Every week on the Tobias & Comer Coaches’ Corner, Mark and Lee will talk to a local area high school coach to get the scoop on what’s going on with their team, how our local schools are faring on their respective pushes to bring Blue Maps back to the Gulf Coast, and everything in between.
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On a special edition this week, we caught up with our good friend Ben Thomas of AL.com, one of the most prominent reporters on high school athletics in the entire state. It was the first time Thomas joined The Opening Kickoff since the reclassification news which rocked the area and the state, so much of the conversation revolved around this.
“It’s gonna be a huge change overall,” Thomas said, “For private schools, I think they are still adjusting, I foresee some changes still there…it would not surprise me down the road if the bigger schools go back into the public school system, that might happen in a year or two. One thing we saw with the central board announcement was three schools coming into the AHSAA, we may see some more AISA schools.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if there was still some tinkering with the reclassification [in certain spring sports]…Schools want to find the best competition. The next big things that are gonna happen are the private school playoffs specifically in football and volleyball…and for us locally, what the Super 7 schedule is gonna look like.”
The next meeting in April for the central board should produce answers to the remaining questions Thomas posed.
Thomas also spoke about recent coaching changes including Caleb Ross taking the head job at Fairhope High School, St. Luke’s looking for a new head football coach, and Daphne boy’s basketball looking for a new coach as well following the retirement of Reed Hotard.
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