Trying to stay away from split conferences as much as possible. Here are some potential 6A conferences for the west, with some 7A schools added:
Western 6A/7A
Watauga
TC Roberson
Asheville
S. Caldwell
Freedom
AC Reynolds
McDowell (7A)
It's a two hour and six-minute drive from Watauga to TCR, which I think is the longest drive for this conference.
Mid-west 6A
St. Stephens
Statesville
N. Iredell
Kings Mountain
Ashbrook
Alexander Central
Kings Mountain to N. Iredell is an hour and 24 minutes. There might be one or two 7A schools they would add to this from Mecklenburg or Iredell County.
Metro 6A
Sun Valley
Piedmont
Harding
Catholic
Central Cabarrus
Berry
Olympic
Not sure what the longest drive for this conference would be. Probably none more than an hour
That leaves 10 6A schools in the Triad and they would probably go into two different 6A/7A conferences. I'm not really sure how they might work that out.
Ben L. Smith
Mt. Tabor
Glenn
Dudley
Ragsdale
W. Guilford
E. Guilford
N. Guilford
Asheboro
SE Guilford
Western 6A/7A
Watauga
TC Roberson
Asheville
S. Caldwell
Freedom
AC Reynolds
McDowell (7A)
It's a two hour and six-minute drive from Watauga to TCR, which I think is the longest drive for this conference.
Mid-west 6A
St. Stephens
Statesville
N. Iredell
Kings Mountain
Ashbrook
Alexander Central
Kings Mountain to N. Iredell is an hour and 24 minutes. There might be one or two 7A schools they would add to this from Mecklenburg or Iredell County.
Metro 6A
Sun Valley
Piedmont
Harding
Catholic
Central Cabarrus
Berry
Olympic
Not sure what the longest drive for this conference would be. Probably none more than an hour
That leaves 10 6A schools in the Triad and they would probably go into two different 6A/7A conferences. I'm not really sure how they might work that out.
Ben L. Smith
Mt. Tabor
Glenn
Dudley
Ragsdale
W. Guilford
E. Guilford
N. Guilford
Asheboro
SE Guilford