Rod's Monday Evening Sports Post

South Dakota will have seven high school football champions starting in 2013.
The state High School Activities Association board of directors voted 7-1 today to expand the annual playoffs from six classes to seven. The board’s action creates a new class called 11AAA conisting of eight schools. They are Sioux Falls Roosevelt, Sioux Falls Lincoln and Sioux Falls Washington along with Rapid City Central and Stevens, Aberdeen Central, Watertown and Brandon Valley. O’Gorman High School in Sioux Falls would be in the newly defined class 11AA along with Pierre. O’Gorman would have the opportunity to petition up into the bigger class. If that happens, Brandon Valley could move down to the 11AA Class.

The Activities Association board also is considering a proposal to move all state tournaments for wrestling, volleyball, and girls and boys basketball to one site starting in 2015-2016. The board of directors listened to a proposal from Executive Director Wayne Carney and the Activities staff recommending Sioux Falls be the host for five state tournaments when the new Events Center is built in Sioux Falls. But Community members from throughout the state's smaller regions were on hand at the meeting to urge the board to maintain the status quo. Carney however feels it's in the state's be st interest to keep all options open. The board eventually decided to present the proposal to member schools at next week's Athletic Directors Conference in Spearfish.



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