A lot of tough conversations went into the decision, but Algoma Superintendent Nick Cochart is looking forward to the transition its football team will make from 11-man to eight-man competition. The school district made the decision to switch after four consecutive losing seasons and struggling to field a full team. Cochart says at the end of the day, football is football. He believes the program will be better for it.

Wade Vandervest will continue to coach the football program while it trades Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, and Kewaunee for Gibraltar and Sevastopol as local opponents in the growing eight-man league. The Wolves will likely not be eligible for the playoffs because of its higher enrollment because schools must have a three-year average of 200 students or less to participate in the postseason for eight-man football.