BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Members of the Illinois High School Association have dropped plans to use districts during the football season.
The new format was supposed to start in 2021. But schools rescinded the plan, 374-241, according to a tally announced Tuesday.
“There is incredible passion for high school football in our state, and the subject of football district scheduling has been no exception,” IHSA executive director Craig Anderson said. “Many coaches and communities were excited about the prospect of district scheduling when the vote passed a year ago, just like many are excited today that it will ultimately not occur in 2021.”
Football teams would have been assigned to districts. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph says seven of nine games would have been scheduled by the IHSA.
“The IHSA already has its hands full with everything they have. Taking over scheduling for all the schools never really seemed practical to me,” Bloomington coach Scott Godfrey said.
