The Loup City Public Schools Board of Education will be holding a public forum on Monday October 7, 2013
at 8 pm in the Junior-Senior High School commons to discuss options for the future
configuration of high school football at Loup City and Arcadia High Schools
The Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) sets football
classification (Classes A,B,C1,C2,and D1 & D2) and compiles football schedules
every two years. The next NSAA cycle for classification and scheduling includes
the 2014 & 2015 seasons. Before the
start of the two-year cycle, schools featuring co-operative programs must
notify the NSAA of their intent to combine and field a single team.
A decision must be made prior
to the November 1st, 2013 (the NSAA deadline) for declaring whether Loup City
High School will remain alone in high school football for the next two years or
co-op with Arcadia High School for high school football. Both schools are in a co-op for all other
junior high and high school sports this year.
High school football is not part of this co-op yet. Schools/Co-ops in excess of 83 students (both
boys and girls) in grades 9-11 are not eligible for 8-man state high school
football playoffs. Recently, we sent out
surveys to the families of boys in grades 5-11 to best determine the course of
action for LCPS regarding high school football.
Those options are:
·
Co-op football with Arcadia but opt to play 8-man
football and not be eligible for the playoffs due to having enrollment (grades
9-11) in excess of the 83 student cutoff.
·
Co-op football with Arcadia and play either 8 or
11-man football as our enrollment dictates.
·
Do not coop with Arcadia and stay in the 8-man
classification for the foreseeable future and be eligible for the playoffs
These options will be
discussed at the Oct. 7th public forum, where patrons will have the opportunity
to ask questions and have their opinions heard by the LCPS Board. Please plan
to join us for this discussion on the future of high school football at Loup
City and Arcadia.
