What FHSAA metro and suburban football classifications could look like in 2022
The Florida High School Athletic Association moved a step closer to a seismic shift Wednesday when the Athletic Director Advisory Committee essentially endorsed a proposal to split member football schools into Metro and Suburban classifications.
The item will go before the FHSAA’s Board of Directors during their meeting on Feb. 27-28 and could be implemented as soon as the 2022 season.
Under the current proposal, the state would be divided into four metro and five rural/suburban classifications.
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The four metro classifications would include schools from the eight most densely populated counties in the state: Duval, Seminole, Orange, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade.
While it's far from a sure thing that the proposal will be approved by the Board of Directors, the USA Today Florida Network put together a list of what a potential metro/suburban split could look like.
Metro 1A
District 1: Bishop Snyder, Cedar Creek Christian, Eagle's View, North Florida Educational, Jacksonville Trinity Christian
District 2: Christ's Church, Harvest Community, Providence, Jacksonville University Christian
District 3: Orangewood Christian, Orlando Faith Christian, Oviedo Master's Academy, Winter Park Trinity Prep, Lake Mary Prep
District 4: Belle Isle Cornerstone Charter, Central Florida Christian, Ocoee Legacy Charter, Orlando Christian Prep, Orlando First Academy, Winter Garden Foundation Academy
District 5: Clearwater Central Catholic, Seffner Christian, Tampa Cambridge, Tampa Carrollwood Day
District 6: Indian Rocks Christian, Keswick Christian, Shorecrest Prep, St. Petersburg Catholic, St. Petersburg Northside Christian
District 7: Glades Day, Jupiter Christian, Pahokee, Palm Beach Gardens Benjamin
District 8: Cardinal Newman, West Palm Beach Berean Christian, West Palm Beach King's Academy, Delray Beach Village Academy
District 9: Boca Raton Christian, Boca Raton St. John Paul II, Chaminade-Madonna, Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy, Deerfield Beach Somerset Academy
District 10: Avant Garde, Miami Country Day, True North, Miami Westminster Christian
District 11: Archbishop Carroll, Dade Christian, Florida Christian, Miami Christian, Palm Glades Prep
District 12: Champagnat, Everglades Prep, Palmer Trinity, Homestead Somerset Academy Charter South
Metro 2A
District 1: Baldwin, Jackson, Paxon, Raines, Ribault, Stanton
District 2: Bishop Kenny, Bolles, Episcopal, Westside, Wolfson
District 3: Bishop Moore, Winter Garden Horizon, Lake Buena Vista, Lake Highland Prep, Windermere Prep
District 4: Berkeley Prep, Clearwater Calvary Christian, Dunedin, Tampa Catholic
District 5: Chamberlain, Tampa Jefferson, Tampa King, Robinson
District 6: Boca Ciega, St. Petersburg Gibbs, St. Petersburg Lakewood, Tarpon Springs
District 7: Delray Beach American Heritage, Glades Central, Pine Crest, Boynton Beach Somerset Canyons
District 8: Boca Raton St. Andrew's, Coral Springs Charter, North Broward Prep, Pompano Beach, Stranahan
District 9: Cardinal Gibbons, Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, Fort Lauderdale University, Hallandale, North Miami Beach, Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy
District 10: Hialeah-Miami Lakes, Miami Carol City, Miami Edison, Miami Jackson, Monsignor Pace, Westland Hialeah
District 11: Miami Booker T. Washington, Miami Central, Miami Springs, Ransom Everglades, South Miami
District 12: Gulliver Prep, Immaculata-LaSalle, Miami Killian, Miami Sunset, Silver Palms Somerset Charter, St. Brendan
