My realignment proposal

[SimmonsRatings]

I have posted my realignment proposal for conferences on my web site. It's not perfect, but no plan is going to make everybody happy.

Let me know what you think of it, and if you have any suggestions for improvements, I will certainly listen.

Here is the link:

http://www.simmonsratings.com/realign2529.htm

 

[thekidd12]

As far as Eastern Randolph goes this would actually put them in a conference with same class teams and not a ton of travel. But Wheatmore to Northwood would be a ride 🤷‍♂️
Kinda makes sense so probably won’t happen 😂😂😂

 

[ocdavis31]

There are enough 3A teams thirty minutes or less from Thomasville to form a good, competitive conference in most sports in that classification only. Probably won’t happen either.

 

[thekidd12]

There are enough 3A teams thirty minutes or less from Thomasville to form a good, competitive conference in most sports in that classification only. Probably won’t happen either.

I actually sorta like Simmons. Northwood is the outlier in my opinion. North Moore in same conference kinda makes sense to me but would still be a haul for Wheat and Trinity. PAC7, as I have stated many times, was perfect for gates, travel and rivalries but I don’t think it survives because of classifications.

 

[ocdavis31]

Thomasville, to my knowledge, has never played Pine Lake or West Iredell in anything. Both are an hour away. South Rowan 45 minutes. All three require either traveling down 85 toward Charlotte or west on 40. Especially at rush hour on Friday, those travel times grow.
I’m sure we won’t be completely happy with the results of realignment. But aside from athletic competitiveness, most of those schools shouldn’t expect much of a gate coming from Thomasville. And virtually nothing for weeknight sports. We’ve been down this path before back in the Union Pines, Chatham Central days. And that was when we had a much larger, more dedicated fanbase.

 

[Thunder_struck8712]

Should that be West Rowan instead of West Iredell? He has West Iredell listed twice in another conference that makes much more sense for them, so I think he made a mistake

 

[kingbluedevil]

Hope West Stokes is not in that conference proposal

 

[FreedomAlum]

Should that be West Rowan instead of West Iredell? He has West Iredell listed twice in another conference that makes much more sense for them, so I think he made a mistake

I don’t think so because W. Rowan is 5A and that’s a 3A/4A conference. It’s true that Simmons has W. Iredell in another conference and they’re a better fit there, but I don’t see anywhere in the west that he has a conference with three classifications (and W. Rowan would be the only 5A, which doesn’t seem to work).