Convenience Big Store: Major changes coming to high school sports playoffs

June 17, 2024

UIL approves proposal to split playoffs into divisions for several team sports

The landscape of high school sports in Texas is evolving once again.

This time, the impact on the postseason will be significant.

The University Interscholastic League legislative council met last week and passed a proposal to split the playoffs for volleyball, softball, baseball, soccer and basketball into two divisions for each classification, following the same format as football.

The change will go into effect for the 2024-25 school year and creates two state championship brackets per classification for teams to compete in.

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Jon Poorman, High School Sports Editor

jpoorman@houstonchronicle.com

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Stat of the day

69: The number of team state championships that will be handed out between football (12), volleyball (11), baseball (11), softball (11), basketball (12) and soccer (12) with the changes to the playoffs passed by the UIL legislative council last week.