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This is what realignment conferences could look like with 8 even classes & minimal splits

This version of our conference realignment projections includes 17 split conferences in an even realignment.
Posted 2024-03-25T18:42:24+00:00 - Updated 2024-03-25T18:04:00+00:00
Eastern Alamance takes on Williams on September 29, 2023. (Photo by: Jerrell Jordan)
By 
Joel Bryant

The N.C. High School Athletic Association is set to realign into eight classifications before the 2025-2026 school year.

This is a forecast for what conferences could look like after the NCHSAA’s schools are split into eight classifications. The NCHSAA has operated with four classifications since before the turn of the century. Things will look quite different than what longtime N.C. high school sports fans have been accustomed to. This conference projection exercise is a “best guess.”

Board unanimously approves expanding NCHSAA to eight classifications for 2025-2026 school year

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