{"id":40967,"date":"2025-11-08T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T10:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/40967\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T10:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T10:31:19","slug":"incarnate-word-academy-moves-from-6-man-to-11-man-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/40967\/","title":{"rendered":"Incarnate Word Academy moves from 6-man to 11-man football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx \u2014 Incarnate Word Academy will transition from 6-man to 11-man football for the 2026-2028 TAPPS alignment cycle, competing as an independent team.<\/p>\n<p>The Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, the Board of Directors of Incarnate Word Academy, and the IWA Athletic Department announced the strategic move, marking a significant milestone for the school&#8217;s athletics program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our student-athletes, coaches, and community have demonstrated incredible dedication and belief in what IWA football can become,&#8221; Head Football Coach Ray Purifoy said. &#8220;This move is a milestone for our school and a testament to the strength and unity of our entire IWA family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762597879_521_\" alt=\"IIWA flag football \"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KRIS 6 News <\/p>\n<p>Athletic Director Kevin Steen emphasized the significance of the transition for the program&#8217;s future development.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to compete independently within TAPPS will allow the football program to establish a solid foundation during the transition period, ensuring readiness for full district integration in future alignment cycles.<\/p>\n<p>The school plans to focus on facility enhancements, continued student recruitment, and community partnerships as key components of the program&#8217;s ongoing development. The transition reflects IWA&#8217;s continued commitment to growth, excellence, and opportunity for its student-athletes while honoring the school&#8217;s mission of faith, integrity, and excellence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx \u2014 Incarnate Word Academy will transition from 6-man to 11-man football for the 2026-2028 TAPPS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-40967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}