High school sports realignment keeps Kerr County in familiar districts

If you love high school sports, then Thursday was your big day — the realignment of districts and playoff classifications for the 2024-2025 season. It’s nerdy stuff for those who follow it closely, but it determines the fortunes of programs across the state.

With football being king, the realignment aspect looks different than other sports. For instance, Tivy High School’s football team will compete in 5A Division II, Region 4, District 13 with Boerne, Alamo Heights, Veterans Memorial, Harlandale, McCollum and Victoria West. The basketball and volleyball teams will compete against Boerne, Boerne Champion, Comal Pieper, Comal Smithson Valley, New Braunfels, Alamo Heights, Veterans Memorial and San Antonio Wagner.

The Ingram Tom Moore High School Warriors found it’s competing against familiar foes across football, basketball and volleyball. Ingram Tom Moore football coach and athletic director Tate DeMasco said it’s a good grouping, because the school districts are all familiar with each other and work well together.

The football program will compete in District 13 in 2024 as part of the class 3A, Division 1 playoff bracket, with familiar faces Llano, Luling, Marion, Randolph, and Florence.

“I think we’re in really good shape,” DeMasco said. “We lose a traditional power in Blanco, and Florence comes in with a lot of unknowns.”

The Warriors will compete in Region 4 for the bi-district round and playoffs. Ingram’s 2024 schedule still features plenty of challenges, including non-district games against Blanco.

The volleyball and basketball programs will compete in District 5 with familiar programs in Blanco, Brady, Comfort, Florence and Llano. DeMasco said the school districts have long worked together, which makes re-alignment easy.

The only downside, according to DeMasco, is that the spring sports will remain in 3A Region 1, which means potential travel to Abilene or Lubbock.

Center Point’s football program will compete the 2-A, Division 2, Region 4, District 14, with Brackettville Bracket, Junction, La Pryor Sabinal, D’Hanis and Rocksprings.