Conference Re-alignment

The Charlotte Observer has an article on proposed re-alignment (which would begin next school year I believe). It makes for interesting reading since it uses school size (solely) for determining the conference divisions.

(4A)

Independence, Myers Park, Providence, Vance, North Meck, East Meck, South Meck, Butler

(4A/3A)

Hopewell, West Meck, West Charlotte, Garinger, Harding, Olympic, Waddell, Berry

I can't provide a link to their article since it requires you to enter a user-id and password.... You can go to charlotte.com and follow the prompts.

Though the proposed alignment does shorten some travel distances, it omits other growing schools in the area which could be considered for inclusion in a 4A conference, such as Ashbrook and East Gaston. No mention was made about what would happen to Central Cabarrus which is currently in the Meca8 but is surrounded by 3A and 2A schools.

 

My initial reactions is...I like it. It certainly promotes fairness and based on the schools you have mentioned...distance is not a big problem.

 

The only problem I am seeing with this, (speeking from a baseball stand point) is that in one conference you will have 6-7 possible play-off teams, and in the other there is maybe two. This means that you will end up with some very good teams being left out, while on the other hand you will have some very bad teams going. It's good for my school but I'm not sure about some of the others.

 

Guess we dont see eye-to-eye on much waddell, but i must disagree. I think this would be fantastic.

1) Nobody likes playing teams of lower caliber and beating up on them, that is not baseball.

2) I htink it would be great for teams who have had little success in the past few years, to having a chance to be in the playoffs.

3) Here's where i disagree the most, yea some good teams will be left out, but how does that change the SW4A the past two years. I think a conference like this will only prepare teams more for the state playoffs. Yea a team will be left out, but they have to beat those guys to advance in the playoffs why not knock them off early.

 

Without being all that familier with the Charlotte schools, are there other sports that some of the weaker baseball schools are strong in? We sometimes here just consider baseball. The conferences might be better than at 1st glance.

In the mountains there could be a much better 2A conference formed. Based on the new numbers. WHC would be dropping Avery and Mitchell and picking up East Henderson and Smoky Mountain, still a nine team conference.

The MAC 3A would drop to a 7 team conference. Wow, what a battle for 3 playoff spots. TC Roberson, Tuscola, Franklin, Asheville, Erwin, Enka, and North Buncombe.

 

The realignment won't happen until the 05-06 school year (unless something really strange happens first). The ADM numbers may be a bit different by then.

It would be a lot more fun to redraw the conferences ourselves instead of having the NCHSAA do it.

 

Correct about it starting the 05-06 school year. But this years numbers will be used. New conferences will be assigned for the 05-06 school year this spring (spring 04).

 

4A Realignment Numbers

The new 4A brackets in the state will be built around these schools. There will be some mixed 4A/3A conferences also (Particularly down east). If you want to take the challenge of re-drawing some conferences, here's some fun for you.

The Big South 3A will be completely changed with both Ashbrook and East Gaston moving to 4A. That's probably the most intriguing change.

