Last year the conference finished as such:
Maiden
BH
WL
Lincolnton
NC
EB
Bandys
WC
After some thought I believe this upcoming year will look like this:
Maiden
Lincolnton
WL
BH
EB
Bandys
NC
WC
-Maiden will be a better team than last year. Until they can be knocked down, they're on top.
-Lincolnton was one of the most physical teams I watched last year, their youth will mature and they'll be a force to be reckoned with, they jump up from 4th to 2nd
-The Rebels are going to be the Rebels, tough and gritty. They'll be consistently good for a while...but Lincolnton just improved enough to jump them. WL remains a 3rd place finisher
-I hate to knock the Bears back...but like I said, I believe Lincolnton makes the big jump. Bunker Hill won't escape WL this year. Bears go from 2nd to 4th
-East Burke improves and picks up an extra win this year...but I still believe they are a year out from making a top 4 splash. They'll go from 6th to 5th and barely barely miss the playoffs
-Bandys, NC, WC will be the bottom three...really in any order but most likely as I listed above...these teams have the athletes...but I believe they suffer from culture. If there was any school that could surprise me it would be Bandys. They dealt with a lot of injuries last year...and after the Lincolnton game I don't think I've seen a more demoralized team than them. Even my nephew spoke on how bad practices and the locker room were after that week...hopefully they get things turned around and the Coach can regain some love lost by more than a few disgruntled players.