6 Classifications

[GrizzlyDevil]

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3A	South Caldwell	Caldwell	1630
3A	Watauga	Watauga	1462
3A	Alexander Central	Alexander	1432
2A	Freedom	Burke	1275
2A	Hibriten	Caldwell	1001
2A	West Caldwell	Caldwell	876
2A	East Burke	Burke	865
2A	Patton	Burke	834

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2A	East Duplin	Duplin	913
2A	Clinton	Clinton	806
1A	Midway	Sampson	775
1A	Wallace-Rose Hill	Duplin	674
1A	James Kenan	Duplin	663
1A	Hobbton	Sampson	494
1A	Lakewood	Sampson	466
1A	North Duplin	Duplin	317

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2A	Jacksonville	Onslow	1190
2A	Northside - Jacksonville	Onslow	1108
2A	Swansboro	Onslow	1086
2A	White Oak	Onslow	1057
2A	Richlands	Onslow	908
2A	Dixon	Onslow	891
1A	Heide Trask	Pender	715
1A	Southwest Onslow	Onslow	706
1A	Pender	Pender	579
1A	Lejeune	Onslow	341

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2A	Currituck County	Currituck	1000
2A	First Flight	Dare	888
1A	Pasquotank County	Pasquotank	702
1A	Northeastern	Pasquotank	630
1A	Camden County	Camden	592

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1A	West Davidson	Davidson	772
1A	Pine Lake Prep	Iredell	657
1A	Thomasville	Davidson	638
1A	North Rowan	Rowan	531
1A	South Davidson	Davidson	395

 

[theKidd#12]

What does your conference look like for Eastern Randolph, North Moore and other teams in the Piedmont?
Curious about travel times.

 

[Maiden Creek]

With this set up, 192 teams get in and 182 teams are left out. As far as the potential playoffs based off of this format, this is what I got:

6A

WEST	EAST
1 - Chambers	1 - Wake Forest
16 - Olympic	16 - Corinth Holders
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8 - Butler	8 - Leesville Road
9 - South Mecklenburg	9 - Holly Springs
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4 - Ardrey Kell	4 - Hillside
13 - NW Guilford	13 - Garner
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5 - Myers Park	5 - Hoggard
12 - Providence	12 - Rolesville
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2 - Hough	2 - Heritage
15 - Page	15 - Jordan
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7 - Reagan	7 - Fuquay-Varina
10 - West Forsyth	10 - Panther Creek
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3 - Richmond	3 - Millbrook
14 - North Mecklenburg	14 - Clayton
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6 - Pinecrest	6 - Middle Creek
11 - Mallard Creek	11 - Laney

5A

WEST	EAST
1 - Grimsley	1 - Cleveland
16 - Mount Tabor	16 - DH Conley
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8 - Porter Ridge	8 - Lee County
9 - Mooresville	9 - JH Rose
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4 - East Forsyth	4 - Seventy-First
13 - West Charlotte	13 - Scotland
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5 - Marvin Ridge	5 - Dudley
12 - Davie	12 - Southern Durham
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2 - Weddington	2 - New Bern
15 - Cox Mill	15 - New Hanover
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7 - Hickory Ridge	7 - Pine Forest
10 - Lake Norman	10 - South View
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3 - Glenn	3 - Cardinal Gibbons
14 - Cuthbertson	14 - Knightdale
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6 - Watauga	6 - Southern Alamance
11 - South Caldwell	11 - Sanderson

4A

WEST	EAST
1 - Northern Guilford	1 - Eastern Alamance
16 - Southern Guilford	16 - Vance County
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8 - AC Reynolds	8 - Rocky Mount
9 - Eastern Guilford	9 - West Carteret
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4 - Asheville	4 - Jacksonville
13 - Hickory	13 - Western Alamance
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5 - Crest	5 - Hunt
12 - West Rowan	12 - Williams
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2 - Statesville	2 - Northern Nash
15 - Freedom	15 - Terry Sanford
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7 - SE Guilford	7 - Smithfield-Selma
10 - Erwin	10 - South Johnston
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3 - Kings Mountain	3 - Southern Nash
14 - Rockingham County	14 - North Brunswick
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6 - Charlotte Catholic	6 - Fike
11 - Parkwood	11 - Westover

