District 5 and 6 to Combine in 2024-25
In and effort to make WIAA district similar in size (number of schools) the current district 5 and current district 6 will become one district in 2024-25. This will create a new district 5 that will stretch from Canada to Oregon on the east slopes of the cascades and from Naches to the Tri-Cities from west to east. This new district will have an impact on the 2B schools and how they will qualify for state tournaments.
Impact on the CW2B League
Beginning in 2024-2025 the CW2B league will partner in the playoffs with the EWAC league to the south. Both leagues will continue to operate as separate leagues but now are in the same district. Allocations to state tournaments are awarded to districts based on the number of participating schools in each classification. The 2B leagues in the new district 5 will have as many as 19 participating schools and could generate as many as 6 allocations into a 16 team state tournament.
Impact on the CW1B League
The CW1B League will not gain allocations the same way the 2B league does. The few 1B schools that are in the southern portion of the new District 5 have chose to join the new district 6. So the current CW1B league will lose Riverside Christian but will add Oroville thus leaving their playoff allocations fairly similar.
