23 teams in each of the 9 man classes will comprise 9 man football with Potter County and White River moving up to the 9A Classification.
In volleyball, the three classes are the same as basketball, with one exception. Scotland/Menno, which will co-op in girls basketball, will be separate in volleyball. Both teams are placed in Region 4B.
The proposed alignments will be heard for a first reading at the SDHSAA Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday (Feb. 28, 2024) of next week, with a second reading scheduled for the April 17 Board of Directors meeting.
Story courtesy of Rod Fisher, SDHSAA and 605sports.com.
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