BOONE — The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) announced the football districts for the 2025 and 2026 seasons last week. The organization realigns districts in two-year cycles with classifications determined by enrollment numbers provided by the Iowa Department of Education through their Basic Educational Data Survey (BEDS). These BEDS number breakdown into seven classes – 5A (largest 36 schools), 4A (next 36 largest schools), 3A (next largest 36 schools), 2A (next largest 48 schools), 1A (next largest 48 schools), A (remaining 11-player schools), and 8P (eight-player teams in schools with classification numbers under 105).
The Spartans (8-3 last season) are in Class 3A District No. 4 this season with Fairfield (2-7 last season), Fort Madison (0-9), Keokuk (3-6), Mount Pleasant (4-5), and Washington (6-3). Solon and Fairfield have been in 3A-5 for the past two seasons. Schedules for the 2025/26 seasons had not been released by deadline.
Week 1 of the 2025/26 season is set to begin Thursday, August 28.