Proposal to Add Football Classification Passes First Hurdle

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

South Dakota is one step away from adding a seventh classification for the 2013 season.

The South Dakota High School Activities Association board voted 6-2 Wednesday in favor of adding a Class 11AAA for the 2013-14 school year.

The proposal would split the state's current largest classification (11AA) in half, with the largest eight teams moving into 11AAA and the remaining eight staying in 11AA.

The new classification will be added, if the SDHSAA passes the proposal again during its second reading at a February 29th meeting.