My proposal to create 2021-2025 NCHSAA conferences with 4 classifications
Last updated: Saturday, February 6, 2021
This is my proposal on how to create conferences in the 4-class NCHSAA system, using the newly-assigned classifications for each school.
I have tried to make conferences with at least 6 football teams and as few split conferences as possible. Splits were only made in
areas where a set of teams does not have anyone to play in their own classification in a large geographic area. The NCHSAA announced
the first draft of the actual conference assignments on Dec. 10, 2020. The second draft was released on Jan. 14, 2021, followed by a third
draft on Feb. 4, 2021. We have one last appeal process, and final conferences will be approved in early March 2021.
^ Note: Union Academy would play football with 1A West Conference 6. 1A West Conferences 8 and 9 would play certain sports together.
* = non-football school
| 4A East | | 3A East | | 2A East | | 1A East
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| CONFERENCE 1 | | CONFERENCE 1 | | CONFERENCE 1 | | CONFERENCE 1
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| 4A DIVISION | | 3A DIVISION | | 2A DIVISION | | Cape Hatteras*
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| Conley, D.H. | | Currituck County | | Camden County | | Columbia*
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| New Bern | | First Flight | | Edenton Holmes | | Mattamuskeet*
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| 3A DIVISION | | 2A DIVISION | | Hertford County | | Ocracoke*
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| Croatan | | Camden County | | Manteo | |
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| Havelock | | Edenton Holmes | | Northeastern | |
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| Rose, J.H. | | Hertford County | | Pasquotank County | |
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| South Central | | Manteo | | 3A DIVISION | |
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| | | Northeastern | | Currituck County | |
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| | | Pasquotank County | | First Flight | |
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| CONFERENCE 2 | | CONFERENCE 2 | | CONFERENCE 2 | | CONFERENCE 2
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| 4A DIVISION | | 3A DIVISION | | 2A DIVISION | | 1A DIVISION
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| Ashley | | Croatan | | East Carteret | | Jones Senior
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| Hoggard | | Havelock | | Southwest Onslow | | Lejeune
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| Laney | | Rose, J.H. | | Trask, Heide | | Pamlico
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| New Hanover | | South Central | | 1A DIVISION | | 2A DIVISION
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| Topsail | | 4A DIVISION | | Jones Senior | | East Carteret
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| 3A DIVISION | | Conley, D.H. | | Lejeune | | Southwest Onslow
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| North Brunswick | | New Bern | | Pamlico | | Trask, Heide
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| South Brunswick | | | | | |
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| West Brunswick | | | | | |
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| CONFERENCE 3 | | CONFERENCE 3 | | CONFERENCE 3 | | CONFERENCE 3
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| Corinth Holders | | Dixon | | Ayden-Grifton | | Bertie
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| Enloe | | Jacksonville | | Farmville Central | | Gates County
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| Heritage | | Northside(Jacksonville) | | Greene Central | | Perquimans
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| Knightdale | | Richlands | | Nash Central | | Riverside(Williamston)
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| Rolesville | | Swansboro | | North Pitt | | South Creek
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| Wake Forest | | West Carteret | | Southwest Edgecombe | | Washington County
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| Wakefield | | White Oak | | Washington | |
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| CONFERENCE 4 | | CONFERENCE 4 | | CONFERENCE 4 | | CONFERENCE 4
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| Athens Drive | | 3A DIVISION | | Clinton | | Bear Grass Charter
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| Broughton | | North Brunswick | | East Duplin | | North Edgecombe
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| Cardinal Gibbons | | South Brunswick | | Kenan, James | | NorthEast Carolina Prep*
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| Leesville Road | | West Brunswick | | Kinston | | Northside(Pinetown)
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| Millbrook | | 4A DIVISION | | Midway | | Rocky Mount Prep
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| Sanderson | | Ashley | | North Lenoir | | Southside
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| Southeast Raleigh | | Hoggard | | South Lenoir | | Tarboro
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| | | Laney | | Wallace-Rose Hill | |
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| CONFERENCE 5 | | CONFERENCE 5 | | CONFERENCE 5 | | CONFERENCE 5
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| Apex | | Fike | | Beddingfield | | KIPP Pride Academy
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| Apex Friendship | | Franklinton | | Eastern Wayne | | Northampton County
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| Cary | | Hunt | | Goldsboro | | Northwest Halifax
