After a 15-year absence, Trigg County will be returning to the All A Classic in 2026-27.
Trigg Athletic Director Doug Gloyd confirmed to YourSportsEdge.com that Trigg County’s enrollment meets the requirements for the All A Classic, which consists of the 125 schools with the smallest enrollments.
Trigg County was part of the berth of the All A Classic, which began statewide in basketball in 1989-90 and later expanded to other sports. Trigg bobbled near the cutoff line in the early 2000s and yo-yo’ed in and out for a few years until 2012-13, when their enrollment numbers stayed outside the bottom 125.
Gloyd called the return to the All A Classic “beneficial” to the sports program, which has won All A Region titles in boys’ basketball, boys’ golf, and baseball.
The move should especially benefit girls’ programs at Trigg County, which is expected to be among the top softball and soccer programs in the region in 2025-26, and see continued improvement in the soccer and basketball programs.
Second Region schools that participate in the All A Classic are Lyon County, Crittenden County, Livingston Central, Dawson Springs, Caldwell County, University Heights Academy, Fort Campbell, and Heritage Christian Academy.
Since 2018-19, Trigg County has participated in the Kentucky 2A championships, designed for schools too big for the All A Classic but too small to be considered a large school. During that time, Trigg County’s girls’ soccer and girls’ basketball teams have played in sectional championship games, losing both times to Calloway County.
The All A Classic offers region and state tournaments for basketball, golf, soccer, archery, softball, volleyball, and baseball.
Kentucky is the only state that does not break down high school athletics into classes based on size for all sports. Cross country and track and field have three classes, while football has six.
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association has begun a review of soccer, potentially adopting a 3-year pilot program that would move into classes. No small school has won a boys’ state soccer championship since 1975.
