Class Systems?

We have a 6-Class system in Florida for the major sports, while other sports can be organized into either 2, 3, or 4 class systems.

From there, teams are broken into 4 or 5 team districts based on geography. Our program was in the toughest district in the state 2 years ago, with 3 teams being ranked in the stae, and 1 other receiving votes.

Texas has a five class system.

I posted in the Illinois Form about the posibility of changes. I've heard that if we go to 4 Classess, then we will have District play but this hasn't been confirmed. Currently, we have "Regional", "Sectional", and "Super-Sectional" play to get to the State Tournament. Only 8 teams make it beyond "Super-Sectionals." District play would be real interesting as would the class breakdown. Our AD, in his email said that we would be 3A since our school has 1,300 students.

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Originally posted by Texan:
Texas has a five class system.

Texan, I believe you have "Districts" as well in Texas.

Correct, within each class, there are districts.

Texan, do you then play some type of district play instead of conferences? I believe, but am not positive that district play eliminates conference play. Right or Wrong?

Correct again.

Each season teams will play some non-district games. Then the district games are what count towards making the playoffs.

WOW! I just can't see that happening. I would think that conference play in Illinois is right up there with Mom and Apple Pie. I know that in our school district, winning conference is vastly more important to some boosters than winning a regional.

In NY you can be in a different classification each year depending on enrollment numbers--makes for fun--win Class C one year and then win Class D the next--also have seen teams with 2-18 season records make the playoffs

in tennessee we have 5 classifications in football and 3 in everything else. i wish theyd got to 4 in everything so each sport would have the same district games but football is totally different.
in baseball our conferences and districts are the same teams. we play our regular season conference schedule to determine seeds for district tournament.
2 teams advance out of the district to the region tournament. 2 teams advance out of the region to a sectional game. the winner of the sectionals advance to the state. 8 teams.
as far as regular season we can play 32 games. you can play in 4 tournaments. a tournament counts as 3 games toward the 32. preseason scrimmages are unlimited.

In Maryland, we have a 4 class system for most of the major sports. All teams (except in Football), make the state tournament regardless of record. Each class is broken down into 4 regions. The top 4 teams in each region are seeded, the rest are seeded by a blind draw. Single elimination. The 4 regional winners for each class move on to the state semi-finals, then finals. We end up having 4 state champions at the end of the season (1 for each class).

In football, only the top 4 teams from each region and each class, qualify for the post-season tournament.

Texas about 1,300 schools in 5 classes. Football has two state champs per class. Everything else has one state champ per class. We play a district schedule to determine who makes the play-offs. The top three teams from each district make the post season. Six rounds later you are playing for the state championship.

Michigan has 4 classes for baseball, which includes public and parochial schools all together by size.