When the IGHSAU said it was creating five classes and using “5A” as the top designation instead of adding “A” for the smallest, I thought there might be the potential of a school designated A for football but 2A for some other sport. I was right.
Despite being in Class 1A for softball this summer, North Tama is now one of the smallest Class 2A volleyball schools. The full BEDS list is here. North Tama is seven students above the cutoff. The first opponent in the postseason? Hudson, which had grown too large for play against NT a while ago. On the boys’ side, the football team is doing quite well this year in Class A.
The makeup of each sport’s class can vary based on what programs are sharing. It will be interesting to see if the girls’ class split stands for basketball season as well, in which case it’s a good thing the girls got to the state tournament last year. Being a small fish in a big pond takes getting used to.