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Lufkin and John Tyler will be moving down to Class 5A for the next two years, according to conference cutoff numbers released by the UIL on Wednesday.

The UIL collected enrollment numbers Friday from schools across the state in advance of February's biennial realignment and reclassification.

This past February, the University Interscholastic League's biennial realignment and reclassification designated Lufkin High School a member of Class 6A, the state's highest classification, for the 2016-18 school years. As it turns out, Lufkin should've been at the 6A level the last two school years when the Panthers were classified as 5A, according to an investigation conducted by KTRE-TV... Read

As expected, Class 6A will gain three more teams from East Texas, as John Tyler, Longview, and Lufkin are headed up from 5A.

Tyler Lee may not be the only East Texas member of Class 6A when the University Interscholastic League's biennial realignment and reclassification process takes place in February. John Tyler and Longview, which are currently classified as 5A schools, each turned in enrollment figures well above the 6A/5A cutoff from two years ago on Friday for UIL's "Snapshot Day."

Here’s a list by school of signees from across the region from Wednesday’s National Signing Day events.

TYLER -- Greg Priest will be recommended as the next athletic director of Tyler ISD during the next Board of Trustees meeting on June 23.

Ever since the UIL released conference cutoff numbers for the 2014-16 realignment and reclassification back in December, all of East Texas was anticipating where longtime rivals Longview and Lufkin would fit.

Every two years the University Interscholastic League reshuffles the deck, placing schools in new classifications and districts by using updated enrollment figures.

In the latest edition of the ETSN.fm podcast, our Gabe Brooks and Clint Buckley preview one of the biggest and busiest weeks of the year.