New MHSAA classifications

[patdog]

Looks like Germantown stays 5A for 2 more years. Oxford, Pascagoula, & Provine move up to 6A. Olive Branch, Forest Hill & Callaway move down to 5A.

 

[Drebin]

Link?

 

[615dawg]

Interesting. G'town would have to be one of the largest 5A schools I imagine. Everyone I talked to basically thought it was a given.

I imagine Olive Branch will take Oxford's place in District 1 and District 2 will stay the same. Will have to be some shift in 3/4. Forest Hill and Callaway in 3 and Wayne County in 4?

6A is going to be really interesting. District 2 is going to have to change big time to accommodate. Either it will get tougher (add Tupelo and Columbus) or it will stay better geographically and Warren Central or NWR will head South.

 

[patdog]

On another board. The guy who posted it said it's unofficial, based on the Miss Dept of Education enrollment numbers.

 

[patdog]

My guesses:

1-6A - Tupelo, Southaven, Desoto, Horn Lake, Oxford, South Panola, Hernando, Columbus
2-6A - Madison, Clinton, Murrah, Starkville, Greenville, Warren Central, NW Rankin, Provine
3-6A - Oak Grove, Brandon, Meridian, Petal, Terry, Jim Hill, Pearl, George Co?
4-6A - Ocean Springs, Harrison, Biloxi, Gulfport, St. Martin, d-Iberville, Hancock, Goula

1-5A - Olive Branch, Lewisburg, Center Hill, Saltillo, Lake Cormorant, Cleveland, West Point, Lafayette
2-5A - Grenada, Germantown, Callaway, Vicksburg, Neshoba, Ridgeland, Canton, Holmes Co.
3-5A - Forest Hill, Natchez, Wayne Co., West Jones, Laurel, Brookhaven, North Pike, Wingfield
4-5A - South Jones, West Harrison, Hattiesburg, Long Beach, Picayune, PR Central, Gautier, Stone

 

[J-Dawg]

Olive Branch moving down is surprising. Callaway and Provine flip-flop every reclassification it seems.

 

[Drebin]

OB moving down is not a surprise to me. They barely stayed 6A last time. Their enrollment is right at the 6A opening threshold. The same holds true for South Panola....I'm a little surprised if they stay 6A.

OB has been shrinking because now they have two 5A schools - Lewisburg and Center Hill - taking students that used to be theirs.

 

[wpmusm]

Some brutal road trips for George County in 2017/2018.

Some other notable moves (aside from the ones already mentioned): Clarksdale, Philly, Columbia, Lanier, New Hope, Collins, Perry Central, St. Pat's moving down. Lafayette, North Pike, Mooreville, Coahoma Aggie, JZ George, Bogue Chitto going up. Also Cleveland consolidated will be 5A, and Jeff Davis County at 3A.

 

[patdog]

Yep. Pretty ridiculous how MHSAA forces all districts to be the same size regardless of geography. They need to allow teams to move to another district if it would save travel. This is a perfect example. Makes no sense to put George County in the same region as Jackson metro schools. Just leave them down on the coast.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

It's on the MissSportsTalk board. Collins moving down to 2A. Taylorsville, the smallest school in 2A. Northeast Jones being the largest school in 4A...

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I'd swap out Hancock and George County. Hancock's been in the 3-region before.

 

[wpmusm]

Not MHSAA, but rumor in MAIS circles is that Hillcrest is dropping to AAA with Simpson (and possibly Hartfield) jumping up to AAAA-D2. OFA will replace Copiah in AAAA-I. Also read that Wayne, Canton, and Porters Chapel are moving up to AAA. Centreville, St. Joe's, Manchester, Brookhaven down to AA.

 

[Xenomorph]

Why do you think they do that?

 

[patdog]

Not surprising about Hillcrest. Very bad location for a private school, and their biggest benefactor dropped them several years ago. It used to be in that small group of schools just behind JP and JA, but it's fallen a lot the last decade.

 

[J-Dawg]

Interesting. G'town would have to be one of the largest 5A schools I imagine. Everyone I talked to basically thought it was a given.

I imagine Olive Branch will take Oxford's place in District 1 and District 2 will stay the same. Will have to be some shift in 3/4. Forest Hill and Callaway in 3 and Wayne County in 4?

6A is going to be really interesting. District 2 is going to have to change big time to accommodate. Either it will get tougher (add Tupelo and Columbus) or it will stay better geographically and Warren Central or NWR will head South.

Why would WC or NWR head south? Oxford replaces OB and Provine replaced Callaway. The rest should stay same. Provine used to be in district 2 a few years ago anyway.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Had no idea about Hillcrest dropping that bad. I went to private when it was a-aaa with two divisions in aaa. Crazy the sizes have changed. OFA SCA and Copiah were all aa then.

 

[J-Dawg]

On a related note, why does MAIS have 2 divisions in their top classification? Are the other classes set up like that? Someone explain.

 

[wpmusm]

On a related note, why does MAIS have 2 divisions in their top classification? Are the other classes set up like that? Someone explain.

The two largest AAAA-1 schools (JA/Prep) are significantly larger than the D2 schools, and even the rest of the D1 schools. JA/Prep have about 100-130 students per grade whereas the D2 schools (Washington, Pillow, Lamar, etc) have about 40-60 per grade. Even the other major D1 schools like MRA and PCS have only about 60-80 per grade, still a good bit below JA and Prep.

 

[patdog]

Not enough teams in the real top classification of MAIS to schedule games, so they combine the top 2 classifications for scheduling purposes.