3A

WEST	EAST
1 - Pisgah	1 - East Duplin
16 - Wilkes Central	16 - Northwood
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8 - South Point	8 - Oak Grove
9 - Hibriten	9 - Eastern Wayne
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4 - Smoky Mountain	4 - Cummings
13 - Tuscola	13 - Nash Central
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5 - North Lincoln	5 - Roanoke Rapids
12 - Franklin	12 - East Davidson
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2 - Monroe	2 - St. Pauls
15 - Forest Hills	15 - Currituck County
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7 - Robinson	7 - Havelock
10 - East Lincoln	10 - Central Davidson
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3 - Burns	3 - Washington
14 - Forestview	14 - South Brunswick
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6 - North Davidson	6 - Ledford
11 - Concord	11 - White Oak

2A

WEST	EAST
1 - Shelby	1 - Eastern Randolph
16 - West Stanly	16 - SW Edgecombe
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8 - Forbush	8 - SW Randolph
9 - North Surry	9 - West Craven
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4 - Salisbury	4 - Reidsville
13 - McMichael	13 - North Pitt
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5 - Bunker Hill	5 - Whiteville
12 - Pine Lake Prep	12 - Hertford County
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2 - Maiden	2 - Northeastern
15 - East Gaston	15 - South Columbus
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7 - West Lincoln	7 - James Kenan
10 - Thomasville	10 - Clinton
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3 - Hendersonville	3 - Wallace-Rose Hill
14 - West Stokes	14 - Bartlett Yancey
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6 - Chase	6 - Providence Grove
11 - Surry Central	11 - Kinston

1A

WEST	EAST
1 - East Surry	1 - Princeton
16 - East Wilkes	16 - East Carteret
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8 - Mountain Heritage	8 - Rosewood
9 - Robbinsville	9 - South Stokes
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4 - Starmount	4 - Holmes
13 - North Rowan	13 - Pender
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5 - CS of Davidson	5 - North Moore
12 - Andrews	12 - Riverside-Martin
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2 - Mount Airy	2 - Tarboro
15 - Swain County	15 - Louisburg
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7 - Polk County	7 - Northampton County
10 - Thomas Jefferson	10 - Perquimans
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3 - Mitchell	3 - Northside-Pinetown
14 - Cherokee	14 - KIPP
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6 - Mountain Island	6 - Southside
11 - Murphy	11 - East Bladen

How about those 2a 2 seeds!

 

[theKidd#12]

How about those 2a 2 seeds!

Who cares?!!

Couldn’t help it maiden…

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

What does your conference look like for Eastern Randolph, North Moore and other teams in the Piedmont?
Curious about travel times.

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2A	Montgomery Central	Montgomery	1060
2A	Randleman	Randolph	856
2A	Southwestern Randolph	Randolph	851
1A	Wheatmore	Randolph	764
1A	Providence Grove	Randolph	709
1A	Eastern Randolph	Randolph	671
1A	Trinity	Randolph	648
1A	North Moore	Moore	518

 

[Appvol]

TN does 6 classifications with no split conferences. If you have to travel a long way it is what it is. My sons old high school has a conference game 188 miles away. Split conferences are awful.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

TN does 6 classifications with no split conferences. If you have to travel a long way it is what it is. My sons old high school has a conference game 188 miles away. Split conferences are awful.

Maiden use to be in the Southern Foothills 1A for 3 years when I played. We had to travel to Polk County and Hendersonville for our furthest games. Also played Cherryville and Bessemer City...not as far but still two counties away.

 

[daagoob]

Awesome work as usual @GrizzlyDevil , thanks for taking time out to do these breakdowns.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

Awesome work as usual @GrizzlyDevil , thanks for taking time out to do these breakdowns.

Thanks man. How is my proposed NE conference in comparison with their current one? Honest opinion...bc I fly kinda blind when it comes to the East...but I do know it's hard to place Manteo and First Flight and when forced to make a decision I split them around Albemarle sound.

 

[ocdavis31]

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3A	South Caldwell	Caldwell	1630
3A	Watauga	Watauga	1462
3A	Alexander Central	Alexander	1432
2A	Freedom	Burke	1275
2A	Hibriten	Caldwell	1001
2A	West Caldwell	Caldwell	876
2A	East Burke	Burke	865
2A	Patton	Burke	834

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2A	East Duplin	Duplin	913
2A	Clinton	Clinton	806
1A	Midway	Sampson	775
1A	Wallace-Rose Hill	Duplin	674
1A	James Kenan	Duplin	663
1A	Hobbton	Sampson	494
1A	Lakewood	Sampson	466
1A	North Duplin	Duplin	317

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2A	Jacksonville	Onslow	1190
2A	Northside - Jacksonville	Onslow	1108
2A	Swansboro	Onslow	1086
2A	White Oak	Onslow	1057
2A	Richlands	Onslow	908
2A	Dixon	Onslow	891
1A	Heide Trask	Pender	715
1A	Southwest Onslow	Onslow	706
1A	Pender	Pender	579
1A	Lejeune	Onslow	341

