Athletic director Callan Nokes sat in a meeting room at the Kelley Reeves Athletic Complex in Round Rock Feb. 2. A UIL representative handed him a packet containing all of the biannual UIL redistricting results.
Nokes said that he was shocked with what the packet contained. It was announced that the Chaps, along with their crosstown rivals Lake Travis, will be shipped from District 26 to District 25. The move takes away rivals like Austin High and Bowie, but gives them five new district opponents, all of them from Round Rock. The Chaps will play Round Rock, McNeil, Stony Point, Westwood and Cedar Ridge starting next year.
“With Hays adding another 6A school and Leander adding three 6A schools, we knew that something would change,” Nokes said. “We just didn’t know how much it would change, and they put us with Round Rock schools, who we have never been with before.”…