O’Laughlin Discusses MSHSAA Football Reclassification
March 28, 2023 3:48PM CDT
Class changes are coming to high school football next season. Westran Athletic Director Aaron O’Laughlin says it will help small schools.
O’Laughlin says fluctuating enrollment numbers progressively made a change like this more important.
The hope is more districts will be able to stick with 11-man football.
O’Laughlin says some sort of a change to the postseason format is likely.
O’Laughlin doesn’t think the same-weekend scenario for all classes plus 8-man would be widely accepted.
Another scenario would have the Class 1 state championship played the week before all other classes.