Wichita Falls ISD reports higher girls participation, strong ticket sales and facility upgrades in athletics update

Wichita Falls Independent School District athletics staff told the Board of Trustees on April (work session) that participation rose sharply among middle-school girls this year and that ticket sales and online viewership increased despite fewer varsity events after the district moved from three high schools to two.

The update from district athletics (presenter identified on the record as the athletics presenter) said middle-school participation included about 858 boys across seventh and eighth grades and about 735 girls, with the seventh-grade girls cohort accounting for most of the gain. At the high-school level, boys participation remained roughly steady at about 929 participants after consolidation; girls participation rose from about 480 last year to about 563 this year, the presenter said.

The presenter placed the district’s competitive results in context: Legacy and Memorial programs produced multiple playoff qualifiers and district championships in basketball and soccer, and the…