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2A	Currituck County	Currituck	1000
2A	First Flight	Dare	888
1A	Pasquotank County	Pasquotank	702
1A	Northeastern	Pasquotank	630
1A	Camden County	Camden	592

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1A	West Davidson	Davidson	772
1A	Pine Lake Prep	Iredell	657
1A	Thomasville	Davidson	638
1A	North Rowan	Rowan	531
1A	South Davidson	Davidson	395

Thanks for the work, Grizz. I really hope Thomasville never ends up in that conference. Couldn’t buy two Cushwa dogs with the gate money.

 

[daagoob]

Thanks man. How is my proposed NE conference in comparison with their current one? Honest opinion...bc I fly kinda blind when it comes to the East...but I do know it's hard to place Manteo and First Flight and when forced to make a decision I split them around Albemarle sound.

Where did you end up putting Manteo? Also our conference just wouldn’t be the same w/o Hertford County and Holmes. Those are our two biggest rivalries. Manteo and First Flight are only about 10 miles apart and believe it or not that is a huge rivalry on the OBX. Manteo has much nicer facilities than FF does, at least stadium wise anyways.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

Thanks for the work, Grizz. I really hope Thomasville never ends up in that conference. Couldn’t buy two Cushwa dogs with the gate money.

At least it's only 4 conference games

 

[ocdavis31]

At least it's only 4 conference games

I hear you. Unfortunately, the best gate non-conference scheduling would include North Davidson, Oak Grove, Ledford and East Davidson. Ensures the dollars, but playing teams with significantly more players. Catch 22 that we’ve been fighting for years.

 

[Maiden Creek]

3A Classification Conferences:

@Maiden Creek @Lincolnton

2A	Hickory	Catawba	1204
2A	St. Stephens	Catawba	1163
2A	Foard	Catawba	890
2A	Maiden	Catawba	840
2A	Bunker Hill	Catawba	838
2A	Bandys	Catawba	818
2A	Newton-Conover	Catawba	816

2A	West Mecklenburg	Mecklenburg	1262
2A	Charlotte Catholic	Mecklenburg	1187
2A	North Lincoln	Lincoln	996
2A	East Lincoln	Lincoln	977
2A	West Lincoln	Lincoln	827
1A	Lincolnton	Lincoln	788
1A	CS of Davidson	Mecklenburg	514
1A	Christ the King	Mecklenburg	321

2A	Ashbrook	Gaston	1275
2A	North Gaston	Gaston	1085
2A	Forestview	Gaston	1079
2A	Huss	Gaston	1040
2A	Cramer	Gaston	1032
2A	South Point	Gaston	998
2A	East Gaston	Gaston	860

Power 5 Conference

2A	Kings Mountain	Cleveland	1143
2A	Crest	Cleveland	1137
2A	Burns	Cleveland	947
2A	R-S Central	Rutherford	845
2A	Shelby	Cleveland	827

My gosh!… how many schools does Gaston county have?
Where’s Cherryville, Bessemer City, Mtn. Island Charter, Highland Tech?

Surely Lincoln and Gaston would be enough without bringing Mecklenburg into it.

Btw….Power 5?….my arse!

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

My gosh!… how many schools does Gaston county have?
Where’s Cherryville, Bessemer City, Mtn. Island Charter, Highland Tech?

Surely Lincoln and Gaston would be enough without bringing Mecklenburg into it.

Btw….Power 5?….my arse!

Gaston County Schools:

F1	1A	Bessemer City	Gaston	622
F1	1A	Highland Tech	Gaston	554
F1	1A	Mountain Island Charter	Gaston	533
F1	1A	Cherryville	Gaston	508
F3	2A	Ashbrook	Gaston	1275
F3	2A	North Gaston	Gaston	1085
F3	2A	Forestview	Gaston	1079
F3	2A	Huss	Gaston	1040
F3	2A	Cramer	Gaston	1032
F3	2A	South Point	Gaston	998
F3	2A	East Gaston	Gaston	860

The 1A Schools were pulled into a conference with more western schools...just how the layout worked in my version this time.

1A	Draughn	Burke	630
1A	Bessemer City	Gaston	622
1A	Highland Tech	Gaston	554
1A	Mountain Island Charter	Gaston	533
1A	Cherryville	Gaston	508
1A	East Rutherford	Rutherford	766
1A	Chase	Rutherford	722
1A	Thomas Jefferson	Rutherford	355

 

[FarWestNorthCarolinaSports]

1a is to big.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

1a is to big.

