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South Dakota Football Class Shuffle | Sioux Falls News
South Dakota’s high school football season kicks off with a major shake-up—29 teams are playing in new classes, like the Faulkton Trojans jumping from nine-B to nine-A. Coaches stay calm, noting class gaps aren’t huge and smaller schools can still compete. Classifications hinge on student enrollment—with 56 being the nine-man cutoff—and crucially, free/reduced lunch eligibility can slash a school’s count by up to 30%. This year, fewer eleven-man teams but more nine-man squads have emerged, as four schools switched down due to declining enrollment and financial aid impacts. Despite the…
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