UIL releases biennial realignment

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February 5, 2010

Anonymous The Zope Gazette Fri Feb 05, 2010, 12:42 PM CST

By Terry Cookston

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The University Interscholastic League released its 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 Reclassification and Realignment of football and basketball districts on Monday, and as usual featured numerous changes and surprises.

Rockwall and Rockwall-Heath will remain in District 10-4A for the next two athletic years along with Highland Park and Richardson Pearce. Joining the four returning teams will be former Class 5A Wylie, first-year Wylie East, McKinney and McKinney North to make up the new eight-team District 10-4A.

Royse City and Greenville will move to District 13-4A with Sulphur Springs, Mount Pleasant, Sherman, Denison and Texarkana Texas High in one of the biggest travel districts.

Current 10-4A members Carrollton Newman Smith and Carrollton R.L. Turner will move to District 9-4A with Carrollton Creekview, Frisco, Frisco Centennial, Frisco Heritage, Frisco Liberty and Frisco Wakeland.

Enrollment cutoff numbers used for UIL realignment were 2065-and-up for Class 5A, 990-2064 for Class 4A, 430-989 for Class 3A, 200-429 for Class 2A, 199-and-below for Class A and 99.9-and-below for 6-Man.

Rockwall turned in 2045 and Heath 1965.

The 2010-2012 Realignment and Reclassification marks the first time in the last 20 years the UIL cutoff numbers actually dropped.

Appeals may be made on assigned districts, but must be made by February 11th and will be heard at a scheduled meeting on February 18th.

According to RCISD head coach Greg Strahm, Royse City won't appeal its new alignment even though it will take approximately two hours drive time to Texarkana and more than one hour to Sherman, Denison and Mount Pleasant.

RISD athletic director Scott Smith joined most of the area's high school coaches and ADs at the Birdville ISD Athletic Complex to watch the new realignments and classifications on three large projection screens and to work on setting up new non-district games.

"I'm really excited about the new district," said Smith. "We really won't know for sure until we get into it, but geographically it's good."

Both Rockwall and Heath are actively working on new non-district schedules for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons. "We have a good idea now," said Smith. "But, everything's not totally set yet."

District 10-4A Teams

for 2010-2012

Teams Previous

Rockwall 10-4A

Rockwall-Heath 10-4A

Highland Park 10-4A

Richardson Pearce 10-4A

Wylie 8-5A

Wylie East 1st Yr.

McKinney 9-4A

McKinney North 9-4A

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Wrestlers set for district with dual wins
Rockwall and Rockwall-Heath wrestling teams won duals against Highland Park and Plano last Thursday in final preps for the District 19-4A Championship in Henderson on Saturday.

February 4, 2012 1 Photo
Lady Jackets clinch district title
Rockwall’s Lady Jackets rolled over Wylie East 59-30 on Tuesday and clinched the District 10-4A championship in the process, thanks to a loss by second-place McKinney North.

February 3, 2012 1 Photo
Jackets stay in playoff hunt
Rockwall’s Yellowjackets took a giant step toward the hoops playoffs with a 55-47 win over Wylie East on Tuesday at RHS gymnasium.

February 2, 2012 1 Photo
RHS gymnasts knock off Highland Park
Rockwall’s defending state-champion girls gymnastics team defeated Highland Park 111.700-99.650 and the boys team bested HP 144.100-134.900 in a dual meet at the RHS gymnastics gym last Thursday.

February 1, 2012 1 Photo
RHS wrestlers win Outback championship
Rockwall’s wrestling team won its third invitational championship of the season on Saturday when the Jackets took the title at the Outback Invitational Tournament in Weatherford.

January 29, 2012 1 Photo
Soccer Jackets stay undefeated
The Rockwall boys soccer team kept its undefeated streak running at 7-0-1 after posting two wins and a tie at the Garland ISD Invitational Tournament last weekend at Homer B. Johnson and Williams Stadiums.

January 28, 2012 1 Photo
Heath takes third at Ranger Classic
Rockwall-Heath’s wrestling team finished third, despite missing five starters, at the highly-regarded Ranger Classic at Dallas Jesuit High School last weekend.

January 27, 2012 1 Photo
Lady Jackets build two-game district lead
Rockwall’s No. 3 area-ranked Lady Jackets distanced themselves from a close battle for District 10-4A playoff berths by taking a 2-game lead with four games left in regular-season play.

January 26, 2012 1 Photo
RHS hoopsters split, but fall in standings
Rockwall’s boys hoops team fell from a fourth-place tie to fifth place in the District 10-4A standings despite splitting games against Richardson Pearce and Highland Park over the last week.

January 20, 2012
RHS girls top 10-4A hoops standings
Rockwall’s No. 3 area-ranked girls basketball team took over sole possession of the top spot in the District 10-4A standings with wins over J.J. Pearce and Highland Park and a loss by Wylie.

January 19, 2012 1 Photo
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