The 2009 and 2010 8-man champions lost in the semifinals to Fremont-Mills.
The district is already sharing every sport except football with North Sentral Kossuth, which itself is a shared pair at the moment. Football districts will be reorganized in 2012.
The technically-three school districts (A-R, NK, and Sentral) are still discussing arrangements for a triple-header merger, but it hasn’t been easy or simple, according to the Fairmont Sentinel. Regardless of the future, A-R still plans to close Ringsted Elementary.