I agree...I am in more of an old school mindset. Football only conferences. Let's break it down into 6 Classifications...no split conferences and you play who you play in conference, it is what it is. You can play all the closer teams in your non-conference schedule. Conferences should be no less than 5 teams.

If you have 5-6 teams you get 1 qualifier.
If you have 7-8 teams you get 2 qualifiers.
If you have 9 or more you get 3 qualifiers.

Playoffs are 5 weeks...that breaks down to 192 teams getting in and 182 teams not making the playoffs...that seems like a fair split to me.

If comes down to how best to split the classes up based off of the ADM...

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

What do you guys think about this? Each class plays a 10 game guaranteed regular season (including 1 bye week). Then the Playoffs go for 6 weeks, starting in week 12, and we have 2 championships in week 15, 16, and 17.

There is just no easy solution with the ADM differences at the top and the sheer amount of teams in the higher half of the bottom portion of the ADM...

Possible Split

Split	CLASS	TEAMS	HIGHEST	LOWEST	ADM GAP	Playoff Teams	Playoff Weeks
9	6A	32	3688	2171	1517	16	4
9	5A	32	2125	1725	400	16	4
17	4A	64	1717	1275	442	32	5
24	3A	90	1269	871	398	64	6
25	2A	92	870	588	282	64	6
17	1A	64	585	152	433	32	5

 

[Maiden Creek]

What do you guys think about this? Each class plays a 10 game guaranteed regular season (including 1 bye week). Then the Playoffs go for 6 weeks, starting in week 12, and we have 2 championships in week 15, 16, and 17.

There is just no easy solution with the ADM differences at the top and the sheer amount of teams in the higher half of the bottom portion of the ADM...

Possible Split

Split	CLASS	TEAMS	HIGHEST	LOWEST	ADM GAP	Playoff Teams	Playoff Weeks
9	6A	32	3688	2171	1517	16	4
9	5A	32	2125	1725	400	16	4
17	4A	64	1717	1275	442	32	5
24	3A	90	1269	871	398	64	6
25	2A	92	870	588	282	64	6
17	1A	64	585	152	433	32	5

As a high school football fan… having 3 weeks to watch championship games is right up my alley….doubting it would happen though.
You know Grizz…..maybe 4 classifications with a big and little is the right solution.
The numbers you have listed are challenging to say the least.
If you use 8 to divide all the teams… I don’t believe it would help with the disparity at the top…but….would help with that gaggle of teams in 2a and 3a.

Maybe a super class at the top like SC has….and then divide 2a and 3a….that makes 7 champions!

Have mercy!

 

[beamer24]

What do you guys think about this? Each class plays a 10 game guaranteed regular season (including 1 bye week). Then the Playoffs go for 6 weeks, starting in week 12, and we have 2 championships in week 15, 16, and 17.

There is just no easy solution with the ADM differences at the top and the sheer amount of teams in the higher half of the bottom portion of the ADM...

Possible Split

Split	CLASS	TEAMS	HIGHEST	LOWEST	ADM GAP	Playoff Teams	Playoff Weeks
9	6A	32	3688	2171	1517	16	4
9	5A	32	2125	1725	400	16	4
17	4A	64	1717	1275	442	32	5
24	3A	90	1269	871	398	64	6
25	2A	92	870	588	282	64	6
17	1A	64	585	152	433	32	5

Those numbers are crazy!

 

[CHEERDUCK]

I'm of the mindset that N.C. needs 6 classifications for football. The split would be better at 10%/20%/20%/20%/20%/10%.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

I'm of the mindset that N.C. needs 6 classifications for football. The split would be better at 10%/20%/20%/20%/20%/10%.

Except at 10% that's only 34 schools

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

Except at 10% that's only 34 schools

It seems to me like if you want 6 classes, your better off using the mindset that conference classes and championship divisions are two different things. Like someone mentioned on here before...keep the 4A conference classes but break the playoffs down into 6 Championship divisions.

I'm working on @Maiden Creek 5A conference classes right now to see what it would look like.

So far my favorite is the 3A conference classes (real easy for conferences) with 6 championship divisions.

Once I'm done with 5A I'll do the "stay 4A but with 6 championship divisions " potential brackets

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

Now that I've been through them all...I've come back around full circle and I really like the 5 class system. @Maiden Creek I gave up too early at first!

 

[Maiden Creek]

Now that I've been through them all...I've come back around full circle and I really like the 5 class system. @Maiden Creek I gave up too early at first!

