NCHSAA committee releases final draft of high school conference realignment proposal
The N.C. High School Athletic Association’s realignment committee has released its third and final draft for proposed new conferences that NCHSAA schools will play in, beginning next fall.
An NCHSAA spokesperson told The Observer Friday afternoon that the NCHSAA Board of Directors would meet, via Zoom, on Sunday to discuss the proposal and how it plans to move forward.
Schools can continue to make requests to move, but those requests must now be directed to the board, which is expected to vote on any amended final draft sometime in the next few months.
The committee’s final draft would mean big changes for Observer-area schools, including in Mecklenburg County, where teams would be divided into five conferences instead of three.
Under the proposal, Charlotte Catholic would re-joining a league of Union County teams that it had long been a part of before joining the Southwestern 4A in Mecklenburg County.
Berry, Harding and Olympic would join a conference with Cabarrus County teams, and the remaining CMS schools would be divided into three conferences.
Proposed Observer-area conferences
(*denotes non Observer-area school)
7A/8A Conference C
Butler (7A)
Independence (7A)
North Mecklenburg (7A)
Chambers (8A)
Mallard Creek (8A)
West Charlotte (8A)
7A/8A Conference D
Hopewell (7A)
West Mecklenburg (7A)
Garinger (8A)
Hough (8A)
Myers Park (8A)
South Mecklenburg (8A)
7A/8A Conference E
Ballantyne Ridge (7A)
Rocky River (7A)
Ardrey Kell (8A)
East Mecklenburg (8A)
Palisades (8A)
Providence (8A)
6A/7A Conference G
Charlotte Catholic (6A)
Piedmont (6A)
Sun Valley (6A)
Cuthbertson (7A)
Marvin Ridge (7A)
Porter Ridge (7A)
Weddington (7A)
6A/7A Conference H
Berry (6A)
Central Cabarrus (6A)
Harding (6A)
Olympic (6A)
AL Brown (7A)
Cox Mill (7A)
Hickory Ridge (7A)
West Cabarrus (7A)
6A/7A Conference I
North Iredell (6A)
Statesville (6A)
Davie County (7A)*
Lake Norman (7A)
Mooresville (7A)
South Iredell (7A)
5A/6A Conference E
Crest (5A)*
Forestview (5A)
Hunter Huss (5A)
North Gaston (5A)
South Point (5A)
Ashbrook (6A)
Kings Mountain (6A)*
4A/5A Conference C
Anson (4A)*
Central Academy (4A)
Mount Pleasant (4A)
West Stanly (4A)*
Forest Hills (5A)
Monroe (5A)
Parkwood (5A)
4A/5A Conference D
Salisbury (5A)*
South Rowan (4A)*
Concord (5A)
East Rowan (5A)*
JM Robinson (5A)
Carson (5A)*
Northwest Cabarrus (5A)
West Rowan (5A)*
4A/5A Conference E
Bandys (4A)*
Bunker Hill (4A)*
Fred T. Foard (4A)*
Maiden (4A)*
Newton-Conover (4A)*
West Iredell (4A)
East Lincoln (5A)
Hickory (5A)*
North Lincoln (5A)
2A/3A/4A Conference B
Bradford Prep (2A)
Christ The King (2A)
Community School of Davidson (2A)
Corvian Community (2A)
Langtree Charter (2A)
Pine Lake Prep (3A)
Lake Norman Charter (4A)
Lincoln Charter (4A)
2A/3A/4A Conference C
Cherryville (2A)
Highland Tech (2A)
Bessemer City (3A)
Lincolnton (3A)
Shelby (3A)*
West Lincoln (3A)
Burns (4A)*
East Gaston (4A)
Stuart Cramer (4A)
1A/2A/3A Conference A
Bonnie Cone (1A, football only)
Thomas Jefferson (1A, football only)*
Albemarle (2A)*
Gray Stone Day (2A)*
Mountain Island Charter (2A, football only)
North Rowan (2A)*
South Stanly (2A)*
Union Academy (3A)
1A/2A/3A Conference B
Bonnie Cone (1A)
Carolina International (1A)
Jackson Day (1A)
NCSSM*
Mountain Island Charter (2A)
Queens Grant (2A)
Sugar Creek Charter (2A)
Piedmont Community (3A)
Thomas Jefferson (1A)
View the complete final draft
This story was originally published February 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM.
