NSAA releases district assignments
Lincoln Southwest and Lincoln Northeast, the only two Class A teams from Lincoln to finish with winning records this fall, will be in the same district for the 2006 and 2007 football seasons. The Nebraska School Activities Association released enrollment figures and district assignments on Wednesday. Southwest and Northeast landed in the A-2 District which includes Lincoln East, Lincoln High, Norfolk and Columbus. Those four teams combined for just seven wins last season.
The A-1 district includes 2005 playoff qualifiers Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Southeast, Grand Island and Kearney.
In Class A, district assignments are determined first by geography and then by enrollment. In other classes, the district assignments are based solely on geography.
Teams assigned to the same district are guaranteed to play each other in each of the next two seasons.
Other opponents will be determined by the NSAA based in part on recommendations from the schools.
Complete schedules for the 2006 and 2007 seasons will be announced on Feb. 2.
Class A membership is unchanged from recent years. Class B grew from 32 to 33 teams when Omaha Roncalli opted to remain in Class B despite an enrollment figure that would have allowed the Crimson Pride to play in Class C-1 the next two seasons.
Cozad moves from C-1 to B, forcing Hastings to shift to District 4 and Crete into a tough B-3 district including 2005 semifinalists Lincoln Pius X and Beatrice.
Five teams in Classes C-1 and C-2 swapped classifications with Bennington, Bridgeport, Southern Valley, Wisner-Pilger and Yutan growing in enrollment. Moving down were Aquinas, Creighton, Kearney Catholic, Southern and West Holt. Three former eight-man teams also joined the Class C-2 ranks, including perennial power Friend and multitime Class D-1 champion Howells.
Meanwhile, six schools opted to continue to play eight-man football despite being ineligible for post-season play: Concordia, Elkhorn Valley, Hartington, Omaha Brownell-Talbot, Wilcox-Hildreth and Winnebago.
Class A
District 1—Fremont, Grand Island, Kearney, Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Southeast, North Platte.
District 2—Columbus, Lincoln East, Lincoln High, Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln Southwest, Norfolk.
District 3—Bellevue West, Millard South, Millard West, Omaha Central, Omaha South, Papillion-La Vista South.
District 4—Bellevue East, Millard North, Omaha Benson, Omaha Creighton Prep, Omaha Westside.
District 5—Omaha Bryan, Omaha Burke, Omaha North, Omaha Northwest, Papillion-La Vista.
Class B
District 1—Blair, Elkhorn, Mount Michael, Omaha Roncalli, Schuyler, South Sioux City.
District 2—Gretna, Omaha Gross, Omaha Skutt, Platteview, Plattsmouth, Ralston.
District 3—Beatrice, Crete, Linocln Pius X, Nebraska City, Norris, Waverly.
District 4—Aurora, Fairbury, Hastings, Seward, York.
District 5—Cozad, Grand Island Northwest, Holdrege, Lexington, McCook.
District 6—Alliance, Gering, Ogallala, Scottsbluff, Sidney.
Class C-1
District 1—Auburn, Conestoga, Falls City, Lincoln Christian, Lincoln Lutheran, Syracuse.
District 2—Ashland-Greenwood, Bishop Neumann, Boys Town, Douglas County West, Wahoo, Yutan.
District 3—Arlington, Bennington, Fort Calhoun, Logan View, Tekamah-Herman, West Point Central Catholic.
District 4—Centennial, David City, Fillmore Central, Milford, Raymond Central.
District 5—Columbus Lakeview, Columbus Scotus, Madison, North Bend Central, Twin River, Wisner-Pilger.
District 6—Battle Creek, Crofton, Norfolk Catholic, O’Neill, Peirce Wayne.
District 7—Boone Central, Central City, Centura, Grand Island Central Catholic, Ord, St. Paul.
District 8—Adams Central, Gibbon, Hastings St. Cecilia, Minden, Southern Valley, Wood River.
District 9—Ainsworth, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Hershey, Valentine.
District 10—Bridgeport, Chadron, Chase County, Gordon-Rushville, Kimball, Mitchell.
Class C-2
District 1—Creighton, Hartington Cedar Catholic, Neligh-Oakdale, Plainview, Randolph, West Holt.
District 2—Emerson-Hubbard, Homer, Laurel-Concord, Pender, Ponca, Wakefield.
District 3—Howels, Lutheran Northeast, Lyons-Decatur Northeast, Oakland-Craig, Stanton, West Point Central Catholic.
District 4—Aquinas, Archbishop Bergan, Cross County, East Butler, Osceola, Scribner-Snyder.
District 5—Elmwood-Murdock, Louisville, Malcolm, Palmyra, Weeping Water.
District 6—Friend, Southern, Tecumseh, Thayer Central, Tri County, Wilber-Clatonia.
District 7—Blue Hill, Franklin, Heartland, Sandy Creek, Superior, Sutton.