• 1 Independence 2664
• 2 Myers Park High 2612
• 3 Lee County High 2500
• 4 Zebulon B Vance High 2446
• 5 Providence High 2432
• 6 North Mecklenburg Hi 2369
• 7 William G Enloe High 2348
• 8 Freedom High 2265
• 9 East Mecklenburg Hi 2224
• 10 South Mecklenburg Hi 2207
• 11 Cary High 2196
• 12 Needham Broughton Hi 2171
• 13 Richmond Senior High 2132
• 14 Lumberton Senior Hi 2111
• 15 Leesville Road High 2091
• 16 Southeast Raleigh Hi 2090
• 17 Apex High 2056
• 18 Hopewell High 2049
• 19 Millbrook High 2040
• 20 David W Butler High 2040
• 21 Green Hope High 2006
• 22 Northwest Guilford High 1977
• 23 East Wake High 1959
• 24 Seventy-First Hi 1950
• 25 Grimsley High 1904
• 26 East Burke High 1899
• 27 Garner High 1873
• 28 South View High 1860
• 29 McDowell High 1849
• 30 Pinecrest High 1841
• 31 C E Jordan High 1828
• 32 Wakefield High 1820
• 33 Scotland High 1819
• 34 Pine Forest High 1819
• 35 Emsley A Laney High 1818
• 36 New Bern High 1817
• 37 E E Smith High 1800
• 38 Chapel Hill High 1778
• 39 Jack Britt High Sch 1772
• 40 Sanderson High 1767
• 41 Athens Drive High 1765
• 42 Riverside High 1737
• 43 Reynolds High 1733
• 44 Person High 1710
• 45 J H Rose High 1689
• 46 John T Hoggard High 1686
• 47 South Rowan High 1678
• 48 Mount Tabor High 1655
• 49 Phillip Berry Acad 1648
• 50 Page High 1635
• 51 Ben L Smith High 1619
• 52 Middle Creek High 1613
• 53 West Forsyth High 1611
• 54 Knightdale High School 1600
• 55 New Hanover High 1591
• 56 Northern Durham High 1588
• 57 East Chapel Hill Hi 1585
• 58 Davie County High 1577
• 59 East Forsyth High 1570
• 60 Alexander Central Hi 1555
• 61 Crest Senior High 1550
• 62 South Caldwell High 1546
• 63 Jay M Robinson High 1542
• 64 Terry Sanford High 1537
• 65 Cape Fear High 1528
• 66 Wake F-Rolesville Hi 1520
• 67 Watauga High 1519
• 68 Fuquay-Varina High 1513
• 69 Hoke County High 1508
• 70 Purnell Swett High 1504
• 71 Eugene Ashley High 1504
• 72 West Mecklenburg Hi 1496
• 73 Garinger High 1472
• 74 Weddington High 1467
• 75 Southern Durham High 1457
• 76 Clayton High 1452
• 77 Hillside High 1443
• 78 Ashbrook High 1443
• 79 Central Cabarrus Hi 1441
• 80 A C Reynolds High 1441
• 81 West Charlotte High 1440
• 82 Douglas Byrd High 1438
• 83 East Gaston High 1434
• 84 Westover High 1429
• 85 Harding Univ High 1412
• 86 Smithfield-Selma Hi 1401
• 87 North Davidson Sr Hi 1401
• 88 North Forsyth High 1400
• 89 High Pt Central High 1400
• 90 East Rowan High 1385

 

3A School sizes

The 3A confererences will change quite a bit. Here are the numbers:

• 91 Western Guilford High 1377
• 92 Triton High 1373
• 93 Olympic High 1373
• 94 Parkland High 1369
• 95 Eastern Randolph Hi 1362
• 96 Dudley High 1362
• 97 T C Roberson High 1351
• 98 Reagan High School W/Salem 1328
• 99 Walter M Williams Hi 1324
• 100 Southwest Guilford High 1315
• 101 West Rowan High 1306
• 102 Jacksonville High 1302
• 103 West Johnston High 1301
• 104 Lake Norman High 1297
• 105 Hickory High 1297
• 106 Porter Ridge High School 1292
• 107 Southern Alamance High 1290
• 108 Eastern Wayne High 1289
• 109 Trinity High 1288
• 110 Rocky Mount High 1285
• 111 Tuscola High 1282
• 112 D H Conley High 1281
• 113 Carver High 1277
• 114 Kings Mountain High 1273
• 115 Southeast Guilford High 1273
• 116 J F Webb High 1257
• 117 Harnett Central High 1256
• 118 Northern Nash High 1255
• 119 Southern Nash High 1254
• 120 Mooresville Sr High 1253
• 121 Southwestern Randolph 1245
• 122 Enka High 1245
• 123 James Hunt High 1242
• 124 A L Brown High 1241
• 125 Lucy Ragsdale High 1240
• 126 Asheboro High 1231
• 127 Burns High 1229
• 128 Asheville High 1228
• 129 Parkwood High 1225
• 130 Fred T Foard High 1224
• 131 Havelock High 1218
• 132 West Carteret High 1215
• 133 St Stephens High 1211
• 134 White Oak High 1208
• 135 Forestview High 1208
• 136 T Wingate Andrews Hi 1201
• 137 Anson High 1195
• 138 Statesville High 1187
• 139 North Buncombe High 1185
• 140 Charles B Aycock Hi 1182
• 141 Nash Central High 1176
• 142 Concord High 1174
• 143 Nw Cabarrus High 1170
• 144 Sun Valley High 1162
• 145 Fike High 1156
• 146 West Brunswick High 1154
• 147 Rockingham Co High 1149
• 148 John M Morehead High 1149
• 149 Southern Wayne High 1141
• 150 South Central High 1139
• 151 Northeast Guilford High 1121
• 152 Hertford County High 1120
• 153 R S Central 1119
• 154 Clyde A Erwin High 1119
• 155 R B Glenn High 1118
• 156 Washington High 1118
• 157 South Granville High 1112
• 158 South Point High 1104
• 159 Kinston High 1097
• 160 Western Alamance Hi 1095
• 161 North Iredell High 1092
• 162 Union Pines High 1088
• 163 Eastern Alamance Hi 1085
• 164 Currituck County Hi 1085
• 165 Northern Vance High 1084
• 166 West Iredell High 1076
• 167 West Craven High 1074
• 168 North Gaston High 1073
• 169 Randleman High 1067
• 170 Franklin High 1061
• 171 E E Waddell High 1061
• 172 Piedmont High 1060
• 173 Western Harnett High 1050
• 174 Gray's Creek High 1050
• 175 Overhills High School 1050
• 176 Bartlett Yancey High 1049
• 177 Charlotte Catholic 1044
• 178 Bertie High 1042
• 179 Sw Edgecombe High 1040
• 180 North Surry High 1038

