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Salpointe, Flowing Wells & Nogales denied reclassification appeals by AIA executive board



Salpointe’s football program tried again to go from 6A to 5A after originally denied that appeal by conference committee members last week, but the AIA executive board again shot down the Lancers’ plea Tuesday.

Flowing Wells and Nogales suffered the same predicament with their appeals denied to go from 5A to 4A.

Morenci will no longer be in the 3A South — at least for the next two-year scheduling block period — after successfully granted its appeal by the executive board to go from 3A to 2A.

Salpointe’s contention was the amount of travel the Lancers must endure annually to the Phoenix area because no other Southern Arizona school is in the 6A. The AIA executive board based its denial on the Lancers’ competitiveness at the 6A level. They earned the 6A Central title in a region that includes Phoenix Brophy Prep, Phoenix Mountain Pointe, Tempe Corona del Sol and Phoenix Desert Vista.

Flowing Wells and Nogales have struggled in recent years — Nogales did not win a game the last two seasons — but their appeals were denied because of their enrollment figures. Flowing Wells, which has open enrollment, is at 1,710 with its amount of students as of the 2023-24 school year. Nogales is at 1,809.

The next step is the initial regional alignments that will be posted by the AIA by 5 p.m. next Tuesday.

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