Tonkawa’s football Bucs will be in Class A for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, Joey Reinart, Tonkawa athletic director, announced this week.The new districts were announced this week by the OSSAA. Classes 2A, A, and B will have two state champs the next two years. Class 2A, A and B were split in half (2A-1 and 2A-II, A-I and A-II, B-I and B-II) with four districts in each, much like Class 6A has been the past few years.Tonkawa will be in the upper division of Class A and will be in District 3 which will include Pawhuska, Chouteau, Hulbert, Mounds, Nowata, Pawnee and Wyandotte.Reinart has already finished the football schedule for the 202425 season.It includes six away games the first year and six home games the second year.The 2024 schedule follows (2025 wil be reversed home and away):Sept. 6, Newkirk here Sept. 13, at Fairview Sept. 20, at Stroud Sept. 27, at Hulbert* Oct. 4, Pawnee here* Oct. 11, at Chouteau* Oct. 17, Pawhuska here* (Thur) Oct. 25, Nowata here* Nov. 1, at Wyandotte* Nov. 8, at Nowata* * -- Denotes district gameClass A-I District 1 -- Watonga, Crescent, Fairview, Hooker, Merritt, Minco, Sayre and Texhoma.District 2 -- Cashion, Christian Heritage, Dibble, Hobart, Meeker, Stratford, Walters and Wynnewood.District 3 -- Pawhuska, Chouteau, Hulbert, Mounds, Nowata, Pawnee, Tonkawa and Wyandotte.District 4 -- Stroud, Hartshorne, Haskell, Okemah, Panama, Pocola, Warner and Wewoka.Class A-II District 1 -- Thomas, Apache, Carnegie, Cordell, Mangum, Mooreland, Rush Springs and SW Covenant.District 2 -- Allan, Elmore City, Empire, Healdton, Konawa, Ringling, Wayne, Wilson.District 3 -- Drumright, Central Sallisaw, Gore, Liberty, Morrison, Porter Consolidated, Regent Prep and Talihina.District 4 -- Afton, Fairland, Hominy, Ketchum, OK Union, Quapaw, Summit Christian and Woodland.Medford and DCLA will remain in Class C, which is unchanged.
