Beginning this upcoming season, the Franklin-Simpson Wildcats’ football program will drop down from Class 4-A and compete for the next two years in Class 3-A. This decision was made based on enrollment. KHSAA will take a look at the realignment again after the 2024 season and see where each school’s enrollment and population numbers are.
The Wildcats (7-4 last season) will compete in Class 3-A Region 1 District 2 where they will have four new district opponents with one of them being very familiar with. They will join teams that competed in Class 3-A least season: the Adair County Indians (3-7), the Glasgow Scotties (6-5) whom they are very familiar with and the Hart County Raiders (9-3). Also the Butler County Bears (8-3) moved up from Class 2-A to join the district.
District 1 makes up the other district in Region 1. This district consists of three teams that competed in Class 3-A, two teams moving up from Class 2-A and one dropping down from Class 4-A.
Teams staying in Class 3-A are: the Trigg County Wildcats (7-4), the Union County Braves (12-1) and the Webster County Trojans (4-7). The Hancock County Hornets (6-4) and the McLean County Cougars (9-3) are moving up from Class 2-A and the Hopkins County Central Storm (4-7) dropped down from Class 4-A.
Before the realignment was announced, Chaney had his 2023 schedule in tact. Now since the announcement, Chaney has had to make some major adjustments to the schedule.
With the new district and region being spread out, winning the district is more important than ever so they could host at least two or three home games before potentially traveling throughout the remainder of the playoffs.
The Wildcats will scrimmage at the Ohio County Eagles on Aug. 4th and will host the Green County Dragons in their final scrimmage on Aug. 11th. Regular season is very fluid as the schedule can change at any given moment but their first home game will be on Aug. 25th against Warren Central. Sept. 15th will be Homecoming against Russellville.
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