Metro 3A
District 1: Ed White, First Coast, Riverside
District 2: Englewood, Fletcher, Parker
District 3: Lake Howell, Lyman, Winter Springs
District 4: Edgewater, Orlando East River, Orlando Jones, Wekiva
District 5: Blake, Gaither, Middleton, Tampa Bay Tech, Tampa Freedom, Wharton
District 6: Clearwater, Clearwater Countryside, Hillsborough, Leto, Seminole, Seminole Osceola, Tampa Jesuit
District 7: Hollins, Largo, Pinellas Park, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Northeast
District 8: Armwood, Brandon, Gibsonton East Bay, Ruskin Lennard, Spoto
District 9: Boynton Beach, Delray Beach Atlantic, Dwyer, Loxahatchee Seminole Ridge, Riviera Beach Suncoast,
District 10: Blanche Ely, Coconut Creek, Piper, Plantation American Heritage, West Boca Raton
District 11: Boyd Anderson, Dillard, Hollywood Hills, Nova, Oakland Park Northeast,
District 12: Miramar Everglades, Miramar, Plantation, St. Thomas Aquinas, South Plantation
District 13: Archbishop McCarthy, Dr. Krop, McArthur, North Miami, Pembroke Pines Charter
District 14: Miami Norland, Miami Northwestern, Mourning, Reagan
District 15: Hialeah, Hialeah American, Mater Academy, Miami Beach, Miami Coral Park,
District 16: Belen Jesuit, Homestead, Miami Southridge, Southwest Miami, Miami Varela
Metro 4A
District 1: Atlantic Coast, Mandarin, Sandalwood
District 2: Apopka, Hagerty, Lake Brantley, Oviedo, Sanford Seminole
District 3: Colonial, Boone, Timber Creek, Orlando University, Winter Park
District 4: Orlando Evans, Lake Nona, Oak Ridge, Orlando Cypress Creek, Orlando Freedom
District 5: Dr. Phillips, Ocoee, Olympia, West Orange, Windermere
District 6: Palm Harbor University, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Tarpon Springs East Lake
District 7: Alonso, Bloomingdale, Newsome, Tampa Plant
District 8: Durant, Plant City, Riverview, Strawberry Crest, Sumner
District 9: Forest Hill, Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Lakes, Royal Palm Beach
District 10: Greenacres John I. Leonard, Lake Worth, Palm Beach Central, Park Vista, Santaluces, Wellington
District 11: Boca Raton, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Olympic Heights, Spanish River
District 12: Coral Springs, Coral Glades, Deerfield Beach, Monarch, Taravella
District 13: Cooper City, Davie Western, Flanagan, Fort Lauderdale,
District 14: Cypress Bay, Hialeah Gardens, Goleman, South Broward, West Broward
District 15: Braddock, Coral Gables, Ferguson, Miami Columbus, Miami Senior
District 16: Doral Academy, Miami Coral Reef, Miami Palmetto, South Dade
Suburban 1A
Region 1: Baker, Cottondale, Freeport, Graceville, Holmes County, Jay, Northview, Vernon
Region 2: Blountstown, Chipley, Franklin County, Jefferson County, Liberty County, Port St. Joe, Sneads, Wewahitchka
Region 3: Bell, Branford, Dixie County, Fort White, Hamilton County, Hilliard, Madison County, Mayo Lafayette
Region 4: Bronson, Chiefland, Fort Meade, Hawthorne, Trenton, Union County, Wildwood, Williston, Pierson Taylor
Suburban 1B
Region 1: Aucilla Christian, FAMU, Maclay, North Florida Christian, Quincy Munroe, Rocky Bayou Christian, St. Joseph, Tallahassee St. John Paul II, Gainesville St. Francis, P.K. Yonge, Oak Hall,
Region 2: Father Lopez, Halifax, Leesburg First Academy, Melbourne Central Catholic, Mount Dora Christian, Ocala Christian, Ocala Trinity Catholic, Seven Rivers Christian, Deltona Trinity Christian, Bishop McLaughlin,
Region 3: Bell Creek, Bradenton Christian, Bradenton St. Stephen's, Cardinal Mooney, Community School, Evangelical Christian, Fort Myers Canterbury, Gateway Charter, Marco Island Academy, Naples First Baptist, Naples St. John Neumann, Sarasota Christian, Sarasota Out-of-Door, Southwest Florida Christian
