Same basketball, different football district for Fairfield

  • The Fairfield Eagles will have a new football district the next two seasons - 9-3A-Division I. File Photo by Mitchell Pate/Fairfield Recorder
    The Fairfield Eagles will have a new football district the next two seasons - 9-3A-Division I. File Photo by Mitchell Pate/Fairfield Recorder
Nothing surprises John Bachtel when it comes to the UIL. The Fairfield athletic director and head football coach has seen it all. When the UIL released its biennial realignment and reclassification last Thursday, he hardly batted an eye. “We’ve been in (a district) with Salado,” Bachtel said. While the Eagles won’t be traveling down Interstate 35 to play a district football game, they will…

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