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| Green Hope | | Northern Nash | | North Johnston | | Southeast Halifax
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| Green Level | | Rocky Mount | | Princeton | | Warren County
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| Holly Springs | | Southern Nash | | Spring Creek | | Weldon
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| Panther Creek | | Vance County | | | |
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| CONFERENCE 6 | | CONFERENCE 6 | | CONFERENCE 6 | | CONFERENCE 6
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| Clayton | | Aycock, C.B. | | Bunn | | Hobbton
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| Cleveland | | East Wake | | Granville Central | | Lakewood
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| Fuquay-Varina | | Smithfield-Selma | | Louisburg | | North Duplin
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| Garner | | South Johnston | | Roanoke Rapids | | Pender
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| Middle Creek | | Southern Wayne | | South Granville | | Rosewood
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| South Garner | | West Johnston | | Webb, J.F. | | Union
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| Willow Spring | | | | | |
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| CONFERENCE 7 | | CONFERENCE 7 | | CONFERENCE 7 | | CONFERENCE 7
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| Chapel Hill | | Byrd, Douglas | | 2A DIVISION | | 1A DIVISION
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| East Chapel Hill | | Cape Fear | | East Bladen | | East Columbus
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| Hillside | | Sanford, Terry | | Fairmont | | West Columbus
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| Jordan | | Seventy-First | | Red Springs | | 2A DIVISION
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| Northern Durham | | Smith, E.E. | | South Columbus | | East Bladen
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| Riverside(Durham) | | Westover | | St. Pauls | | Fairmont
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| Southern Alamance | | | | West Bladen | | Red Springs
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| | | | | Whiteville | | South Columbus
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| | | | | 1A DIVISION | | St. Pauls
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| | | | | East Columbus | | West Bladen
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| | | | | West Columbus | | Whiteville
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| CONFERENCE 8 | | CONFERENCE 8 | | CONFERENCE 8 | | CONFERENCE 8
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| Britt, Jack | | Harnett Central | | 2A DIVISION | | East Wake Academy*
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| Gray's Creek | | Lee County | | Franklin Academy* | | Falls Lake Academy*
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| Hoke County | | Northwood | | NCSSM* | | Neuse Charter*
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| Overhills | | Southern Lee | | Raleigh Charter* | | Southern Wake Acad.*
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| Pine Forest | | Triton | | Research Triangle* | | Triangle Math & Sci.*
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| South View | | Western Harnett | | 1A DIVISION | | Wilson Prep*
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| | | | | Henderson Collegiate* | |
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| | | | | Oxford Prep* | |
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| | | | | Vance Charter* | |
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| | | | | Voyager Academy* | |
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| CONFERENCE 9 | | CONFERENCE 9 | | CONFERENCE 9 | | CONFERENCE 9
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| 4A DIVISION | | 3A DIVISION | | 2A DIVISION | | 1A DIVISION
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| Lumberton | | Scotland | | Cummings | | Henderson Collegiate*
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| Pinecrest | | Union Pines | | Graham | | Oxford Prep*
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| Richmond | | 4A DIVISION | | Jordan-Matthews | | Vance Charter*
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| Swett, Purnell | | Lumberton | | Seaforth | | Voyager Academy*
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| 3A DIVISION | | Pinecrest | | Yancey, Bartlett | | 2A DIVISION
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| Scotland | | Richmond | | 1A DIVISION | | Franklin Academy*
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| Union Pines | | Swett, Purnell | | Chatham Central | | NCSSM*
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| | | | | North Moore | | Raleigh Charter*
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| | | | | | | Research Triangle*
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| | | CONFERENCE 10 | | | | CONFERENCE 10
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| | | Carrboro | | | | 1A DIVISION
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| | | Cedar Ridge | | | | Chatham Central
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| | | Durham Sch. Of Arts* | | | | North Moore
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| | | Eastern Alamance | | | | 2A DIVISION
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| | | Orange | | | | Cummings
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| | | Person | | | | Graham
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| | | Southern Durham | | | | Jordan-Matthews
