Twin Valley, Muhlenberg moving up a class in PIAA’s biennial reshuffle
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Twin Valley will play for its first – and possibly last – District 3 Class 4A championship Friday night.
Next season the Raiders will be playing in a higher classification.
Twin Valley is one of at least seven Berks County schools that will see its football classification change for the 2025-26 cycle, according to numbers posted recently on the PIAA website.
Muhlenberg is being bumped to Class 6A and Kutztown to Class 4A.
| PIAA | Class | levels |
| Min. | Max. | |
| 6A | 579 | |
| 5A | 413 | 578 |
| 4A | 282 | 412 |
| 3A | 200 | 281 |
| 2A | 142 | 199 |
| 1A | 1 | 141 |
As many as five other Berks schools will drop one classification: Governor Mifflin to 5A, and Conrad Weiser, Daniel Boone and Fleetwood to 4A.
Wyomissing, which was bumped up to 4A for the current cycle due to the PIAA’s Competition Formula, appears likely to return to 3A. That won’t become official until early next year, when the PIAA reviews the number of transfers who played on the football team.
The PIAA’s posted numbers are not yet official. Schools may opt to move up a classification, and some will be moved up by the PIAA Competition Formula, depending on results of the ongoing playoffs.
Although Twin Valley’s male enrollment (416) for grades 9-11 dipped slightly since the last cycle it falls just above the PIAA’s minimum (413) for Class 5A schools. It will be the third-smallest 5A football school in the state.
Manheim Central has the smallest 5A enrollment, at 413; Shaler, at 412 is the largest in 4A.
In addition to moving up one classification for the postseason Twin Valley will move to Section 3 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League for the 2026-27 cycle. The Raiders won the Section 4 title this year; they shared the Section 3 title in 2023.
Governor Mifflin, after spending the current two-year cycle in 6A, returns to 5A next season. The Mustangs made the district playoffs in 2024 but fell short this season.
Muhlenberg, which enjoyed a turnaround season and returned to the district tournament for the first time in 12 years, could have a tougher time making the field next year in 6A. The Muhls qualified as the No. 9 seed in 5A this year and lost their playoff opener at Spring Grove.
Muhlenberg will have the third-smallest male enrollment (587) among 6A football schools in the state. The cutoff for 6A is 579; any school at or above that number is classified 6A.
Daniel Boone, which saw its enrollment dip by 10 percent, returns to 4A after spending the last several cycles at 5A. The Blazers cracked the 5A playoff field just once, in 2021.
Conrad Weiser returns to 4A after spending one cycle in 5A. That drop is due to the school’s decision to end its joint co-operative with Tulpehocken. Under PIAA rules, 50 percent of Tulpehocken’s enrollment was added to Conrad Weiser’s, forcing it up one classification. The Scouts qualified for districts in 5A last year when they recorded an unbeaten regular season but missed this year.
Kutztown moves up one class to 4A. It has been in a joint co-operative with Oley Valley for several years and prospers by the arrangement; nearly half of the Cougars’ players are Oley Valley students. If not for the co-operative Kutztown would fall into the 2A classification.
Kutztown’s enrollment (297) landed it in Section 4 of the L-L. However, Wyomissing, opting for stronger competition, has traded spots with Kutztown for each of the past two cycles and will do so again for 2026-27. The Cougars will remain in Section 5, the Spartans in Section 4.
Reading continues to have the highest male enrollment, grades 9-11, of any school in the state, at 2,351. North Penn is second at 1,755, followed by Hazleton Area, Upper Darby and McCaskey.
Kennedy Catholic has the smallest, with 32 boys.
Lancaster Catholic is the smallest in the Lancaster-Lebanon League, with 152. Columbia is next-smallest at 199, followed by Berks Catholic (215).
Lebanon is the largest school in Section 2; Warwick is the largest in Section 3; and Daniel Boone is the largest in Section 4.
