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NIAA relaligns high school athletics by creating Class 5A in 2018.

Officials in a rural school district in upstate New York say they’ve canceled the varsity football team’s season finale over hazing. (Thinkstock)

Nevada high schools are realigning once again, and this time with a new classification.

The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s board of control voted Thursday to create a new 5A classification, which will go into effect when realignment occurs for the 2018-2019 school year.

Football will be classified separately, so schools that move to Class 5A for all other sports may not necessarily move for football.

Specifics on which schools will change classifications are expected to be made at the next board of control meeting on June 19.