North Carolina High School ADM’s Are Out
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| 8A (Big 32) | 7A | 6A |
| Myers Park — 3273 | Riverside — 2113 | West Johnston — 1614 |
| Ardrey Kell — 3122 | Independence — 2111 | Lee County — 1614 |
| Enloe — 3005 | West Charlotte — 2084 | Middle Creek — 1613 |
| Apex Friendship — 2768 | Cary — 2084 | Seventy-First — 1608 |
| Panther Creek — 2624 | Wake Forest — 2070 | Cardinal Gibbons — 1605 |
| South Mecklenburg — 2600 | Jack Britt — 2064 | Watauga — 1583 |
| Green Hope — 2589 | Ashley — 2045 | Olympic — 1563 |
| Hough — 2586 | Grimsley — 2044 | Gray's Creek — 1560 |
| Millbrook — 2538 | Holly Springs — 2039 | T.C. Roberson — 1550 |
| Hoke County — 2536 | Topsail — 2010 | J.H. Rose — 1538 |
| Laney — 2525 | Overhills — 2006 | Harnett Central — 1534 |
| Athens Drive — 2514 | North Mecklenburg — 1999 | Vance County — 1530 |
| Broughton — 2504 | Hopewell — 1995 | Asheville — 1529 |
| Apex — 2481 | Clayton — 1983 | Berry Academy — 1527 |
| Wakefield — 2467 | Lake Norman — 1981 | Ben L. Smith — 1523 |
| East Mecklenburg — 2459 | Marvin Ridge — 1959 | Scotland County — 1518 |
| Leesville Road — 2443 | Mooresville — 1953 | Northern Durham — 1492 |
| Chambers — 2430 | Garinger — 1951 | Union Pines — 1491 |
| Palisades — 2429 | Davie County — 1949 | Mount Tabor — 1491 |
| Jordan — 2397 | Lumberton — 1945 | Glenn — 1488 |
| Rolesville — 2368 | Cleveland — 1941 | South Caldwell — 1481 |
| Pinecrest — 2346 | Fuquay-Varina — 1903 | Dudley — 1468 |
| Green Level — 2292 | Weddington — 1895 | West Brunswick — 1466 |
| Corinth Holders — 2253 | Butler — 1895 | Ragsdale — 1457 |
| Willow Spring — 2248 | South Garner — 1883 | East Chapel Hill — 1455 |
| Northwest Guilford — 2240 | Southeast Raleigh — 1867 | Ballantyne Ridge — 1445 |
| Providence — 2236 | Cuthbertson — 1853 | Jacksonville — 1428 |
| Hoggard — 2235 | South Iredell — 1841 | West Mecklenburg — 1416 |
| Mallard Creek — 2228 | East Wake — 1840 | Alexander Central — 1407 |
| West Forsyth — 2205 | Hillside — 1831 | Westover — 1396 |
| Richmond Senior — 2181 | R.J. Reynolds — 1819 | Ashbrook — 1386 |
| Reagan — 2167 | Page — 1808 | Western Guilford — 1381 |
| Porter Ridge — 1802 | Central Cabarrus — 1369 | |
| Heritage — 1797 | Charlotte Catholic — 1369 | |
| Southern Durham — 1797 | Terry Sanford — 1353 | |
| Knightdale — 1775 | Eastern Guilford — 1344 | |
| Cox Mill — 1772 | Western Harnett — 1338 | |
| Parkland — 1758 | Freedom — 1337 | |
| D.H. Conley — 1744 | South Johnston — 1335 | |
| Garner — 1735 | Northern Guilford — 1328 | |
| Rocky River — 1731 | Southern Lee — 1321 | |
| A.L. Brown — 1726 | Kings Mountain — 1305 | |
| Pine Forest — 1720 | Asheboro — 1286 | |
| South Central — 1706 | Triton — 1280 | |
| McDowell — 1702 | A.C. Reynolds — 1271 | |
| East Forsyth — 1695 | Southeast Guilford — 1270 | |
| New Hanover — 1691 | Piedmont — 1264 | |
| Sanderson — 1687 | Sun Valley — 1256 | |
| New Bern — 1678 | Williams — 1255 | |
| Hickory Ridge — 1671 | North Iredell — 1248 | |
| Southwest Guilford — 1662 | Statesville — 1244 | |
| Chapel Hill — 1638 | E.E. Smith — 1243 | |
| Purnell Swett — 1636 | White Oak — 1241 | |
| West Cabarrus — 1626 | Swansboro — 1228 | |
| Cape Fear — 1623 | Northern Nash — 1225 | |
| North Brunswick — 1620 | Southern Alamance — 1218 | |
| Smithfield-Selma — 1617 | Harding University — 1218 | |
| South View — 1616 | Franklinton — 1212 | |
| St. Stephens — 1209 |
So basically it’s 1a 1aa 2a 2aa etc just like it was before with a different name
Will they realign the every 4 years or 2 years. I heard talks of one time of realigning every 2 years. That part I like to see.
