Championship Discussion

Woodland used to be 8 man a few years ago but chose to go back to 11 man

Pioneer is going up to 11 man next year cause I seen they will be in A-3 with Cashion and all them

I don't think Texhoma has ever been 8 man, I know they have numbers cause of Goodwell co-oping with them

Laverne was in Class A for a very long time, and they reached a point where they only had about 14 kids coming out to play 11 man football, so they made the switch in 2006-2008, I do not remember the year. They went to the playoffs year one, built a tradition, and now have lots of boys interested in playing. Mathematically could they play in Class A, yes. I am not sure that it would be a long term solution as the school numbers seem to continue to slowly dwindle, so in my opinion they might as well stick to what they are doing now.


One point I would like to make about Laverne because I have been seeing it for years. They do graduate a solid group, BUT do not sleep on them next season. They sub early into leads, so these underclassmen have more experience than most. Coach Woods and that staff have kept that program with a solid foundation, and believe me, they will still be towards the top, if not at the top, of District B-1.

Correct. If we want to say that Laverne has “traditionally” been a class A school, then let’s look at what used to be A-1. In the late 90s it was Shattuck, Laverne, Mooreland, Hooker, Texhoma,Beaver, Turpin, Boise City and I don’t believe they were district 1 but Laverne played Okeene a lot . Out of those teams Mooreland and Texhoma are left in A, Hooker in 2a. As I said Texhoma is on the doorstep of 8 man without cooping. Hooker has actually grown or at least stayed steady because of its proximity to Liberal. Mooreland feeds off of Woodward as they are only ten miles apart. The rest of the small towns in the panhandle have dried up significantly and I don’t see that reversing course. Six of those nine schools I mentioned were “traditional” class A schools that are now playing 8 man.

They had like a 140 ADM back in like 2015-2016.