Killeen ISD’s football, basketball and volleyball teams know their district opponents for the next two years after the University Interscholastic League on Monday released the 2026-2028 realignment.
View the UIL website here: https://realignment.uiltexas.org/
For football, basketball and volleyball, Harker Heights and Chaparral were placed into District 12-6A (Region II) with Bryan, Copperas Cove, Lake Belton, Temple and Waco Midway.
Shoemaker and Killeen for football will compete in District 12-5A-I (Region III) with College Station, College Station A&M Consolidated, Georgetown, Leander Glenn, Pflugerville Connally, Pflugerville Hendrickson, Pflugerville Weiss.
Ellison for football was slotted into District 8-5A-II (Region II) with Belton, Brenham, Bryan Rudder, Waco and Waco University.
In basketball and volleyball, EHS, KHS and SHS will be in District 16-5A (Region II), joined by Belton, Liberty Hill Legacy Ranch, Liberty Hill, Waco and Waco University.
Non-district football opponents will be announced by KISD teams when finalized.
The UIL said district alignments for all other sports and academic events will be released no later than April 1.
This was the final step in the UIL’s biennial reclassification and realignment process.
Like all school districts across the state, KISD on Oct. 31 submitted to the UIL its high school snapshot enrollment numbers: Harker Heights, 2,259, Chaparral, 2,234, Shoemaker, 2,114.5, Killeen, 1,970.5 and Ellison, 1,731.5. Those numbers determined which classification KISD’s schools fell into for the next two-year cycle.
The new districts go into effect starting fall 2026.
