Meade County receives tentative approval from KHSAA to return to the 5th Region, 17th District

At the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control meeting on November 12, the Meade County School District received tentative approval to move its athletic teams back to the 5th Region from the 3rd Region. The Board directed "KHSAA staff to distribute the proposal to member schools for feedback before final consideration in January."

Meade County, a long time member of the 5th Region, 17th District, moved to the 3rd Region, 11th District at the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year. The school district advocated for a move back to the 5th Region this past February with a request rooted in student academic impact, community experience and operational safety as the only team in the 5th Region that is in the Eastern Time Zone. All other schools are in the Central Time Zone, resulting in over 80 percent of away games requiring late night travel, with students frequently returning home at or after midnight on school nights.

The 17th District has been comprised of Meade, Breckinridge and Hancock Counties with Cloverport and Frederick Fraize competing in some sports. If approved in January, Meade County's move back to the 17th District would have the Green Wave competing against Central Hardin, North Hardin, John Hardin and Elizabethtown in basketball, baseball, softball and soccer starting in the 2027-2028 school year. Fort Knox, currently in the 17th District has requested to move to the 21st District and received tentative approval as well during the Board of Control meeting.