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On Monday, March 3rd, the NCHSAA Board of Directors met at its offices in Chapel Hill and heard appeals from schools asking for changes in their conference assignments. After hearing presentations from the schools, the Board of Directors voted on each proposal, denying the majority and approving only four changes.
- Cardinal Gibbons was granted an exception to move from 6A to 7A, while remaining in the same conference.
- Swansboro was granted a move to the 5A conference currently including schools such as Dixon and Croatan. Swansboro will be the only 6A school in that conference.
- NCSSM-Durham was allowed to join a conference in the Raleigh-Durham area, forming a 1A/2A/3A split of mostly charter schools in the Raleigh metro area.
- Fourteen schools in the northwestern section of the state were reconfigured into two conferences, one a 2A/3A/4A split and the other a 3A/4A combo.
After hearing all appeals, and voting on each, the Board adopted the final conference assignments for the new realignment period. A copy of that final report is available on the NCHSAA website.
The number of conferences remained 64, with all but 10 being split conferences. There are now 11 three-way splits and 43 two-way splits.
The vast majority of schools find themselves in split conferences.
- 68 schools are in single-class conferences
- 290 schools are in two-way splits
- 83 are in three-way splits
Seventeen schools are now "singletons"; that is, a school which is the only school of its classification in a given conference.
The prevalence of split conferences is true in all eight classifications, and is testimony to the fact that the Realignment Committee prioritized geography and natural rivalry over grouping schools of similar size.
The NCHSAA Board of Directors will now turn its attention to the work of its Bylaw Task Force, which is developing the playoff structure for individual and team sports, as well as the 2025-26 sports calendar.
This article has been updated to reflect the third draft of the conference assignments released by the NCHSAA on February 14th.
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The NCHSAA Board of Directors held its 2024 winter meeting in Chapel Hill on December 4th and 5th, with the issues surrounding the 2025-26 realignment taking center stage.
The primary headline is: nothing new was decided about realignment or playoff structures, but intense discussions about these issues are ongoing.
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In the light of the passage of SB452, NCHSAA staff decided not to change the process for distributing regional berths for the Fall 2023 girls tennis individual tournament in singles and doubles.
NCHSTCA’s Board of Directors had recommended a change to that process that would more fairly distribute regional berths among the conferences, and at our summer meeting with NCHSAA staff, it was agreed to implement that change for the fall season. At the time, NCHSAA staff believed it had the authority to implement the change administratively.
Believing that the change would take place, we posted on our website a detailed step-by-step explanation of how regional berths would be distributed amongst the conferences.
NCHSAA staff agree that the NCHSTCA proposal is an improvement to the process, and will result in greater fairness regarding the distribution of regional berths.
Read more: Process for Regional Berth Distribution Reverts to Previous Rules
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The NCHSAA, in conjunction with MaxPreps, has published its midseason calculation of the RPI ratings for women's tennis.
Midseason ratings are subject to change, as many schools' ratings are based on just a handful of matches. However, end of season ratings will be used to determine playoff selection and seeding.
RPI ratings are a combination of a team's winning percentage, their opponents' winning percentage, and their opponents' opponents' winning percentage. The ratings are updated daily, based on match results posted by the schools on MaxPreps.
The ratings are divided by classification and region. To access the complete ratings, go to the Women's Tennis page on the NCHSAA website.