Using what the association now proposes and some of the previous models generated here I've come up with a model for conferences west of I-77 only. I've looked at what they've got up and, as near as I can tell, this doesn't interfere with anything else they have; the rest can go as planned or they can shuffle the deck as they please.
I put a few teams in conferences that run east of 77 only to make everything fit, and I didn't make big changes to those conferences. There will probably be longer driving times for some schools, but I don't want to hear it-plenty of schools are going to have to make these drives to make any of this work. Car goes vroom.
I've eliminated the one big 4A/5A conference, and I believe I have fewer split conferences. There are some nine team conferences, because I didn't see any other way around that and there are a couple of 1A/2A/3A conferences, but only because there were 1A schools with nowhere else to put them. Otherwise, I think this is fairly compact.
Here's my model for this area:
Little SMC (no football) 1A
Hiwassee Dam
Tri-Count Early College
Blue Ridge Early College
Summit Charter School
Nantahala
Highlands
SMC 2A/1A
Swain 2A
Murphy 2A
Cherokee 2A
Hayesville 2A
Robbinsville 1A
Rosman 1A
Andrews 1A
Western Highlands 3A/2A (1A)
Mountain Heritage 3A
Draughn 3A
Patton 3A
West Caldwell 3A
Avery 2A
Mitchell 2A
NC School of Sci. & Math, Morganton 1A (no football)
Foothills 3A/2A/1A
Lincolnton
W. Lincoln
Bessemer City
Mountain Island Charter 2A
Piedmont Community (no football, only here because they're 3A)
Highland Tech 2A
Cherryville 2A
Thomas Jefferson Classical Acad. 1A (FB) only fits here because they play football, nowhere else to put them otherwise.
Northern foothills 3A/4A
Ashe 4A
Wilkes Central 4A
Forbush 4A
N. Surry 4A
W. Stokes 4A
W. Wilkes 3A
N. Wilkes 3A
Surry Central 3A
Mountain 7 4A/3A
Pisgah 4A
Tuscola 4A
East Hendo 4A
Brevard 4A
Hendo 3A
Owen 3A
Madison 3A
SW 4A/3A
Stuart Cramer
E. Gaston
Burns
Lake Norman Charter
R-S Central 3A
Shelby 3A
E. Rutherford 3A
Chase 3A
Polk 3A
CVAC 4A
Lincoln Charter
Maiden
Bunker Hill
Newton Conover
Bandys
W. Iredell
Fred T. Foard
East Burke
Hibriten
WMAC 5A
Enka 5A
Erwin 5A
West Hendo 5A
North Hendo 5A
Franklin 5A
Smoky 5A
North Buncombe 5A
Western Piedmont 5A
Hickory
Huss
Forestview
N. Lincoln
Crest
N. Gaston
E. Lincoln
S. Point
Western 6A/7A
Watauga
TC Roberson
Asheville
S. Caldwell
Freedom
AC Reynolds
McDowell (7A)
Piedmont Hills 6A/7A
St. Stephens
Statesville
N. Iredell
Kings Mountain
Ashbrook
Alexander Central
Lake Norman 7A
Mooresville 7A
South Iredell 7A
I put a few teams in conferences that run east of 77 only to make everything fit, and I didn't make big changes to those conferences. There will probably be longer driving times for some schools, but I don't want to hear it-plenty of schools are going to have to make these drives to make any of this work. Car goes vroom.
I've eliminated the one big 4A/5A conference, and I believe I have fewer split conferences. There are some nine team conferences, because I didn't see any other way around that and there are a couple of 1A/2A/3A conferences, but only because there were 1A schools with nowhere else to put them. Otherwise, I think this is fairly compact.
Here's my model for this area:
Little SMC (no football) 1A
Hiwassee Dam
Tri-Count Early College
Blue Ridge Early College
Summit Charter School
Nantahala
Highlands
SMC 2A/1A
Swain 2A
Murphy 2A
Cherokee 2A
Hayesville 2A
Robbinsville 1A
Rosman 1A
Andrews 1A
Western Highlands 3A/2A (1A)
Mountain Heritage 3A
Draughn 3A
Patton 3A
West Caldwell 3A
Avery 2A
Mitchell 2A
NC School of Sci. & Math, Morganton 1A (no football)
Foothills 3A/2A/1A
Lincolnton
W. Lincoln
Bessemer City
Mountain Island Charter 2A
Piedmont Community (no football, only here because they're 3A)
Highland Tech 2A
Cherryville 2A
Thomas Jefferson Classical Acad. 1A (FB) only fits here because they play football, nowhere else to put them otherwise.
Northern foothills 3A/4A
Ashe 4A
Wilkes Central 4A
Forbush 4A
N. Surry 4A
W. Stokes 4A
W. Wilkes 3A
N. Wilkes 3A
Surry Central 3A
Mountain 7 4A/3A
Pisgah 4A
Tuscola 4A
East Hendo 4A
Brevard 4A
Hendo 3A
Owen 3A
Madison 3A
SW 4A/3A
Stuart Cramer
E. Gaston
Burns
Lake Norman Charter
R-S Central 3A
Shelby 3A
E. Rutherford 3A
Chase 3A
Polk 3A
CVAC 4A
Lincoln Charter
Maiden
Bunker Hill
Newton Conover
Bandys
W. Iredell
Fred T. Foard
East Burke
Hibriten
WMAC 5A
Enka 5A
Erwin 5A
West Hendo 5A
North Hendo 5A
Franklin 5A
Smoky 5A
North Buncombe 5A
Western Piedmont 5A
Hickory
Huss
Forestview
N. Lincoln
Crest
N. Gaston
E. Lincoln
S. Point
Western 6A/7A
Watauga
TC Roberson
Asheville
S. Caldwell
Freedom
AC Reynolds
McDowell (7A)
Piedmont Hills 6A/7A
St. Stephens
Statesville
N. Iredell
Kings Mountain
Ashbrook
Alexander Central
Lake Norman 7A
Mooresville 7A
South Iredell 7A