District 8—Burwell, Doniphan-Trumbull, Fullerton, Kearney Catholic, Loup City, Ravenna.
District 9—Amherst, Cambridge, Elm Creek, North Platte St. Patrick’s, Southwest, Sutherland.
District 10—Bayard, Garden County, Hemingford, Morrill, Perkins County.
Class D-1
District 1—Diller-Odell, Freeman, Humboldt-TR-S, Johnson-Brock, Lourdes Central Catholic, Pawnee City.
District 2—Bruning-Davenport, Deshler, Dorchester, Exeter-Milligan, McCool Junction, Meridian.
District 3—Cedar Bluffs, Concordia, Mead, Omaha Brownell-Talbot, Omaha Christian.
District 4—Clarkson, Humphrey, Humphrey St. Francis, Leigh, Nebraska Lutheran, Shelby.
District 5—Bancroft-Rosalie, Hartington, Omaha Nation, Walthill, Winnebago, Winside.
District 6—Elkhorn Valley, Newman Grove, Orchard, Osmond, Pope John, Stuart.
District 7—High Plains, Kenesaw, Nebraska Christian, Palmer, Shelton, Silver Lake.
District 8—Alma, Ansley, Axtell, Loomis, Overton, Wilcox-Hildreth.
District 9—Anselmo-Merna, Arapahoe, Callaway, Elwood, Maxwell, Medicine Valley.
District 10—Crawford, Creek Valley, Dundy County, Hitchock County, Leyton, Wauneta-Palisade.
Class D-2
District 1—Falls City Sacred Heart, Lewiston, Nemaha Valley, Parkview Christian, Southeast Consolidated, Sterling.
District 2—Clay Center, Hampton, Harvard, Lawrence-Nelson, Red Cloud,Shickley.
District 3—Dodge, Elgin, Lindsay Holy Family, Prague, Rising City, St. Edward.
District 4—Allen, Bloomfield, Coleridge, Newcastle, Wausa, Wynot.
District 5—Ewing, Lynch, Niobrara, Spencer-Naper, St. Mary’s, Verdigre.
District 6—Cedar Rapids, Chambers, Clearwater, Greeley-Wolbach, Sargent, Spalding/Spalding Academy.
District 7—Giltner, Heartland Lutheran, Litchfield, North Loup-Scotia, Pleasanton, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller.
District 8—Bertrand, Brady, Eustis-Farnam, Hayes Center, Maywood, Wallace.
District 9—Arnold, Cody-Kilgore, Mullen, Sandhills, Stapleton, Thedford.
District 10—Banner County, Hay Springs, Hyannis, Paxton, Potter-Dix, Sioux County.
The A-1 district includes 2005 playoff qualifiers Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Southeast, Grand Island and Kearney.
In Class A, district assignments are determined first by geography and then by enrollment. In other classes, the district assignments are based solely on geography.
Teams assigned to the same district are guaranteed to play each other in each of the next two seasons.
Other opponents will be determined by the NSAA based in part on recommendations from the schools.
Complete schedules for the 2006 and 2007 seasons will be announced on Feb. 2.
Class A membership is unchanged from recent years. Class B grew from 32 to 33 teams when Omaha Roncalli opted to remain in Class B despite an enrollment figure that would have allowed the Crimson Pride to play in Class C-1 the next two seasons.
Cozad moves from C-1 to B, forcing Hastings to shift to District 4 and Crete into a tough B-3 district including 2005 semifinalists Lincoln Pius X and Beatrice.
Five teams in Classes C-1 and C-2 swapped classifications with Bennington, Bridgeport, Southern Valley, Wisner-Pilger and Yutan growing in enrollment. Moving down were Aquinas, Creighton, Kearney Catholic, Southern and West Holt. Three former eight-man teams also joined the Class C-2 ranks, including perennial power Friend and multitime Class D-1 champion Howells.
Meanwhile, six schools opted to continue to play eight-man football despite being ineligible for post-season play: Concordia, Elkhorn Valley, Hartington, Omaha Brownell-Talbot, Wilcox-Hildreth and Winnebago.
Class A
District 1—Fremont, Grand Island, Kearney, Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Southeast, North Platte.
District 2—Columbus, Lincoln East, Lincoln High, Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln Southwest, Norfolk.
District 3—Bellevue West, Millard South, Millard West, Omaha Central, Omaha South, Papillion-La Vista South.
District 4—Bellevue East, Millard North, Omaha Benson, Omaha Creighton Prep, Omaha Westside.
District 5—Omaha Bryan, Omaha Burke, Omaha North, Omaha Northwest, Papillion-La Vista.
Class B
District 1—Blair, Elkhorn, Mount Michael, Omaha Roncalli, Schuyler, South Sioux City.
District 2—Gretna, Omaha Gross, Omaha Skutt, Platteview, Plattsmouth, Ralston.