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| | | Western Alamance | | | | Seaforth
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| | | Williams | | | | Yancey, Bartlett
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| | | | | | | CONFERENCE 11
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| | | | | | | Chatham Charter*
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| | | | | | | Clover Garden*
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| | | | | | | Eno River Academy*
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| | | | | | | River Mill Academy*
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| | | | | | | Roxboro Community*
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| | | | | | | Woods Charter*
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| 4A West | | 3A West | | 2A West | | 1A West
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| CONFERENCE 1 | | CONFERENCE 1 | | CONFERENCE 1 | | CONFERENCE 1
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| Grimsley | | Asheboro | | Andrews, T.W. | | Albemarle
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| Northern Guilford | | Dudley | | Providence Grove | | Eastern Randolph
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| Northwest Guilford | | Eastern Guilford | | Randleman | | Gray Stone Day*
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| Page | | Northeast Guilford | | SW Randolph | | North Rowan
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| Ragsdale | | Rockingham County | | Trinity | | South Davidson
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| Southeast Guilford | | Smith, Ben L. | | Wheatmore | | South Stanly
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| Southwest Guilford | | Southern Guilford | | | | Thomasville
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| Western Guilford | | | | | | Uwharrie Charter*
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| CONFERENCE 2 | | CONFERENCE 2 | | CONFERENCE 2 | | CONFERENCE 2
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| Davie County | | Atkins | | 2A DIVISION | | 1A DIVISION
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| East Forsyth | | Central Davidson | | East Davidson | | Bishop McGuinness
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| Glenn | | High Point Central | | Lexington | | Carver
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| Mount Tabor | | Ledford | | Salisbury | | Winston-Salem Prep
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| Parkland | | North Davidson | | West Davidson | | 2A DIVISION
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| Reagan | | Oak Grove | | 1A DIVISION | | East Davidson
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| Reynolds, R.J. | | | | Bishop McGuinness | | Lexington
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| West Forsyth | | | | Carver | | Salisbury
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| | | | | Winston-Salem Prep | | West Davidson
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| CONFERENCE 3 | | CONFERENCE 3 | | CONFERENCE 3 | | CONFERENCE 3
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| Brown, A.L. | | Central Academy | | Anson | | Apprentice Academy*
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| Cox Mill | | Central Cabarrus | | Forest Hills | | Bradford Prep*
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| Hickory Ridge | | Concord | | Monroe | | Cabarrus Charter*
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| Lake Norman | | Montgomery Central | | Mount Pleasant | | Carolina International*
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| Mooresville | | Northwest Cabarrus | | North Stanly | | Corvian Community*
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| South Iredell | | Parkwood | | Robinson, Jay | | Queen's Grant*
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| West Cabarrus | | | | West Stanly | | Sugar Creek Charter*
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| CONFERENCE 4 | | CONFERENCE 4 | | CONFERENCE 4 | | CONFERENCE 4
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| Cuthbertson | | Carson | | 2A DIVISION | | 1A DIVISION
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| Marvin Ridge | | East Rowan | | McMichael | | Bethany Comm. Acad.*
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| Piedmont | | North Iredell | | Morehead | | Cornerstone Charter*
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| Porter Ridge | | South Rowan | | North Forsyth | | N.C. Leadership Acad.*
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| Sun Valley | | Statesville | | Reidsville | | 2A DIVISION
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| Weddington | | West Iredell | | Walkertown | | McMichael
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| | | West Rowan | | West Stokes | | Morehead
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| | | | | 1A DIVISION | | North Forsyth
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| | | | | Bethany Comm. Acad.* | | Reidsville
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| | | | | Cornerstone Charter* | | Walkertown
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| | | | | N.C. Leadership Acad.* | | West Stokes
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| CONFERENCE 5 | | CONFERENCE 5 | | CONFERENCE 5 | | CONFERENCE 5
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| Chambers, Julius(Vance) | | 3A DIVISION | | 2A DIVISION | | Alleghany
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| Garinger | | West Charlotte | | Comm. Sch. Of Davidson | | East Wilkes
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| Hopewell | | West Mecklenburg | | East Gaston | | Elkin
