Muhlenberg County's consolidation has shaken up the football district alignment in far western Kentucky. Muhlenberg County will play in Class 6A with Graves County, Marshall County, Henderson County, Daviess County and Apollo and two other districts have lost a team.
In Class 3A, Muhlenberg South is gone, leaving just four teams in the district — Paducah Tilghman, Union County, Webster County and McLean County.
The real interesting setup is in Class 4A, where Muhlenberg North's departure leaves just three teams in the district in 2009 — Lone Oak, Calloway County and Hopkins Central. That means the the district champion in District 2 (most likely Allen County) will receive a first-round bye in the playoffs.
In 2010, Greenwood and South Warren will join the district for one season only. Greenwood, now in 6A, is overcrowded, and South Warren is being built to handle the overflow. Both will have enrollments in the 4A range. In 2011, there will likely be some sweeping realignment — look for Franklin-Simpson to possibly be moved west.
I hate to sound like a broken record, but this is another problem with the Kentucky High School Athletic Association's decision to go from four to six classes in 2007. The field is diluted so much that many districts contain just four teams, which gives the KHSAA less flexibility to make changes to react to moves such as Muhlenberg County's consolidation.
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