Tulsa Washington, Bethany among notable changes to future football districts

Tulsa Washington and Bethany were among the teams on the fortunate side of some football district changes made for the 2012-13 seasons by the OSSAA board of directors Wednesday morning.

Tulsa Washington, which is moving to Class 6A, was originally placed in a district that included Jenks, Broken Arrow, Muskogee and west-side teams Putnam City and Westmoore. But the Hornets were switched with Bixby into the district with Tulsa Union, Owasso and Stillwater.

In Class 5A, Noble was moved to an east district, swapping with Southeast.

In Class 3A, Bethany was moved out of a loaded district that includes Heritage Hall, Kingfisher, Newcastle, John Marshall, Star Spencer and Centennial. Bethel will take the Bronchos’ spot, while Bethany moves into a district with Chandler, Perkins-Tryon and Seminole.

In 2A, Washington and Dibble were swapped, putting Dibble in with several metro-area teams like Millwood and Oklahoma Christian.

In Class A, Watonga and Apache were switched as well.

No changes were made by the board in Class 4A, B or C.

All of these changes were recommended and approved by the board.

Here are the official districts for the 2012-13 football seasons:

Class 6A
District 6A-1
Bartlesville
Enid
Owasso
Ponca City
Sand Springs
Stillwater
Tulsa Union
Tulsa Washington

District 6A-2
Bixby
Broken Arrow
Jenks
Muskogee
Putnam City
Sapulpa
Tulsa Edison
Westmoore

District 6A-3
Edmond North
Lawton Eisenhower
Midwest City
Moore
Norman North
Putnam North
U.S. Grant
Yukon

District 6A-4
Choctaw
Edmond Memorial
Edmond Santa Fe
Lawton
Mustang
Norman
Putnam West
Southmoore

CLASS 5A
District 5A-1
Altus
Ardmore
Capitol Hill
Chickasha
Del City
Duncan
Lawton MacArthur
Southeast

District 5A-2
Carl Albert
Bishop McGuinness
Deer Creek
El Reno
Guthrie
Guymon
Northwest Classen
Western Heights

District 5A-3
Durant
McAlester
Noble
Shawnee
Skiatook
Tulsa Hale
Tulsa Kelley
Tulsa Memorial

District 5A-4
Claremore
Collinsville
Coweta
Grove
Pryor
Tahlequah
Tulsa Central
Tulsa East Central

CLASS 4A
District 4A-1
Anadarko
Cache
Clinton
Elgin
Elk City
Piedmont
Weatherford
Woodward

District 4A-2
Ada
Douglass
Glenpool
Harrah
Mannford
McLoud
Santa Fe South
Tecumseh

District 4A-3
Catoosa
Cleveland
Miami
Oologah
Tulsa McLain
Tulsa Webster
Vinita
Wagoner

District 4A-4
Broken Bow
Cascia Hall
Fort Gibson
Muldrow
Poteau
Sallisaw
Stilwell
Tulsa Rogers