5 (20’s)…..may need to tweak it….steal a couple percent from 5a or 1a and apply it to 2a and 3a.

Like…18-22-22-20-18….sounds stupid…but it might help. I guess 1% means 3.74 teams….2%…we’ll call it 7 teams…might make all the difference.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

5 (20’s)…..may need to tweak it….steal a couple percent from 5a or 1a and apply it to 2a and 3a.

Like…18-22-22-20-18….sounds stupid…but it might help. I guess 1% means 3.74 teams….2%…we’ll call it 7 teams…might make all the difference.

This is what I got:

Split	CLASS	TEAMS	Playoff Teams
18%	5A	67	48
19%	4A	71	48
19%	3A	70	48
21%	2A	80	48
23%	1A	86	48
		374	240

With the ADM split like this:

CLASS	TEAMS	ADM
5A	67	1700+
4A	71	1699-1200
3A	70	1199-900
2A	80	899-700
1A	86	699-0

Sounds kinda weird out loud...but looks damn good in this spreadsheet. The conferences look nice for the most part...really can't get away from split conferences without royally screwing over some teams...and this needs to be a team effort!

The playoffs look really cool how I put my spin on it. I have 48 team playoffs - 24 east/west - and it works out such that the top 8 seeds east/west all get a 1st round bye.

With 5 divisions this still allows 240 playoff teams...or 64% of all the teams making it in. I'll drop my playoff scenarios (based off of this year's RPI) in the next post.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

5A Playoffs

W - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	W - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)	E - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	E - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)
16 - Davie	1 - Chambers	16 - Clayton	1 - Wake Forest
17 - Mallard Creek	BYE	17 - Sanderson	BYE
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9 - Marvin Ridge	8 - Pinecrest	9 - Leesville Road	8 - Fuquay-Varina
24 - SW Guilford	BYE	24 - South Garner	BYE
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13 - West Forsyth	4 - Richmond	13 - Laney	4 - Millbrook
20 - NW Guilford	BYE	20 - Wakefield	BYE
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12 - South Mecklenburg	5 - Ardrey Kell	12 - Panther Creek	5 - Hillside
21 - North Mecklenburg	BYE	21 - Hoke County	BYE
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15 - Lake Norman	2 - Hough	15 - Garner	2 - Cleveland
18 - Cuthbertson	BYE	18 - Jordan	BYE
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10 - Reagan	7 - East Forsyth	10 - Pine Forest	7 - Middle Creek
23 - Olympic	BYE	23 - Apex	BYE
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14 - Mooresville	3 - Grimsley	14 - Rolesville	3 - Heritage
19 - Providence	BYE	19 - Corinth Holders	BYE
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11 - Butler	6 - Myers Park	11 - Holly Springs	6 - Hoggard
22 - Page	BYE	22 - Jack Britt	BYE

4A Playoffs

W - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	W - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)	E - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	E - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)
16 - Cox Mill	1 - Weddington	16 - New Hanover	1 - Eastern Alamance
17 - Scotland	BYE	17 - DH Conley	BYE
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9 - SE Guilford	8 - Porter Ridge	9 - South View	8 - Smithfield-Selma
24 - Carson	BYE	24 - Triton	BYE
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13 - Eastern Guilford	4 - Watauga	13 - Southern Durham	4 - Seventy-First
20 - AL Brown	BYE	20 - Chapel Hill	BYE
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12 - West Charlotte	5 - Hickory Ridge	12 - Westover	5 - Southern Alamance
21 - McDowell	BYE	21 - West Johnston	BYE
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15 - Hickory	2 - Northern Guilford	15 - Knightdale	2 - New Bern
18 - Mount Tabor	BYE	18 - Vance County	BYE
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10 - South Caldwell	7 - Asheville	10 - Rocky Mount	7 - JH Rose
23 - West Cabarrus	BYE	23 - East Wake	BYE
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14 - Erwin	3 - Glenn	14 - Terry Sanford	3 - Cardinal Gibbons
19 - Freedom	BYE	19 - Cape Fear	BYE
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11 - AC Reynolds	6 - Dudley	11 - South Johnston	6 - Lee County
22 - Alexander Central	BYE	22 - West Brunswick	BYE

