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Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi NDHSAA)\u00a0 \u2013 The October 2016 meeting of the North Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors on Wednesday, October 19 was highlighted by the formal approval of the NDHSAA Football Plan for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.<\/p>\n
Division AAA consists of 14 teams with two regions. The top four teams from each region (8 total teams) will qualify for the AAA state playoffs.<\/p>\n
Division AA consists of 10 teams and will feature a statewide schedule. The top six teams in the statewide standings will qualify for the AA state playoffs.<\/p>\n
Division A consists of 32 teams with four regions. The top four teams in each region (16 total teams) will qualify for the A state playoffs.<\/p>\n
The 9-man division consists of 43 teams with six regions. The top four teams in each region (24 total teams) will qualify for the 9-man state playoffs.<\/p>\n
Division and region alignments for the 2017 and 2018 seasons are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n Division AAA (14 teams)<\/strong><\/p>\n Region 1 (East Region): West Fargo, Fargo Davies, West Fargo Sheyenne, Grand Forks Red River, Fargo South, Grand Forks Central, Fargo North.<\/p>\n Region 2 (West Region): Minot, Bismarck Century, Bismarck Legacy, Bismarck High, Williston, Mandan, Dickinson.<\/p>\n Division AA (10 teams)<\/strong><\/p>\n Statewide: Jamestown, Devils Lake, Bismarck St. Mary\u2019s, Fargo Shanley, Watford City, Turtle Mountain, Wahpeton, Grafton, Valley City, Central Cass.<\/p>\n Division A (32 teams)<\/strong><\/p>\n Region 1: Fargo Oak Grove, Hillsboro\/Central Valley, Kindred, Milnor\/North Sargent\/Sargent Central, Ellendale\/Edgeley\/Kulm\/Montpelier, Lisbon, Northern Cass, Enderlin\/Maple Valley<\/p>\n Region 2: Park River-Fordville-Lankin\/Valley-Edinburg, Barnes County North\/Griggs County Central\/Midkota, Langdon\/Munich\/Edmore, Carrington\/Pingree-Buchanan, Bottineau, Harvey\/Fessenden-Bowden, Rugby, Westhope\/Newburg\/Glenburn<\/p>\n Region 3: New Town, Stanley, Lewis & Clark Berthold\/North Shore\/Minot Our Redeemer\u2019s, Des Lacs-Burlington, Velva\/Sawyer, Kenmare\/Bowbells\/Burke Central, Minot Bishop Ryan, Nedrose<\/p>\n Region 4: Beulah, Washburn\/Wilton\/Wing, Dickinson Trinity, Hazen, Garrison\/Max Belfield\/South Heart, Bowman County, Killdeer\/Halliday<\/p>\n 9-man (43 teams)<\/strong><\/p>\n Region 1: Thompson, May-Port\/CG, Northwood\/Hatton, Wyndmere\/Lidgerwood, Hankinson, Richland, Hope-Page\/Finley-Sharon<\/p>\n Region 2: Cavalier, Larimore-Emerado, Lakota\/Dakota Prairie, Four Winds, North Border (Walhalla\/Pembina), Midway\/Minto, New Rockford-Sheyenne<\/p>\n Region 3: Oakes, Steele-Dawson\/Tappen, Linton\/HMB, Napoleon\/Gackle-Streeter, LaMoure\/Litchville-Marion, South Border (Wishek\/Ashley), Strasburg\/Zeeland<\/p>\n Region 4: Dunsieth, Rolla\/Rolette\/Wolford, Towner-Granville-Upham, Leeds\/Maddock, North Star\/Starweather, Drake-Anamoose, St. John<\/p>\n Region 5: Bismarck Shiloh Christian, Mott-Regent\/New England, Underwood\/Turtle Lake-Mercer\/McClusky, New Salem\/Glen Ullin, Richardton-Taylor\/Hebron, Beach, Grant County\/Carson\/Flasher, Hettinger\/Scanton<\/p>\n Region 6: Trenton\/Williston Trinity Christian, Tioga, Ray\/Powers Lake, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood, Surrey, Divide County, Parshall\/White Shield<\/p>\n Important dates for the 2017-2018 NDHSAA Football Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n 2017 Season<\/strong> Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi NDHSAA)\u00a0 \u2013 The October 2016 meeting of the North Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors on Wednesday, October 19 was highlighted by the formal approval of the NDHSAA Football Plan for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Division AAA consists of 14 teams with two regions. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":109496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109470,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109468\/revisions\/109470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/109496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOpening Date 9-man: August 7
\nOpening Date 11-man: August 9
\nEnd of Regular season 9-man: October 7
\nFirst Round 9-man Playoffs: October 14
\nEnd of Regular Season Division A: Oct. 14
\nFirst Round Division A Playoffs: October 21
\nSecond Round 9-man Playoffs: October 21
\nEnd of Regular Season Divisions AAA and AA: October 21
\nQuarterfinal Playoffs Division AAA: October 27
\nQuarterfinal Playoffs Divisions AA, A, 9-man: October 28
\nSemifinal Playoffs Division AAA: November 3
\nSemifinal Playoffs Divisions AA, A, 9-man: November 4
\nDakota Bowl: November 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"