In January, the Colorado High School Activities Association bylaws were amended to allow schools to be reclassified, rather than just play down.<\/p>\n
And on Tuesday, Montezuma-Cortez High School became one of the first schools in state history to be reclassified, moving from 4A to 3A in all team sports for the 2016-2018 cycle.<\/p>\n
M-CHS will remain in Class 2A in football, which uses different enrollment splits, and falls into Class 3A in individual sports.<\/p>\n
The change from 4A to 3A will affect team sports like softball, volleyball, soccer, basketball and baseball.<\/p>\n
Activities director Stacey Hall petitioned the Classification and League Organizing Committee, citing the school\u2019s socioeconomic make-up and travel expenses as key points.<\/p>\n
With the reclassification, M-CHS will leave the Southwestern League and join Alamosa, Bayfield, Centauri, Monte Vista and Pagosa Springs in the Intermountain League Conference.<\/p>\n
The move is bittersweet.<\/p>\n
After competing in the Southwestern League for over 50 years, Hall said the tie is broken with emotions.<\/p>\n
But M-CHS hopes to be more competitive in the Intermountain League, and it will benefit from the cut in travel costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is where we belong,\u201d Hall said on Wednesday. \u201cIt\u2019s a good thing for our community, it\u2019s a good thing for our school community, and it\u2019s a good competitive league.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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