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

3A Playoffs

W - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	W - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)	E - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	E - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)
16 - Franklin	1 - Pisgah	16 - Central Davidson	1 - East Duplin
17 - Tuscola	BYE	17 - White Oak	BYE
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9 - North Davidson	8 - North Lincoln	9 - Ledford	8 - Fike
24 - Enka	BYE	24 - CB Aycock	BYE
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13 - Parkwood	4 - Monroe	13 - Williams	4 - St. Pauls
20 - North Forsyth	BYE	20 - South Brunswick	BYE
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12 - East Lincoln	5 - Burns	12 - West Carteret	5 - Jacksonville
21 - Cramer	BYE	21 - Currituck County	BYE
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15 - West Rowan	2 - Statesville	15 - North Brunswick	2 - Northern Nash
18 - Forestview	BYE	18 - Nash Central	BYE
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10 - South Point	7 - Charlotte Catholic	10 - Havelock	7 - Cummings
23 - North Henderson	BYE	23 - Southern Guilford	BYE
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14 - Concord	3 - Kings Mountain	14 - Western Alamance	3 - Southern Nash
19 - Forest Hills	BYE	19 - Rockingham County	BYE
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11 - Hibriten	6 - Crest	11 - Oak Grove	6 - Hunt
22 - West Henderson	BYE	22 - Franklinton	BYE

2A Playoffs

W - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	W - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)	E - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	E - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)
16 - East Gaston	1 - Shelby	16 - SW Onslow	1 - Reidsville
17 - Lincolnton	BYE	17 - North Lenoir	BYE
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9 - Forbush	8 - Smoky Mountain	9 - North Pitt	8 - Hertford County
24 - Owen	BYE	24 - First Flight	BYE
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13 - McMichael	4 - Salisbury	13 - Midway	4 - Roanoke Rapids
20 - Newton-Conover	BYE	20 - Northwood	BYE
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12 - North Surry	5 - Bunker Hill	12 - SW Edgecombe	5 - West Craven
21 - Brevard	BYE	21 - Goldsboro	BYE
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15 - West Stokes	2 - Maiden	15 - Randleman	2 - Washington
18 - West Stanly	BYE	18 - South Granville	BYE
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10 - SW Randolph	7 - West Lincoln	10 - Bartlett Yancey	7 - Eastern Wayne
23 - Wilkes Central	BYE	23 - Fairmont	BYE
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14 - East Davidson	3 - Hendersonville	14 - Croatan	3 - Providence Grove
19 - Mount Pleasant	BYE	19 - Greene Central	BYE
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11 - Robinson	6 - Chase	11 - South Columbus	6 - Clinton
22 - Lake Norman Charter	BYE	22 - Bunn	BYE

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

1A Playoffs

W - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	W - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)	E - Round 1 (9-24 Seeds)	E - Round 2 (1-8 Bye Seeds)
16 - South Stokes	1 - Eastern Randolph	16 - Riverside-Martin	1 - Princeton
17 - Pine Lake Prep	BYE	17 - Pender	BYE
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9 - Mountain Heritage	8 - Polk County	9 - North Moore	8 - Holmes
24 - North Stanly	BYE	24 - East Carteret	BYE
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13 - Thomasville	4 - Mitchell	13 - Kinston	4 - Whiteville
20 - Swain County	BYE	20 - Louisburg	BYE
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12 - Murphy	5 - Starmount	12 - Rosewood	5 - Tarboro
21 - East Wilkes	BYE	21 - West Columbus	BYE
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15 - Andrews	2 - East Surry	15 - East Bladen	2 - Northeastern
18 - North Rowan	BYE	18 - KIPP	BYE
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10 - Robbinsville	7 - Mountain Island	10 - Southside	7 - Northside-Pinetown
23 - Carver	BYE	23 - Camden County	BYE
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14 - Surry Central	3 - Mount Airy	14 - Perquimans	3 - Wallace-Rose Hill
19 - Cherokee	BYE	19 - Washington County	BYE
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11 - Thomas Jefferson	6 - CS of Davidson	11 - Northampton County	6 - James Kenan
22 - Draugn	BYE	22 - North Edgecombe	BYE

Of all the class scenarios I've been through...the 5A seems to come out the best to me. Qualifying 48 teams for the playoffs works out to be a happy medium between 64 teams and 32 teams, plus rewards the top 16 teams in each class with a 1st round bye.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

Some Conferences:

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A8	3A	Kings Mountain	Cleveland	1143
A8	3A	Crest	Cleveland	1137
A8	3A	Burns	Cleveland	947
A8	2A	East Gaston	Gaston	860
A8	2A	Shelby	Cleveland	827
A8	2A	West Lincoln	Lincoln	827
A8	2A	Lincolnton	Lincoln	788

