LEXINGTON – May 9, 2024
The KHSAA Board of Control conducted its final regularly scheduled meeting of the 2023-24 academic year on Wednesday in Lexington, adopting a football alignment effective for the 2025 and 2026 playing seasons. A draft was approved at last February’s regularly scheduled meeting with an allowance for six weeks of feedback from the membership that was shared and publicly available.
The Board reviewed each of the concerns and suggestions brought forth by member schools and approved the following logistically and geographically verifiable moves:
- Breckinridge County to move from District 2 to District 3 in Class 4A;
- Taylor County to move from District 7 to District 2 in Class 4A;
- Grant County to move from District 5 to District 4 in Class 4A;
- Bardstown to move from District 3 to District 4 in Class 3A; and
- LaRue County to move from District 4 to District 2 in Class 3A.
Additionally, requests by both Jenkins and Phelps to withdraw from postseason play (and required district play) in 2025 and 2026 were accepted.
“The process of getting an alignment approved is a challenge each time, especially in these times when school enrollments are changing each year with different education initiatives and options,” said KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett. “At the end of the day, the membership had significantly greater time and opportunity for feedback than the past alignment, all of which was fully disclosed to the public and the membership throughout the process. A few requests for logistically geographically supported moves were adopted, but there were also requests denied as each request was considered independently.”
Here’s the complete alignment:
Class A
District One – Ballard Memorial, Caverna, Fulton County, Russellville
District Two – Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Kentucky Country Day, Louisville Holy Cross
District Three – Bellevue, Dayton, Newport, Newport Central Catholic
District Four – Bishop Brossart, Covington Holy Cross, Ludlow, Trimble County
District Five – Berea, Eminence, Frankfort, Sayre
District Six – Fairview, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland
District Seven – Harlan, Lynn Camp, Middlesboro, Pineville, Williamsburg
District Eight – Hazard, Jenkins, Paintsville, Phelps, Pikeville
Class 2A
District One – Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Fort Campbell, Mayfield, Todd County Central, Trigg County
District Two – Fort Knox, Hancock County, McLean County, Owensboro Catholic
District Three – Clinton County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Somerset
District Four – Danville, DuBois, Lexington Christian, Shawnee, Washington County
District Five – Beechwood, Bracken County, Gallatin County, Owen County, St. Henry, Walton-Verona
District Six – Breathitt County, Jackson County, Morgan County, West Carter
District Seven – Floyd Central, Knott County Central, Leslie County, Martin County, Prestonsburg
District Eight – Belfry, Betsy Layne, East Ridge, Pike County Central, Shelby Valley
Class 3A
District One – Hopkins County Central, Murray, Union County, Webster County
District Two – Adair County, Butler County, Edmonson County, Glasgow, Hart County, LaRue County
District Three – Central, Christian Academy, DeSales, Thomas Nelson, Western
District Four – Bardstown, Casey County, Garrard County, Lexington Catholic, Mercer County
District Five – Bourbon County, Carroll County, Henry County, Lloyd Memorial, Pendleton County
District Six – Bath County, East Carter, Fleming County, Lewis County, Russell
District Seven – Bell County, Clay County, Knox Central, McCreary Central, Rockcastle County
District Eight – Estill County, Lawrence County, Letcher County Central, Magoffin County, Powell County
Class 4A
District One – Allen County-Scottsville, Calloway County, Franklin-Simpson, Logan County, Paducah Tilghman, Warren East
District Two – Elizabethtown, John Hardin, Marion County, Nelson County, Taylor County
District Three – Breckinridge County, Doss, North Oldham, Valley, Waggener
District Four – Franklin County, Grant County, Shelby County, Spencer County, Western Hills
District Five – Covington Catholic, Harrison County, Highlands, Holmes, Mason County
District Six – Ashland Blazer, Boyd County, Greenup County, Johnson Central, Rowan County
District Seven – Boyle County, Lincoln County, Russell County, Wayne County
District Eight – Corbin, Harlan County, Perry County Central, Whitley County
Class 5A
District One – Apollo, Graves County, Madisonville-North Hopkins, Marshall County, Muhlenberg County, Owensboro
District Two – Barren County, Bowling Green, Grayson County, Greenwood, Ohio County, Warren Central
District Three – Atherton, Butler, Iroquois, Seneca
District Four – Bullitt Central, Fairdale, Jeffersontown, Moore, North Bullitt
District Five – Boone County, Conner, Cooper, Dixie Heights, Scott
District Six – Anderson County, Collins, Scott County, South Oldham, Woodford County
District Seven – East Jessamine, Madison Southern, Montgomery County, West Jessamine
District Eight – North Laurel, Pulaski County, South Laurel, Southwestern
Class 6A
District One – Christian County, Henderson County, Hopkinsville, McCracken County
District Two – Central Hardin, Daviess County, Meade County, South Warren
District Three – Manual, North Hardin, Pleasure Ridge Park, St. Xavier
District Four – Bullitt East, Fern Creek, Male, Southern
District Five – Ballard, Eastern, Oldham County, Trinity
District Six – Campbell County, Great Crossing, Ryle, Simon Kenton
District Seven – Henry Clay, Lafayette, Paul Dunbar, Tates Creek
District Eight – Bryan Station, Frederick Douglass, George Rogers Clark, Madison Central
