Many area fall season teams know what’s waiting for them after the season.

On Aug. 26, districts for every sport outside of cross country were announced. Schools such as Mexico, Community R-6, North Callaway, Van-Far, Missouri Military Academy, Centralia and Paris had several of their teams assigned to various divisions with teams that will meet each other in tournaments following the regular season.

Mexico football will try to win a second consecutive district title as a member of Class 3 District 5 with Eldon, Moberly, Fulton, Boonville and upcoming Week 2 opponent Southern Boone. Softball is in Class 3 District 3 with teams such as North Central Missouri Conference rival and reigning district champion Fulton, Bowling Green, Lutheran St. Charles, Orchard Farm, Palmyra, Winfield and Wright City. Volleyball is in Class 3 District 7 with Centralia, Kirksville, Bowling Green, Hallsville and Wright City.

Mexico boys soccer is in Class 2 District 4 with Fulton, Kirksville, Moberly, Helias, Southern Boone and Wright City. Girls golf is in a 14-team Class 2 District 2 with schools like Centralia and conference foes Fulton, Kirksville and Moberly. Girls tennis was assigned to Class 1 District 7 with Fulton, Moberly, North Point and Palmyra.

Community softball has won at least 18 games each of the previous two years but is looking for its first district title since 2019. The Lady Trojans will compete in Class 1 District 7 with Van-Far, reigning two-time district champion Silex, Clopton and Wellsville-Middletown. The baseball team began its fall season Tuesday at Atlanta but will not have an assigned district as it's an offseason league that will see the Trojans play in at least seven games.

North Callaway football was assigned to Class 2 District 2 with winning programs such as Blair Oaks, California and St. Francis Borgia along with Hermann, Cuba and Father Tolton, Softball is locked in Class 2 District 3 with reigning conference champion and state third-place New Bloomfield, South Callaway, Russellville, Fayette, Harrisburg and Lafayette County. Volleyball shares Class 2 District 6 with reigning Eastern Missouri Conference champion Montgomery County, Linn, Hermann, Father Tolton and Calvary Lutheran.

Van-Far football is in Class 1 District 2 with Eastern Missouri Conference foe Louisiana, Crystal City, Grandview, Brentwood, Duchesne and St. Pius X (Festus). Softball shares Class 1 District 7 with Community and three conference foes.

Missouri Military Academy football doesn’t have an easy postseason assignment in Class 2 District 7 as reigning conference champion Bowling Green and winning programs like Centralia, Hallsville, Montgomery County, Palmyra and Clark County are in the group. Boys soccer is in Class 1 District 4 with St. Francis Borgia, Calvary Lutheran, Father Tolton and Fatima. The swimming and diving program is in an 80-school Class 1 District 1 as the Colonels try to advance to the state level this year against teams such as Hannibal, Marshall and Battle.

Centralia football has Clarence Cannon Conference foes Palmyra and Clark County in its district along with Missouri Military Academy and Hallsville, who defeated the Panthers twice last season and eliminated them in a 38-36 district game. Softball was assigned to Class 3 District 4 with Hallsville, California, Boonville, conference foe Macon, Moberly, Southern Boone, Boonville and Father Tolton.

The Lady Panthers volleyball program will attempt to turn its 20-win season and second-place finish last year into a Class 3 District 7 title against reigning district champion Hallsville and teams such as Mexico and Kirksville. Girls golf shares a district with 13 other teams including Mexico and conference foes Palmyra and Macon.

Paris football was assigned to Class 1 District 6 with Lewis and Clark Conference foes Salisbury, Westran and Scotland County and others such as Monroe City, South Shelby, Mark Twain and Highland. Softball also shares a postseason bracket with Salisbury and Westran as part of Class 1 District 8, which also included Northeast (Cairo) and Madison. Girls golf is in a 15-team Class 1 District 3 that includes conference foe Marceline.