There’s going to be a change for the Skyline Eagles’ athletic teams next school year, as the Utah High School Activities Association approved realignments for 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years.

Starting next fall, Skyline will remain a 5A school for all sports except football. The Eagles will be in 5A Region 6 along with Alta, Bountiful, Brighton, Olympus, Viewmont and Woods Cross. For football, they will be playing in 4A Region 10 along with Cottonwood, East, Highland, Jordan, Juan Diego and Murray. 

It’s quite the change for the three Davis County schools that have been playing in northern Utah regions for several years. As always, it took a few rounds or proposals and negotiations before the final alignments were adopted. The meeting was the fourth time officials met before the end of last year to adopt the changes.

The UHSAA studies school enrollments as the main criteria for moving teams around, but it also takes into account recent successes and competitiveness of teams. A classic example is Ogden High, which was a 5A and then a 4A school for many years, but with decreasing student numbers even though its enrollment figures fit with the higher regions. The Tigers were moved to 3A for football only, then finally classified as 3A for all of its sports, as it will be in 2025-26 and 2026-27.

The realignment gives schools an opportunity to retrofit their schedules for the next year. After two years, the UHSAA will likely study the issue again as school enrollments continue to ebb and flow. λ