UIL Realignment: The Little Southwest Conference Rides Again

SAN ANGELO, TX — San Angelo Central High School and Abilene High School will no longer be in a district comprised of schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex after this morning’s University Scholastic League, or UIL, realignment for 2020-2022, Instead, San Angelo Central and Abilene will be grouped with historical rivals Midland Lee and Odessa Permian, called the “Little Southwest Conference,” with a nod to the former NCAA college football conference where old-time rivals Texas and Texas A&M once were.

San Angelo Central and Abilene will be in 6A Region 1 District 2:

• Abilene
• Midland
• Midland Lee
• Odessa
• Odessa Permian
• San Angelo Central
• Wolfforth Frenship (Lubbock)

Former DFW area rivals will be in 6A Region 1 District 3. Fort Worth Boswell, Paschal, and Chisholm Trail replace the west Texas schools and the farthest those teams will need to travel will be Weatherford:

6A Region 1 District 3.

• Euless Trinity
• Ft Worth Boswell
• Ft Worth Paschal
• Fort Worth Chisholm Trail
• Haltom City
• Haltom Hurst
• LD Bell
• North Crowley
• Weatherford

The move for San Angelo Central and Abilene was aided when Amarillo Tascosa moved down from 6A to 5A in student population. The UIL’s cutoff for Class 6A schools is 2,220 students. Tascosa, Amarillo’s largest school has 2,186 students,

In the Little Southwest Conference, San Angelo Central will face longtime rivals Midland Lee 2019 11-2 overall, 4-1 District) and Odessa Permian. Midland Lee made a respectable showing during the 2019 playoffs, to be knocked off by Southlake Carroll 49-27.

Here’s the #COVER1:

Odessa Permian (in 2019 7-5, 4-1) was in a rebuilding year, we were told at the beginning of the 2019 season. They will be stronger and have veteran players back this year.

Here’s the #COVER1 on Odessa Permian:

Lake View remains in the same four-team 4A Region 1 District 2 district:

• Andrews
• Big Spring
• Fort Stockton
• San Angelo Lake View

For the complete list of the realignments announced Monday morning, Feb. 3, 2020 at 9 a.m., download the UIL’s *pdf here.