What UIL Should Have Done
FORT WORTH (CBS 11) -- In 5 minutes time this morning, I realigned the DFW Class 6A districts in such a way that balances the schools geographically and competitively (something the UIL rarely seems to take into account).
The main problem with the new UIL alignment is that it placed mega monsters Allen, Plano, Plano East, and Plano West in Region I. This move substantially weakens Region II from a competitive standpoint and makes Region 1 into a Super Region where we could easily have the top two football teams in the state meeting in the state quarterfinals the next two years.
By pairing Allen, McKinney Boyd, and the Plano schools with the four Lewisville ISD schools, we now have a nine team District 6-6A, which has six schools that made the football playoffs last year.
By moving those Collin County schools west to Region I and shifting the Irving schools to Region II for the first time ever, it also made it necessary to place Coppell, Southlake Carroll, Colleyville Heritage, Euless Trinity and Hurst Bell into the same district. That's five perennial playoff schools in the same district.
So, in five minutes time this morning, over a cup of coffee and the morning paper, the problem is fixed:
District 4-6A
Arlington
Arlington Bowie
Arlington Lamar
Arlington Martin
Sam Houston
FW Paschal
North Crowley
Weatherford
District 5-6A
(Coppell and Carroll replace Denton Guyer and Ryan)
Coppell
Southlake Carroll
Keller
Keller Timber Creek
Keller Central
Keller Fossil Ridge
Trophy Club Byron Nelson
Justin Northwest
District 6-6A
(Guyer, Ryan, and Turner replace Allen, Plano schools)
Denton Guyer
Denton Ryan
Carrollton Turner
Lewisville
Flower Mound
FM Marcus
Hebron
McKinney Boyd
District 7-6A
(Irving schools replace Coppell, Carroll)
Euless Trinity
Hurst Bell
Colleyville Heritage
Haltom
Richland
Irving
Irving MacArthur
Irving Nimitz
District 8-6A
Cedar Hill
DeSoto
Duncanville
Grand Prairie
South Grand Prairie
Mansfield
Midlothian
District 9-6A
(Highland Park, Mesquite schools replace Turner, Irving schools)
Highland Park
Dallas Skyline
Dallas Jesuit
Dallas W. T. White
Dallas Sunset
Mesquite
North Mesquite
Mesquite Horn
District 10-6A
(Allen, Plano schools replace Mesquite schools)
Allen
Plano
Plano East
Plano West
Richardson
Richardson Berkner
Richardson Pearce
Lake Highlands
District 11-6A
Garland
Garland Lakeview Centennial
Garland Naaman Forest
North Garland
Sachse
Rowlett
Rockwall
Tyler Lee
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