Major changes could be coming to high school sports in Louisiana

LAFAYETTE — A trio of proposals that would change the way schools are classified will headline the agenda at next week’s Louisiana High School Athletic Association convention.

The agenda was discussed Wednesday at an area meeting at the Clifton Chenier Center in Lafayette.

Two of the proposals, including one written by former South Beauregard principal Marlin Ramsey, would separate select and non-select schools for the playoffs. Under the Ramsey proposal, the split would occur in all sports that are classified. Under the second proposal, it would only occur for football.

The third proposal would classify football seperately from other sports, allowing for more uniformly-sized football districts and smaller districts for other sports, to limit long trips for midweek games.

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