OK Looking at this using historical references
In 8A your best teams in the west will be Hough, Mallard Creek, West Forsyth, Richmaond CO, Reagan
8A East Rolesville, Hoggard, Pinecrest, Jordan, Millbrook, Leesville Road
7A looks much more difficult
7A west Indy, West Charlotte, Grimsley, Marvin Ridge, Mooresville, Weddington, Butler, East Forsyth
7A East Wake Forest, Britt, Clayton, Cleveland, Hillside, S Durham, New Bern.
In 8A your best teams in the west will be Hough, Mallard Creek, West Forsyth, Richmaond CO, Reagan
8A East Rolesville, Hoggard, Pinecrest, Jordan, Millbrook, Leesville Road
7A looks much more difficult
7A west Indy, West Charlotte, Grimsley, Marvin Ridge, Mooresville, Weddington, Butler, East Forsyth
7A East Wake Forest, Britt, Clayton, Cleveland, Hillside, S Durham, New Bern.
Curious how they split the 8A East/West geographically. For example, Richmond is closer to Mecklenburg County schools and Pinecrest is closer to Wake County Schools, however those 2 (and hoke) are all about 30 minutes apart.
even if they put richmond in the west region it would really be tough to have a conference that richmond could possibly in for the west then putting richmond in the east region there is a good possibly of a split conference with 8a/7a that would put richmond in.
If they limit the amount of teams to 32 then they need to seed them based on something other than geographics. the imaginary ever shifting line that divides the east and west will make this bad idea even worse. right now even with moving richmond back west the East has a lot more schools.
Which continues to muddy the waters when it comes to seeding. The Wilmington schools too.
IDK I'd say take the best 16 regardless of geography and let them fight it out.
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8A/7A Richmond Hoke and Pinecrest 8A. Jack Britt Overhills Pine Forest and Cape Fear 7A. Is what makes since to me. Fayetteville area schools.
If you look at the number of powerhouse programs in the East compared to the West, we can see a clear trend where the East has traditionally had more dominant teams. This could lead to a situation where teams from the West are consistently at a disadvantage when it comes to tournament seeding, even if their performance metrics are comparable or superior.
I'm counting 12 West and 20 East schools (historically) in the Big 32.
So from looking at 7A and 8A who would have the toughest teams
7A Weddington, Grimsley, Independence, Butler, East Forsyth
8A Hough, Mallard Creek, Rolesville, Leesville Road, Richmond, West Forsyth,
Both would be stout
7A Weddington, Grimsley, Independence, Butler, East Forsyth
8A Hough, Mallard Creek, Rolesville, Leesville Road, Richmond, West Forsyth,
Both would be stout
The biggest thing they should not do at this point is do split conferences in the bigger metropolitan areas. There is no reason a school with 1700 students should have to play in a conference with a school that has 2300. It's a lot easier to find more kids to play and have more talent when you have a bigger ADM.
To me every Friday night is special for the teams the players coaches and schools and in some areas it is still a special event for the communities. If you have to travel for your conference to avoid split conferences then so be it. I loathe split conferences where a "bad" team can with their share of a split conference championship just because there needs to be a conference winner in that division. Ideally, sure the closer the better but lets compensate for conference travel and be done with split conferences. If we are still doing split conferences then we should have just stuck with 4 classifications and split them for the playoffs.
Gibbons has no business playing 6A. They have way too many “advantages” to play in any division other than 8A.
Someone needs to put up a list of the latest updated ADM numbers! Richmond has fallen back to 7A!
The finalized ADM numbers after review West Charlotte and a couple of other schools were moved to different classifications from the original ADM posted. West Charlotte is now 8A while Richmond and Reagan were moved down to 7A.
it would make logical sense to have richmond in 7a instead of 8a because of conference/region whatever nchsaa wants to do
Move them both up to 8A and see if they’re recruiting well enough to play with the big boys. In all seriousness, who wants to see 2 private schools play for the public state championship each year?
Haha. Well, I just heard that Gibbons has asked to move up to 8A, but they are probably going to end up in 7A. So, we will see.This guy
Apologies for going off topic, but you had to go to a D3 school with that username. If you don’t mind me asking, where did you go?
I would go more along the lines of Hoke and Pinecrest 8A; Richmond, Jack Britt, Lumberton, and Purnell Swett 7A due to travel constraints