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| Hough | | 2A DIVISION | | Lincoln Charter* | | Millennium Charter*
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| Mallard Creek | | Comm. Sch. Of Davidson | | Lincolnton | | Mount Airy
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| North Mecklenburg | | East Gaston | | Pine Lake Prep | | North Stokes
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| | | Lincoln Charter* | | West Lincoln | | South Stokes
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| | | Lincolnton | | 3A DIVISION | | Starmount
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| | | Pine Lake Prep | | West Charlotte | |
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| | | West Lincoln | | West Mecklenburg | |
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| CONFERENCE 6 | | CONFERENCE 6 | | CONFERENCE 6 | | CONFERENCE 6
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| Butler | | Ashbrook | | East Surry | | Bessemer City
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| East Mecklenburg | | Cramer, Stuart | | Forbush | | Cherryville
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| Independence | | Crest | | North Surry | | Christ the King
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| Myers Park | | Forestview | | North Wilkes | | Highland Tech
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| Providence | | Huss, Hunter | | Surry Central | | Langtree Charter*
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| Rocky River | | Kings Mountain | | West Wilkes | | Mtn. Island Charter
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| | | North Gaston | | Wilkes Central | | Piedmont Comm.*
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| | | South Point | | | | Thomas Jefferson Acad.
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| CONFERENCE 7 | | CONFERENCE 7 | | CONFERENCE 7 | | CONFERENCE 7
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| Ardrey Kell | | East Lincoln | | Bandys | | 1A DIVISION
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| Berry Academy | | Foard | | Bunker Hill | | Avery County
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| Charlotte Catholic | | Hickory | | Burns | | Draughn
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| Harding | | Lake Norman Charter | | East Burke | | Mitchell
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| Olympic | | North Lincoln | | Maiden | | Mountain Heritage
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| South Mecklenburg | | St. Stephens | | Newton-Conover | | 2A DIVISION
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| | | | | Shelby | | Madison
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| | | | | | | Owen
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| | | | | | | Patton
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| | | | | | | West Caldwell
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| CONFERENCE 8 | | CONFERENCE 8 | | CONFERENCE 8 | | CONFERENCE 8*
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| 4A DIVISION | | 3A DIVISION | | Brevard | | Andrews
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| Alexander Central | | Ashe County | | Chase | | Cherokee
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| South Caldwell | | Hibriten | | East Rutherford | | Hayesville
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| Watauga | | Freedom | | Hendersonville | | Murphy
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| 3A DIVISION | | 4A DIVISION | | Polk County | | Robbinsville
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| Ashe County | | Alexander Central | | R-S Central | | Rosman
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| Hibriten | | South Caldwell | | | | Swain County
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| Freedom | | Watauga | | | |
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| CONFERENCE 9 | | CONFERENCE 9 | | CONFERENCE 9 | | CONFERENCE 9*
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| 4A DIVISION | | 3A DIVISION | | 2A DIVISION | | Blue Ridge*
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| Asheville | | Enka | | Madison | | Highlands*
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| McDowell | | Erwin | | Owen | | Hiwassee Dam*
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| Reynolds, A.C. | | North Buncombe | | Patton | | Nantahala*
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| Roberson, T.C. | | 4A DIVISION | | West Caldwell | | Tri-County E.C.*
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| 3A DIVISION | | Asheville | | 1A DIVISION | |
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| Enka | | McDowell | | Avery County | |
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| Erwin | | Reynolds, A.C. | | Draughn | |
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| North Buncombe | | Roberson, T.C. | | Mitchell | | INDEPENDENT
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| | | | | Mountain Heritage | | N.C. School for the Deaf*
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| | | CONFERENCE 10 | | | |
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| | | East Henderson | | | |
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| | | Franklin | | | |
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| | | North Henderson | | | |
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| | | Pisgah | | | |
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| | | Smoky Mountain | | | |
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| | | Tuscola | | | |
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| | | West Henderson | | | |
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