Hanceville and Holly Pond each found new homes when the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) approved reclassification for the 2024-26 school years on Monday morning.

The Bulldogs are returning to Class 3A — the school has spent much of its history there — after competing as a 4A program since the 2019 reclassification, while the Broncos are moving back up to 3A as well following a brief stint in 2A.

All other local schools in The Times’ coverage area stayed put in their respective classifications — Cullman (6A), Fairview (5A), West Point (5A), Good Hope (4A), Vinemont (3A), Cold Springs (2A), Addison (1A) and St. Bernard (1A).

As per usual, there was shakeup in many area, region and section alignments across the state. The AHSAA unveiled those changes only for fall sports — cross country, football, swimming and volleyball — and will release alignments for both winter and spring sports at a later date.

West Point earned the title as the largest school in the Cullman County Schools system based on student enrollment numbers — handed over to the AHSAA by the state department of education — with 470.2 students. Cullman led the way with a coverage-area high 759.3 students.

Hanceville came in as the largest 3A school at 278.88 – down from 299.55 in 2022-24.

Holly Pond, meanwhile, rose from 209.7 in 2022-24 to 214.1.

Reclassification for 2024-26, which was approved by the AHSAA Central Board, also featured a number of non-changes.

Among those included the number of 7A schools (32), the private-school multiplier (1.35 percent) and the continued application of the competitive balance multiplier, which requires consistently triumphant private-school squads to compete against schools in larger classifications.

See local alignments below.

For complete alignments, visit www.AHSAA.com.

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Football

Class 1A, Region 7

Addison

Cherokee

Hackleburg

Meek

Phillips

Shoals Christian

Vina

Waterloo

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Class 2A, Region 6

Cleveland

Cold Springs

Coosa Christian

Falkville

Southeastern

Susan Moore

West End

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Class 3A, Region 5

Carbon Hill

Gordo

Hanceville

Midfield

Oakman

Phil Campbell

Vinemont

Winfield

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Class 3A, Region 8

Asbury

Brindlee Mountain

Collinsville

Fyffe

Geraldine

Holly Pond

Sylvania

Whitesburg Christian

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Class 4A, Region 5

Cordova

Curry

Dora

Fayette County

Fultondale

Good Hope

Haleyville

Hamilton

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Class 5A, Region 7

Ardmore

East Limestone

Fairview

Lawrence County

Priceville

Russellville

West Point

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Class 6A, Region 7

Athens

Columbia

Cullman

Decatur

Hartselle

Jasper

Muscle Shoals

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Volleyball

Class 1A, Area 14

Addison

Cullman Christian

Meek

St. Bernard

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Class 2A, Area 11

Cold Springs

Falkville

Winston County

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Class 3A, Area 11

Hanceville

Holly Pond

J.B. Pennington

Locust Fork

Vinemont

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Class 4A, Area 13

Danville

East Lawrence

Good Hope

West Morgan

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Class 5A, Area 14

Arab

Fairview

Guntersville

Scottsboro

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Class 5A, Area 15

Lawrence County

Russellville

West Point

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Class 6A, Area 13

Cullman

Jasper

Mortimer Jordan

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Cross Country

Class 1A-2A, Section 4

Belgreen

Brilliant

Cherokee

Cold Springs

Covenant Christian

Lamar County

Lexington

Marion County

Mars Hill Bible

Phillips

Shoals Christian

Sulligent

Tharptown

Vina

Waterloo

Winston County

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Class 3A, Section 3

Asbury

Brindlee Mountain

Collinsville

Fyffe

Geraldine

Holly Pond

J.B. Pennington

Locust Fork

St. Bernard

Sylvania

Vinemont

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Class 4A, Section 3

Brooks

Central-Florence

Curry

Danville

Deshler

East Lawrence

Fayette County

Good Hope

Haleyville

Hamilton

Hatton

West Limestone

West Morgan

Wilson

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Class 5A, Section 4

Arab

Ardmore

Brewer

Boaz

Douglas

East Limestone

Fairview

Guntersville

Lawrence County

Priceville

Russellville

Scottsboro

West Point

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Class 6A, Section 5

Clay-Chalkville

Cullman

Fort Payne

Gadsden City

Huffman

Mortimer Jordan

Oxford

Pell City

Pinson Valley

Southside-Gadsden