It’s quite hard to believe, but it’s time to turn our focus to the prep winter sports seasons. I’ve been taking the last few days to add the schedules to our system, starting with Michigan Tech and working on down through all the local high schools, the Ojibwa Eagles and our two senior hockey teams, the Portage Lake Pioneers and the Calumet Wolverines. It was in this process that I recognized one of the biggest changes local fans will recognize in this winter sports season. Basketball districts are redrawn on an annual basis, and with the addition of Hancock to the ranks of Class D teams, there was bound to be an impact. But not the one you might think. For at least a decade, there have been six basketball districts in the U.P., but not anymore. Starting in 2009-10, there are five, even with the Bulldogs. When the determination was made of what schools were in what classes, the regions and districts are drawn from there.