AHSAA Schools Are Reclassified For 2012-14

MONTGOMERY  -  Schools in the Alabama High School Athletic Association have been reclassified for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years, according to an announcement Wednesday by Steve Savarese, Executive Director.

The reclassification alignment was approved by the Central Board of Control at its fall meeting Wednesday. The process is implemented every two years to in order to  consider the changing enrollments of schools, school consolidations and closings, new schools and association members and current member schools adding sports to their interscholastic program. Classifying member schools for the purpose of athletic competition is one of the Central Board's duties under Article VII of the AHSAA Constitution.

Schools will remain divided into six classifications (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A) for competition in championship programs. The current two-year classification period ends with the 2011-12 school year. The new alignments will go into effect in the fall of 2012.

Classification was based on the Average Daily Membership (ADM) figures furnished by the State Department of Education for the upper three grades (10-12) plus ninth grade holdbacks.  Schools with the largest enrollments are placed in Class 6A, the next largest in Class 5A, etc.

An index of 1.35 was used to determine the enrollment figure for classifying each private school member.  Each private school student counts 1.35 for classification purposes.

Alignments are made for each sport in each class, based on the number of schools participating in a sport. 

The reclassification alignment for football is listed below. The 2012-13 and 2013-14 Basketball alignment will be made available  online at www.ahsaa.com. Other sports alignments will be posted online as they are completed.

AHSAA Football Alignments (2012-13, 2013-14)

Class 1A

Region 1

J.U. Blacksher

John Essex

Fruitdale

A.L. Johnson

Linden

Saint Luke's

McIntosh

Marengo

Region2

Brantley

Florala

Geneva County

Georgiana

Kinston

McKenzie

Pleasant Home

Red Level

Region 3

Akron

Autaugaville

Billingsley

Ellwood Christian (new member)

Holy Spirit

Keith

Maplesville

Sunshine

Region 4

Fayetteville

Loachapoka

Notasulga

Saint Jude

Talladega County Central

Verbena

Wadley

Winterboro

Region 5

Berry

Brilliant

Hubbertville

Lynn

Marion County

Parrish

Pickens County

South Lamar

Region 6

Addison

Appalachian

Falkville

Jefferson Christian

Meek

Ragland

Shades Mountain Christian

Southeastern (new member)

Sumiton Christian

Region 7

Cedar Bluff

Collinsville

Coosa Christian

Donoho

Gaylesville

Jacksonville Christian

Spring Garden

Valley Head

Woodville

Region 8

Decatur Heritage

Hackleburg

R.A. Hubbard

Phillips

Shoals Christian

Tharptown

Vina

Waterloo

Class 2A

Region 1

Choctaw County

Flomaton

Leroy

Millry

Mobile Christian

Southern Choctaw

Sweet Water

Washington County

Region 2

Ariton

Cottonwood

Houston Academy

Houston County

G.W. Long

Providence Christian

Samson

Wicksburg

Region 3

Calhoun

Central-Hayneville

Elba

Goshen

Highland Home

Luverne

New Brockton

Zion Chapel

Region 4

Aliceville

Cold Springs

Hale County

R.C. Hatch

Lamar County

Francis Marion

Oakman

Sulligent

Region 5

Isabella

LaFayette

Lanett

Montgomery Academy

Prattville Christian (new member)