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B1	2A	Foard	Catawba	890
B1	2A	West Caldwell	Caldwell	876
B1	2A	East Burke	Burke	865
B1	2A	Maiden	Catawba	840
B1	2A	Bunker Hill	Catawba	838
B1	2A	Patton	Burke	834
B1	2A	Bandys	Catawba	818
B1	2A	Newton-Conover	Catawba	816

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B3	1A	Surry Central	Surry	687
B3	1A	East Surry	Surry	588
B3	1A	Starmount	Yadkin	552
B3	1A	East Wilkes	Wilkes	519
B3	1A	Mount Airy	Surry	509
B3	1A	Alleghany	Alleghany	406
B3	1A	Elkin	Surry	352

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C7	2A	McMichael	Rockingham	855
C7	2A	Morehead	Rockingham	851
C7	2A	T.W. Andrews	Guilford	827
C7	2A	West Stokes	Stokes	807
C7	2A	Walkertown	Forsyth	726
C7	2A	Reidsville	Rockingham	723

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

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D3	1A	Eastern Randolph	Randolph	671
D3	1A	Trinity	Randolph	648
D3	1A	Thomasville	Davidson	638
D3	1A	North Moore	Moore	518
D3	1A	Chatham Central	Chatham	416
D3	1A	South Davidson	Davidson	395

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F5	2A	Clinton	Sampson	806
F5	2A	Midway	Sampson	775
F5	1A	Wallace-Rose Hill	Duplin	674
F5	1A	James Kenan	Duplin	663
F5	1A	Hobbton	Sampson	494
F5	1A	Lakewood	Sampson	466
F5	1A	North Duplin	Duplin	317

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G3	3A	Currituck County	Currituck	1000
G3	2A	First Flight	Dare	888
G3	2A	Pasquotank County	Pasquotank	702
G3	1A	Northeastern	Pasquotank	630
G3	1A	Camden County	Camden	592
G3	1A	Manteo	Dare	592
G3	1A	Perquimans	Perquimans	457
G3	1A	Columbia	Tyrrell	178

This last conference I'm showing is a doozie...really no place to put Currituck County as a 3A...just no other 3A schools around for 2 hours or more...however...most of the teams in their conference are some of the closer teams to them and will be teams that they play anyway. I would imagine they would need to finish at least top 3 or be a WC and wouldn't be able to qualify as a CC 3A seed.

 

[FarWestNorthCarolinaSports]

I don't understand why you make 1a the highest percentage.
1a Should be the lowest. Should be between 450 and 550 in my opinion. If you look at the difference in 1a smallest to largest it has the largest gap percentage wise.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

I don't understand why you make 1a the highest percentage.
1a Should be the lowest. Should be between 450 and 550 in my opinion. If you look at the difference in 1a smallest to largest it has the largest gap percentage wise.

It's easy to get hung up on the on the extremes high and low...but looking at all the ADM's as a whole you can see that the "mean" ADM for NC football schools is right at 1000 ADM. At that point I need to center the middle class around the 1000 ADM mark the best I can and work the other classes up and down from there. I did this while at the same time considering the actual schools attached to those ADM numbers. While there are some gaps in the ADM numbers between some of the classes...there isn't a gap in the competition. It is more than just the ADM, it's the schools themselves as well.

The NCHSAA's current structure has 1A schools playing in 2A and so on and so forth due to the added glitter they threw on top of the raw ADM numbers. I didn't do any of that...like I said before, it seems like it is weird and it shouldn't be how I have it...but I've stared and stared and moved and figured and slept on it and re-done it time and time again...in my opinion this is the best option that I have come up with.

1A is the highest percentage because despite the ADM gap they are still very close talentwise from around 300 to the top one at 687...I'm not going to make the top teams in the class play up because of statistical outliers at the bottom of the class like WS Prep (152) and Columbia (178) and North Edgecombe (197) are there. There are 10 schools under 300 students...it doesn't matter how I swing this hammer they aren't going to be ton successful whether or not I push out the high 600 ADM schools or not.

And even with the 1900+ ADM difference in 5A...some of the more recent successful programs there are on the bottom half of the 5A ADM. Reidsville has had great great 2A success and they are only 12 schools away from being 1A (and by ADM numbers...that's 24 students).

 

[WNCfootball]

You’ve done a ton of work. And it’s really interesting to look at. But you’ve got a significant number more in 1a and 2a compared to the others. But they have the same number of playoff spots. If you are going to have classifications that are bigger or smaller than others significantly they should have more or less playoff spots to correspond to this size of the class.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

You’ve done a ton of work. And it’s really interesting to look at. But you’ve got a significant number more in 1a and 2a compared to the others. But they have the same number of playoff spots. If you are going to have classifications that are bigger or smaller than others significantly they should have more or less playoff spots to correspond to this size of the class.

