What did the UIL realignment do to teams?”
In an age of computers and electronic gadgets, the University Interscholastic League prefers an old-school approach for its biennial realignment. UIL athletic director Cliff Odenwald said his organization uses an “old system but a true system” when placing teams in districts. Computers play little part in the UIL’s realignment process. Instead, maps, pushpins and rubber bands take on a prominent role. Area high school coaches and athletic directors will be on the edge of their seats at 9 a.m. this morning, when the UIL announces the reclassification and realignment for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years. The announcement will end almost four months of speculation about what district a team might land in and with what other schools. “Everybody gets pretty excited about realignment this time of year,” Northwest ISD athletic director Gary Prescott said. “But it is pretty much a guessing game.” The first step for schools in the realignment process came Oct. 15, when schools submitted the