Region 4: Fort Pierce John Carroll, Holy Trinity, Lakeland Christian, Lakeland Santa Fe Catholic, Lakeland Victory Christian, Moore Haven, Vero Beach St. Edward's, Zephyrhills Christian
Suburban 2A
District 1: Pensacola, Pensacola Catholic, South Walton, Walton, West Florida
District 2: Bay, Bozeman, North Bay Haven, Rutherford
District 3: Florida High, Gadsden County, Marianna, Suwannee, Taylor County
District 4: Fernandina Beach, West Nassau, Yulee
District 5: Crescent City, Interlachen, Keystone Heights, Palatka, Tocoi Creek
District 6: Alachua Santa Fe, Bradford, Gainesville Eastside, Newberry
District 7: Crystal River, Dunnellon, North Marion
District 8: Eustis, Mount Dora, Umatilla, South Sumter, The Villages
District 9: Brooksville Central, Hernando, Discovery,
District 10: Anclote, Hudson, Nature Coast
District 11: Bayshore, DeSoto County, Hardee, Sarasota Booker, Lemon Bay
District 12: Bishop Verot, Estero, Fort Myers Gateway, Oasis, Bonita Springs
District 13: Astronaut, Port Orange Atlantic, Titusville, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Space Coast
District 14: Four Corners, Frostproof, Mulberry, Tenoroc
District 15: Avon Park, Clewiston, LaBelle, Lake Placid
District 16: Coral Shores, Marathon, Key West
Suburban 3A
District 1: Choctawhatchee, Escambia, Fort Walton Beach, Pensacola Washington, Pine Forest
District 2: Arnold, Godby, Lincoln, Rickards
District 3: Baker County, Columbia, Wakulla
District 4: Clay, Middleburg, Orange Park, Ridgeview
District 5: Belleview, Citrus, Lake Weir, Lecanto, Ocala Vanguard
District 6: Pasco, Leesburg, Tavares, Weeki Wachee, Zephyrhills
District 7: Deltona, Mainland, Pine Ridge, Seabreeze,
District 8: Matanzas, Menendez, St. Augustine
District 9: Davenport, Kissimmee Gateway, Kissimmee Liberty
District 10: Auburndale, Lake Region, Lake Wales, Sebring
District 11: Bayside, Eau Gallie, Merritt Island, Rockledge, Satellite
District 12: Fort Pierce Westwood, Jensen Beach, Okeechobee, Port St. Lucie, South Fork
District 13: Fivay, New Port Richey Gulf, River Ridge, Wesley Chapel, Wesley Chapel Cypress Creek
District 14: Braden River, Bradenton Southeast, Parrish, Port Charlotte
District 15: Cape Coral, Cypress Lake, Dunbar, Island Coast, Mariner, North Fort Myers
District 16: Barron Collier, Golden Gate, Lely, Naples
Suburban 4A
District 1: Gulf Breeze, Milton, Pace, Tate
District 2: Crestview, Mosley, Navarre, Niceville
District 3: Chiles,Fleming Island, Leon, Oakleaf
District 4: Bartram Trail, Creekside, Flagler Palm Coast, Nease, Ponte Vedra
District 5: Buchholz, Gainesville, Ocala Forest, West Port
District 6: East Ridge, Lake Minneola, Ridge Community, South Lake
District 7: DeLand, New Smyrna Beach, Orange City University, Spruce Creek
District 8: Celebration, Haines City, Kissimmee Osceola, Poinciana, Tohopekaliga
District 9: Bartow, George Jenkins, Kathleen, Lake Gibson, Lakeland, Winter Haven
District 10: Land O'Lakes, Mitchell, Springstead, Sunlake, Wiregrass Ranch
District 11: Harmony, Melbourne, Palm Bay Heritage, St. Cloud, Viera
District 12: Centennial, Fort Pierce Central, Martin County, Sebastian River, Treasure Coast, Vero Beach
District 13: Manatee, Palmetto, Sarasota, Sarasota Riverview, Venice
District 14: Charlotte, Ida Baker, Lakewood Ranch, North Port
District 15: East Lee County, Fort Myers, Lehigh, Riverdale, South Fort Myers
District 16: Gulf Coast, Immokalee, Palmetto Ridge
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