It is possible that I missed a couple but I have perused the baseball playoff brackets and done a couple of searches on google maps and just for grins (and eye rolls and head shakes and awkward grimaces) wanted to share what appear to be the longest roadtrips in the 1st Rd of the 2017 Baseball playoffs:
And of course, keep in mind that the estimated travel times listed on google maps or mapquest assume that you're traveling in a car and can do 65 or 70 mph on interstate style highways, and most of these teams travel on activity buses going more like 55, but for this reason, I will do the rankings below based on one-way mileage, not estimated travel time (though I will list estimated travel time in parentheses)
#1-1A West: Roxboro Community @ Murphy: 337 miles (5:32)
#2-1A East: Cape Hatteras @ Whiteville: 332 miles (5:36)
#3-2A East: First Flight @ East Bladen: 282 miles (4:29)
#4-1A West: Hayesville @ Uwharrie Charter: 273 miles (4:29)
#5-1A West: Swain Co. @ Chatham Charter: 264 miles (4:03)
#6-1A West: Andrews @ Walkertown: 247 miles (4:01)
#7-2A East: South Stokes @ North Brunswick: 244 miles (3:50)
#8-1A West: Blue Ridge EC @ East Surry: 239 miles (3:51)
#9-2A East: Wheatmore @ John A. Holmes: 236 miles (3:39)
#10-3A East: Western Alamance @ West Brunswick: 227 miles (3:31)
Others over 200 miles or projected over 3 hours in a car
-Lakewood @ Camden (1A East)
-Northeastern @ St. Pauls (2A East)
-NC Sch of Sci & Math @ Currituck (2A East)
-Eastern Guilford @ Topsail (3A East)
-Rosman @ South Stanly (1A West)
-Granville Central @ Manteo (1A East)
-Mattamuskeet @ Voyager Acad. (1A East)
-North Moore @ Mitchell Co. (1A West)
-West Columbus @ Cherryville (1A West)
-Eastern Alamance @ West Carteret (3A East)
-McMichael @ Pisgah (3A West)
-Croatan @ South Granville (2A East)
-Union @ Perquimans Co. (1A East)
-New Bern @ Pinecrest (4A East)
And of course, keep in mind that the estimated travel times listed on google maps or mapquest assume that you're traveling in a car and can do 65 or 70 mph on interstate style highways, and most of these teams travel on activity buses going more like 55, but for this reason, I will do the rankings below based on one-way mileage, not estimated travel time (though I will list estimated travel time in parentheses)
#1-1A West: Roxboro Community @ Murphy: 337 miles (5:32)
#2-1A East: Cape Hatteras @ Whiteville: 332 miles (5:36)
#3-2A East: First Flight @ East Bladen: 282 miles (4:29)
#4-1A West: Hayesville @ Uwharrie Charter: 273 miles (4:29)
#5-1A West: Swain Co. @ Chatham Charter: 264 miles (4:03)
#6-1A West: Andrews @ Walkertown: 247 miles (4:01)
#7-2A East: South Stokes @ North Brunswick: 244 miles (3:50)
#8-1A West: Blue Ridge EC @ East Surry: 239 miles (3:51)
#9-2A East: Wheatmore @ John A. Holmes: 236 miles (3:39)
#10-3A East: Western Alamance @ West Brunswick: 227 miles (3:31)
Others over 200 miles or projected over 3 hours in a car
-Lakewood @ Camden (1A East)
-Northeastern @ St. Pauls (2A East)
-NC Sch of Sci & Math @ Currituck (2A East)
-Eastern Guilford @ Topsail (3A East)
-Rosman @ South Stanly (1A West)
-Granville Central @ Manteo (1A East)
-Mattamuskeet @ Voyager Acad. (1A East)
-North Moore @ Mitchell Co. (1A West)
-West Columbus @ Cherryville (1A West)
-Eastern Alamance @ West Carteret (3A East)
-McMichael @ Pisgah (3A West)
-Croatan @ South Granville (2A East)
-Union @ Perquimans Co. (1A East)
-New Bern @ Pinecrest (4A East)