 

2A Conference Realignment

Here are the numbers for the 2A conferences showing school sizes.

• 181 West Henderson High 1032
• 182 West Caldwell High 1032
• 183 West Stanly High 1027
• 184 West Stokes High 1021
• 185 Hunter Huss High 1021
• 186 Beddingfield High 1021
• 187 West Lincoln High 1012
• 188 Hibriten High 1005
• 189 Northwood High 1004
• 190 Forbush High 999
• 191 South Brunswick High 998
• 192 Warren County High 997
• 193 South Johnston High 997
• 194 Atkins High School W/Salem 993
• 195 Wilkes Central High 988
• 196 North Lenoir High 988
• 197 Swansboro High 987
• 198 East Henderson High 985
• 199 Ashe County High 985
• 200 Cardinal Gibbons 983
• 201 Eastern Guilford Hi 983
• 202 Bandys High 980
• 203 Dalton Mcmichael Hi 979
• 204 Reidsville High 962
• 205 Pisgah High 959
• 206 Orange Senior High 959
• 207 Pasquotank Co High 954
• 208 Northwest Halifax High 950
• 209 Smoky Mountain High 943
• 210 Central Davidson Hi 937
• 211 Southern Vance High 935
• 212 Cedar Ridge High 934
• 213 Monroe High 929
• 214 East Lincoln High 925
• 215 Saint Pauls High 923
• 216 Forest Hills High 923
• 217 North Henderson High 920
• 218 Salisbury High 917
• 219 East Davidson High 913
• 220 East Rutherford High 902
• 221 Ledford Senior High 897
• 222 Bunker Hill High 895
• 223 Northeastern High 888
• 224 Lincolnton High 886
• 225 North Pitt High 882
• 226 Hugh M Cummings High 882
• 227 Southern Guilford High 880
• 228 Mt Pleasant High 879
• 229 Charles D Owen High 874
• 230 West Bladen High 870
• 231 Roanoke Rapids High 867
• 232 Shelby High 866
• 233 Greene Central High 860
• 234 Whiteville High 840
• 235 North Rowan High 839
• 236 Chase High 834
• 237 Graham High 833
• 238 North Lincoln High 831
• 239 Newton-Conover High 822
• 240 South Iredell High 812
• 241 East Duplin High 802
• 242 Bunn High 802
• 243 Tarboro High 791
• 244 Clinton High 788
• 245 Surry Central High 784
• 246 Southwest Onslow High 780
• 247 North Stanly High 779
• 248 Brevard High 779
• 249 Lexington Sr High 778
• 250 Durham Sch Of Arts * 778
• 251 Croatan High 777
• 252 John A Holmes High 771
• 253 Northside High Onslow 769
• 254 West Davidson High 763
• 255 South Columbus High 760
• 256 South Lenoir High 751
• 257 Madison High 750
• 258 First Flight High School 750
• 259 North Brunswick High 747
• 260 Mountain Heritage Hi 746
• 261 Richlands High 735
• 262 North Wilkes High 730
• 263 Goldsboro High 727
• 264 Starmount High 722
• 265 Fairmont High 721
• 266 Mitchell High 719
• 267 Farmville Central Hi 716
• 268 Franklinton High 714
• 269 Red Springs High 706
• 270 Bessemer City High 685