The Missouri State High School Activities Association has released the district assignments for scholar bowl teams in our area.
The biggest move is in Class One, as shifting enrollments will result in defending Class Two champions Weaubleau dropping to this class. They will compete in a sprawling District Three that includes Prairie Home, as well as schools as far east as Viburnum and Wellsville-Middletown. The winner of this district will travel to the winner of a District Four that includes North Shelby, who has appeared in each of the last five Class One title games.
With no defending champion in Class Two, the door is open for rising programs including last year’s fourth-place team Lincoln, and a recent arrival from Class Three, Marceline. Also moving into Class Two is Pilot Grove. Marshall also experiences a noticeable change for their district. While the Owls are still in Class Five, they will now travel northwest to District Eight instead of competing in a district with West Central Missouri’s larger schools.
Two of last year’s finalists in Class Five are down to Class Four this year. Runners-up New Heights Christian of Joplin and fourth-place finishers Center have both moved down. Center now shares a district with Chillicothe, with the winner potentially facing last year’s Class Four third place team in the quarterfinals, Oak Grove.
Each district tournament will take place April 18, with the best-of-three quarterfinals on April 28. The state finals will take place May 8 and 9 at Memorial Union on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. Several of our area teams will start the spring portion of their schedule Saturday, Jan. 17 at the Roadrunner Scholastic Tournament, hosted by State Fair Community College in Sedalia.
2026 Scholar Bowl District Assignments For Area Schools
Class Five
District Five
Carl Junction
Harrisonville
Nevada
Odessa
Pleasant Hill
Warrensburg
District Eight
Excelsior Springs
Kearney
Marshall
St Joseph Benton
Savannah
Smithville
Class Four
District Six
Bowling Green
Centralia
Fulton
Hallsville
Macon
Moberly
Montgomery County
North Callaway
Wright City
District Seven
Boonville
California
Clinton
Holden
Knob Noster
Oak Grove
Richmond
Versailles
District Eight
Cameron
Center
Chillicothe
KC Lutheran
Maryville
St Joseph Lafayette
St Michael the Archangel
Summit Christian
Class Three
District Five
Belle
Calvary Lutheran
Columbia Independent
Fatima
Hermann
Linn
South Callaway
Stover
Tipton
District Six
Brookfield
Clark County
Elsberry
Highland
Mark Twain
Monroe City
Palmyra
South Shelby
District Seven
Adrian
Barstow
Butler
Carrollton
Cass Sherwood
Cole Camp
Lafayette County
Lone Jack
Windsor
District Eight
East Buchanan
Lathrop
Lawson
Mid-Buchanan
Plattsburg
South Harrison
Trenton
West Platte
Class Two
District Five
Archie
Concordia
Green Ridge
Lakeland
Lincoln
Northwest (Hughesville)
Osceola
Rich Hill
Smithton
District Six
Fayette
Harrisburg
New Franklin
Pilot Grove
Salisbury
Santa Fe
Slater
Sturgeon
Westran
District Seven
Canton
Knox County
Marceline
Milan
Paris
Putnam County
Schuyler County
Scotland County
District Eight
Albany
Hamilton Penney
King City
Maysville
Polo
Princeton
Rock Port
St Joseph Bishop LeBlond
St Joseph Christian
Class One
District Three
Chamois
Community R-VI
Prairie Home
St Elizabeth
Tuscumbia
Viburnum
Weaubleau
Wellsville-Middletown
District Four
Atlanta
Bevier
Brashear
Bucklin/Macon County
Higbee
La Plata
North Shelby
Northeast (Cairo)
District Five
Gilman City
Green City
Hale
Linn County
Meadville
Newtown-Harris
Northwestern (Mendon)
Novinger
Tri-County
District Six
Braymer
Breckenridge
Norborne
North Daviess
Pattonsburg
Southwest Livingston
Stewartsville
Union Star
Winston