The NW on the other hand would only have 4 teams if the N Stokes and Prep folding happens. It would be MA, East, South, and Bishop. It'd be a nightmare to find non conference teams due to many conferences being full. WPAC only had 5 dates while MVAC has 4. They'd have to play all kinds of off the wall schools. Well maybe on the brightside you could get a MA and Reidsville matchup every year perhaps or East vs. Reidsville.
It's interesting to think the NW could have been a 2A/1A mix again with all the Stokes and Surry (sans Elkin,) schools. All 7 schools were for it but it never had a chance to work out. Instead we are all stuck where we are at.
The next alignment in 2020's going to be a watershed one like 1967 was when the NW was created; or 1985 when it went 2A, or 1997 when it went 1A and the MVAC started.
There could be a lot of changes, but as to what I'm not sure yet. It's still a term away but I wouldn't be surprised.
I think both will play next year though. Prep has some talented kids off the JV team from last year and they will be a year older; N Stokes is really 2 years from being competitive every game but if they play the right teams next year (SD, Patrick still,) they could snag a win. They just gotta keep working and not give up. I don't think anyone wants them to fold for good I sure don't.