And I agree...but I don't know that the NCHSAA would ever go for a couple divisions having 64 team 6 week playoff and others having 32 team 5 week playoffs.

So I went with the happy medium 48 team.

You can go 32 team and it isn't fair for the 1a/2a. You can go 64 but then 5a has 64 of 67 teams getting in, that wouldn't be fair to the others either.

And to be fair...it's still over half of the division that gets in. The difference between 48 and 64 teams is a bunch of 4 win and 3 win teams getting in.

 

[WNCfootball]

Right. I get that…so make the number of teams in each classification even. Probably not as neat and clean for conferences. But SC does the best they can. Just saw their new alignment today. Blythewood near Columbia is in the same region as the Rock Hill schools. Now the problem is travel costs for schools. Simply put no perfect solution.

 

[RD28327]

OK, let's see both of the "completed puzzles" (four and five classifications) instead of just pieces, parts, and sections ...

 

[Bulldog301]

Maiden use to be in the Southern Foothills 1A for 3 years when I played. We had to travel to Polk County and Hendersonville for our furthest games. Also played Cherryville and Bessemer City...not as far but still two counties away.

Intelligent guy

 

[Maiden Creek]

It's easy to get hung up on the on the extremes high and low...but looking at all the ADM's as a whole you can see that the "mean" ADM for NC football schools is right at 1000 ADM. At that point I need to center the middle class around the 1000 ADM mark the best I can and work the other classes up and down from there. I did this while at the same time considering the actual schools attached to those ADM numbers. While there are some gaps in the ADM numbers between some of the classes...there isn't a gap in the competition. It is more than just the ADM, it's the schools themselves as well.

The NCHSAA's current structure has 1A schools playing in 2A and so on and so forth due to the added glitter they threw on top of the raw ADM numbers. I didn't do any of that...like I said before, it seems like it is weird and it shouldn't be how I have it...but I've stared and stared and moved and figured and slept on it and re-done it time and time again...in my opinion this is the best option that I have come up with.

1A is the highest percentage because despite the ADM gap they are still very close talentwise from around 300 to the top one at 687...I'm not going to make the top teams in the class play up because of statistical outliers at the bottom of the class like WS Prep (152) and Columbia (178) and North Edgecombe (197) are there. There are 10 schools under 300 students...it doesn't matter how I swing this hammer they aren't going to be ton successful whether or not I push out the high 600 ADM schools or not.

And even with the 1900+ ADM difference in 5A...some of the more recent successful programs there are on the bottom half of the 5A ADM. Reidsville has had great great 2A success and they are only 12 schools away from being 1A (and by ADM numbers...that's 24 students).

Massaging the data?….as painful as it is….sometimes you just have to ignore the outliers!

Loving the 1st round bye’s….those 1st round matchups are much better! I’d be at East Gaston watching those Wolves!

Gotta say….the 1a bracket is my favorite.

 

[Maiden Creek]

It's easy to get hung up on the on the extremes high and low...but looking at all the ADM's as a whole you can see that the "mean" ADM for NC football schools is right at 1000 ADM. At that point I need to center the middle class around the 1000 ADM mark the best I can and work the other classes up and down from there. I did this while at the same time considering the actual schools attached to those ADM numbers. While there are some gaps in the ADM numbers between some of the classes...there isn't a gap in the competition. It is more than just the ADM, it's the schools themselves as well.

The NCHSAA's current structure has 1A schools playing in 2A and so on and so forth due to the added glitter they threw on top of the raw ADM numbers. I didn't do any of that...like I said before, it seems like it is weird and it shouldn't be how I have it...but I've stared and stared and moved and figured and slept on it and re-done it time and time again...in my opinion this is the best option that I have come up with.

1A is the highest percentage because despite the ADM gap they are still very close talentwise from around 300 to the top one at 687...I'm not going to make the top teams in the class play up because of statistical outliers at the bottom of the class like WS Prep (152) and Columbia (178) and North Edgecombe (197) are there. There are 10 schools under 300 students...it doesn't matter how I swing this hammer they aren't going to be ton successful whether or not I push out the high 600 ADM schools or not.

And even with the 1900+ ADM difference in 5A...some of the more recent successful programs there are on the bottom half of the 5A ADM. Reidsville has had great great 2A success and they are only 12 schools away from being 1A (and by ADM numbers...that's 24 students).

North Edgecombe at 197 is mind boggling!

Tip of the cap to that bunch!