District 3—Beatrice, Crete, Linocln Pius X, Nebraska City, Norris, Waverly.
District 4—Aurora, Fairbury, Hastings, Seward, York.
District 5—Cozad, Grand Island Northwest, Holdrege, Lexington, McCook.
District 6—Alliance, Gering, Ogallala, Scottsbluff, Sidney.
Class C-1
District 1—Auburn, Conestoga, Falls City, Lincoln Christian, Lincoln Lutheran, Syracuse.
District 2—Ashland-Greenwood, Bishop Neumann, Boys Town, Douglas County West, Wahoo, Yutan.
District 3—Arlington, Bennington, Fort Calhoun, Logan View, Tekamah-Herman, West Point Central Catholic.
District 4—Centennial, David City, Fillmore Central, Milford, Raymond Central.
District 5—Columbus Lakeview, Columbus Scotus, Madison, North Bend Central, Twin River, Wisner-Pilger.
District 6—Battle Creek, Crofton, Norfolk Catholic, O’Neill, Peirce Wayne.
District 7—Boone Central, Central City, Centura, Grand Island Central Catholic, Ord, St. Paul.
District 8—Adams Central, Gibbon, Hastings St. Cecilia, Minden, Southern Valley, Wood River.
District 9—Ainsworth, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Hershey, Valentine.
District 10—Bridgeport, Chadron, Chase County, Gordon-Rushville, Kimball, Mitchell.
Class C-2
District 1—Creighton, Hartington Cedar Catholic, Neligh-Oakdale, Plainview, Randolph, West Holt.
District 2—Emerson-Hubbard, Homer, Laurel-Concord, Pender, Ponca, Wakefield.
District 3—Howels, Lutheran Northeast, Lyons-Decatur Northeast, Oakland-Craig, Stanton, West Point Central Catholic.
District 4—Aquinas, Archbishop Bergan, Cross County, East Butler, Osceola, Scribner-Snyder.
District 5—Elmwood-Murdock, Louisville, Malcolm, Palmyra, Weeping Water.
District 6—Friend, Southern, Tecumseh, Thayer Central, Tri County, Wilber-Clatonia.
District 7—Blue Hill, Franklin, Heartland, Sandy Creek, Superior, Sutton.
District 8—Burwell, Doniphan-Trumbull, Fullerton, Kearney Catholic, Loup City, Ravenna.
District 9—Amherst, Cambridge, Elm Creek, North Platte St. Patrick’s, Southwest, Sutherland.
District 10—Bayard, Garden County, Hemingford, Morrill, Perkins County.
Class D-1
District 1—Diller-Odell, Freeman, Humboldt-TR-S, Johnson-Brock, Lourdes Central Catholic, Pawnee City.
District 2—Bruning-Davenport, Deshler, Dorchester, Exeter-Milligan, McCool Junction, Meridian.
District 3—Cedar Bluffs, Concordia, Mead, Omaha Brownell-Talbot, Omaha Christian.
District 4—Clarkson, Humphrey, Humphrey St. Francis, Leigh, Nebraska Lutheran, Shelby.
District 5—Bancroft-Rosalie, Hartington, Omaha Nation, Walthill, Winnebago, Winside.
District 6—Elkhorn Valley, Newman Grove, Orchard, Osmond, Pope John, Stuart.
District 7—High Plains, Kenesaw, Nebraska Christian, Palmer, Shelton, Silver Lake.
District 8—Alma, Ansley, Axtell, Loomis, Overton, Wilcox-Hildreth.
District 9—Anselmo-Merna, Arapahoe, Callaway, Elwood, Maxwell, Medicine Valley.
District 10—Crawford, Creek Valley, Dundy County, Hitchock County, Leyton, Wauneta-Palisade.
Class D-2
District 1—Falls City Sacred Heart, Lewiston, Nemaha Valley, Parkview Christian, Southeast Consolidated, Sterling.
District 2—Clay Center, Hampton, Harvard, Lawrence-Nelson, Red Cloud,Shickley.
District 3—Dodge, Elgin, Lindsay Holy Family, Prague, Rising City, St. Edward.
District 4—Allen, Bloomfield, Coleridge, Newcastle, Wausa, Wynot.
District 5—Ewing, Lynch, Niobrara, Spencer-Naper, St. Mary’s, Verdigre.
District 6—Cedar Rapids, Chambers, Clearwater, Greeley-Wolbach, Sargent, Spalding/Spalding Academy.
District 7—Giltner, Heartland Lutheran, Litchfield, North Loup-Scotia, Pleasanton, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller.
District 8—Bertrand, Brady, Eustis-Farnam, Hayes Center, Maywood, Wallace.
District 9—Arnold, Cody-Kilgore, Mullen, Sandhills, Stapleton, Thedford.
District 10—Banner County, Hay Springs, Hyannis, Paxton, Potter-Dix, Sioux County.
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