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Let's boil down the Class 6A football reclassification.
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Let's boil down the Class 6A football reclassification as it relates to the Greater Houston area.
District 21-6A becomes the new power conference with North Shore (back-to-back Class 6A DI state champs), Atascocita (2019 Region III finalist) and West Brook (2018 Class 6A DII state runner up).
The big winners were Deer Park and Channelview, who move to District 22-6A. While it will be tough to schedule for District 13-6A with six teams, it means that only two teams don't make the postseason.
Another interesting note is now Houston represents half of Region II (4 of 8 districts) and all of Region III.
REGION II
District 13-6A -- Are Conroe schools plus Willis.
District 14-6A -- Are the Spring and Aldine schools again. No change there.
District 15-6A -- Are the Klein and Tomball schools. Tomball moves up to Class 6A.
District 16-6A -- An all-Cy Fair district. Cy Falls moves over to replace Tomball Memorial.
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