Randolph County

Reeltown

Horseshoe Bend

Region 6

Fultondale

Ohatchee

Pleasant Valley

Ranburne

Victory Christian

Vincent

Walter Wellborn

Woodland

Region 7

Fyffe

Gaston

Ider

North Sand Mountain

Sand Rock

Section

Westbrook Christian

West End

Region 8

Cherokee

Colbert Heights

Hatton

Lexington

Phil Campbell

Red Bay

Sheffield

Tanner

Class 3A

Region 1

Bayside Academy

Cottage Hill Christian

Excel

T.R. Miller

W.S. Neal

Opp

Southside-Selma

Straughn

Region 2

Abbeville

Barbour County

Dale County

Daleville

Geneva

Montgomery Catholic

Pike County

Slocomb

Region 3

American Christian

Fayette County

Gordo

Greene County

Greensboro

Holt

Northside

Sipsey Valley

Region 4

B.B. Comer

Central Coosa

Leeds

Midfield

Montevallo

Tarrant

Thorsby

Trinity Presbyterian

Region 5

Ashville

Cleveland

Glencoe

Piedmont

Saks

Susan Moore

Weaver

White Plains

Region 6

Brindlee Mountain

Geraldine

Holly Pond

New Hope

J.B. Pennington

Pisgah

Plainview

Sylvania

Region 7

Cordova

Danville

Good Hope

Hamilton

Hanceville

Vinemont

Winfield

Winston County

Region 8

Clements

Colbert County

Deshler

Elkmont

Lauderdale County

Madison Academy

Westminster Christian

West Morgan

Class 4A

Region  1               

Clarke County

Escambia County

Hillcrest-Evergreen

Monroe County

Saint Paul's Episcopal

Thomasville

UMS-Wright

Wilcox Central

Region 2

Alabama Christian

Andalusia

Ashford

Beauregard

Bullock County

Charles Henderson

Headland

Saint James

Region 3

Beulah

Childersburg

Clay County Central (new school)

Dadeville

Elmore County

Handley

Holtville

Tallassee

Region 4

Bibb County

Calera

Corner

Dallas County

Dora

Jemison

Oak Grove

West Blocton

Region 5

Alexandria

Anniston

Cherokee County

Cleburne County

Hokes Bluff

Lincoln

Jacksonville

Munford

Region 6

Crossville

Douglas

Fairview

Guntersville

Locust Fork

Oneonta

Saint Clair County

Sardis

Region 7

Ardmore

Butler

DAR

J.O. Johnson

Madison County

North Jackson

Priceville

Randolph

Region 8

Brooks

Carbon Hill

Central-Florence

East Lawrence

Haleyville

Rogers

West Limestone

Wilson

Class 5A

Region 1

Faith Academy

Gulf Shores

LeFlore

B.C. Rain

Saraland

Spanish Fort

Vigor

Williamson

Region 2

Carroll

Eufaula

Marbury

Rehobeth

Benjamin Russell

Russell County

Valley

Booker T. Washington

Region 3

Citronelle

Chilton County

Demopolis

Greenville

Jackson

Satsuma

Selma

Sumter Central

Region 4

Briarwood Christian

Chelsea

Homewood

John Carroll

Ramsay

Shelby County

Sylacauga

Talladega

Region 5

Brookwood

Paul Bryant

Central-Tuscaloosa

Fairfield

McAdory

Parker

Pleasant Grove

Wenonah

Region 6

Center Point

Curry

Hayden

Moody

Mortimer Jordan

Pinson Valley

Springville

Walker

Region 7

Arab

Boaz

Brewer

Columbia

Etowah

Fort Payne

Scottsboro

Southside-Gadsden

Region 8

Athens

Cullman

East Limestone

Hartselle

Lawrence County

Muscle Shoals

Russellville

West Point

Class 6A

Region 1

Baker

Blount

Alma Bryant

Davidson

Mary Montgomery

McGill-Toolen

Murphy

Theodore

Region 2

Baldwin County

Daphne

Dothan

Enterprise

Fairhope

Foley

Northview

Robertsdale

Region 3

Auburn

Carver-Montgomery

Central-Phenix City

Jeff Davis

Sidney Lanier

Lee-Montgomery

Opelika

Smiths Station

Region 4

Oak Mountain

Pelham

Prattville

Spain Park

Stanhope Elmore

Thompson

Wetumpka

Region 5

Bessemer City

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa

Hoover

Hueytown

Jackson-Olin

Minor

Northridge

Tuscaloosa County

Region 6

Carver-Birmingham

Gardendale

Hewitt-Trussville

Huffman

Mountain Brook

Shades Valley

Vestavia Hills

Woodlawn

Region 7

Albertville

Clay-Chalkville

Gadsden City

Grissom

Huntsville

Lee-Huntsville

Oxford

Pell City

Region 8

Austin

Bob Jones

Buckhorn

James Clemens (new member)

Decatur

Florence

Hazel Green

Sparkman