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That's sorta the ideal I have. Someone I spoke with leads me to be believe Lake Region wouldn't be interested.  Tenoroc on the other hand might. IDK?  I look at how the SEC does there scheduling; play your division,  3 from the other and 3 whoever out of conference.  Then a conference championship game.  I don't see why we couldn't have a 12 game regular season.  I'd like to convince a group of schools in another part of the state to do the same. Then our champ plays their champ. 

North and South.      (North Bracket) Fort Meade Frostproof  Discovery  Mulberry  Lake Region  Hardee  Desoto    (South Bracket) Moore Haven  Lake Placid  Avon Park  Clewiston Lemon Bay  Labelle  Okeechobee      You play the other 6 teams in your bracket, and 4 teams from the other bracket. The following year you play the other 3 plus one of the others you played in the first year and that would rotate every cycle.   

I got 14 teams and their enrollment. The numbers could be a little off but not by much    Moore Haven 311 Fort Meade 419 Frostproof 617 Lake Placid 807 Discovery 811 Avon Park 925 Clewiston 981 Desoto 1263 Hardee 1339 Lemon Bay 1350 Mulberry 1402 Labelle 1421 Lake Region 1553 Okeechobee 1745

I like the idea. If you get 12-20 or so teams and play a championship, I think the winner would feel validated.    Heck the rural class has 34 teams and they crown a champion. If the Heartland can get somewhere close to that it would seem like a legit championship 

What I like about this new reformed Heartland Conference is its a group of peers with similar demographics, communities, traditions, and they typically play each other anyway.  Also the fact that they are taking matters into their own hands knowing FHSAA isn't going to make any real changes anytime soon. In my opinion,  Mulberry,  Fort Meade,  Clewiston,  Okeechobee and Moore Haven would fit right in. That's assuming they'd be interested and the current membership would let them in. Now we just need some others in other parts of the state to do the same.