Tag Archive for: #nchsaa

SportsTalk: NCHSAA Finalizes Overall Draft of Conference Realignment

/by

SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has finalized the conferences for the next realignment cycle. The NCHSAA Board of Directors met all day Monday to hear final pleas from many schools for conference realignment. One of those pleas was from Vance County Athletic Director Philip Weil. Weil urged the board to consider moving Vance County from 6A/7A Conference C, to 4A/5A Conference A, which is the home of J.F. Webb and South Granville. The Vance County AD cited that from a competitive standpoint, it would be better if Vance County was in 4A/5A Conference A. Weil also stated that the travel for schools in 6A/7A Conference C is much greater than what he proposed. The conference Weil proposed would include: Vance County, Carrboro, Cedar Ridge, Durham School of the Arts, Orange, Seaforth, South Granville, and J.F. Webb.

The Board of Directors voted unanimously in an 18-0 decision to deny Vance County’s request. Therefore for the next four years, Vance County will be a part of 6A/7A Conference C.

Another change that went into effect was that The North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham requested to move to 1A/2A Conference D as the only 3A from 2A/3A/4A Conference A. A motion to approve the move was made and seconded. This means that the North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham will no longer be in a conference with Louisburg and Bunn.

Below are the finalized conferences for teams in Vance County and the surrounding counties:

6A/7A Conference C

  • Vance County (6A)
  • Franklinton (6A)
  • Wake Forest (7A)
  • Heritage – Wake Forest (7A)
  • Knightdale (7A)
  • East Wake (7A)

1A/2A Conference E

  • Vance Charter (1A)
  • Oxford Prep (1A)
  • Falls Lake Academy (1A)
  • Discovery Charter (1A)
  • Excelsior Classical (1A)
  • Henderson Collegiate (2A)
  • Eno River Academy (2A)

4A/5A Conference A

  • Carrboro (4A)
  • J.F. Webb (5A)
  • South Granville (5A)
  • Orange (5A)
  • Cedar Ridge (5A)
  • Seaforth (5A)
  • Durham School of the Arts (5A)

2A/3A/4A Conference A

  • American Leadership Academy, Johnston – Clayton (2A)
  • Louisburg (3A)
  • Wake Prep (3A)
  • Bunn (4A)
  • Nash Central (4A)
  • Roanoke Rapids (4A)

1A/2A Conference C

  • KIPP Pride (1A)
  • Southeast Halifax (1A)
  • Weldon (1A)
  • Warren County (2A)
  • Northwest Halifax (2A)
  • Northampton County (2A)

Analysis and reactions to come on SportsTalk!

SportsTalk: High School Sports Update

/by

SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue discuss the happenings of High School Sports in Vance County and the surrounding counties, from high school basketball playoffs to baseball games coming up this week. The guys also talk about the NCHSAA Realignment Committee’s meeting to finalize Conferences in North Carolina. That and much more on SportsTalk!

Click Play!

SportsTalk: Realignment through the Eyes of an Athletic Director

/by

SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th 

Oxford Prep Athletic Director John Hammett joins George Hoyle and Scout Hughes to talk about what goes into conference realignment as well as the things happening at Oxford Prep with the spring sports season upon us. That and much more on SportsTalk!

Click Play!

SportsTalk: High School Basketball Playoffs Are Set

/by

SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

The High School Basketball Playoffs Brackets for NCHSAA Teams are out! Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue talk about the upcoming matchups in the first round for teams in our area. The guys also talk about the great season Crossroads Christian School had in boys and girls basketball. As well as LaNautica Johnson and her run to the North Carolina Wrestling State Championships representing Vance County! All this and more on SportsTalk!

Scores from over the weekend:

1A NCISAA Boys State Championship

  • Victory Christian – 70
  • Crossroads Christian – 42

1A NCISAA Girls State Championship

  • Victory Christian – 63
  • Crossroads Christian – 32

We are all proud of the Crossroads Christian Boys and Girls Basketball Teams for the great season they had!

•••••••••••••••••••••••••

1A NCHSAA Boys State Playoffs First Round:

  • Vance Charter vs. Eno River
  • Wake Prep vs. Excelsior Classical
  • Warren County vs. North Edgecombe
  • Roxboro Community @ Bertie

1A NCHSAA Girls State Playoffs First Round:

  • Vance Charter vs. North Edgecombe
  • Wake Prep vs. Oxford Prep
  • Falls Lake vs. Warren County
  • Roxboro Community vs. Cape Hatteras

2A NCHSAA Boys State Playoffs First Round:

  • South Granville vs. Trask
  • J.F. Webb @ Whiteville

2A NCHSAA Girls State Playoffs First Round:

  • Louisburg vs. John A. Holmes
  • J.F. Webb @ Goldsboro

3A NCHSAA Boys State Playoffs First Round:

  • Person vs. Currituck County

3A NCHSAA Girls State Playoffs First Round:

  • Franklinton @ Currituck County
  • Vance County @ Carrboro

Click Play!

NCHSAA

SportsTalk: NCHSAA Releases Third Draft of Conference Realignment

/by

SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

On Friday, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) released their third draft for the reorganization of conference play, also known as conference realignment. The Association released its first draft of conference realignment back on December 18th, and the second on January 21st. Although this is the third draft, this is not the final draft. Schools will have a chance to appeal to the NCHSAA Board of Directors before the conferences are approved and confirmed for the 2025-26 school year. It will not be long before the final draft is confirmed from here on out.

Below are the Conference Realignments for teams in Vance County and the surrounding counties:

6A/7A Conference C

  • Vance County (6A)
  • Franklinton (6A)
  • Wake Forest (7A)
  • Heritage – Wake Forest (7A)
  • Knightdale (7A)
  • East Wake (7A)

1A/2A Conference E

  • Vance Charter (1A)
  • Oxford Prep (1A)
  • Falls Lake Academy (1A)
  • Discovery Charter (1A)
  • Excelsior Classical (1A)
  • Henderson Collegiate (2A)
  • Eno River Academy (2A)

4A/5A Conference A

  • Carrboro (4A)
  • J.F. Webb (5A)
  • South Granville (5A)
  • Orange (5A)
  • Cedar Ridge (5A)
  • Seaforth (5A)
  • Durham School of the Arts (5A)

2A/3A/4A Conference A

  • American Leadership Academy, Johnston – Clayton (2A)
  • Louisburg (3A)
  • Wake Prep (3A)
  • North Carolina School of Science and Math – Durham (3A)
  • Bunn (4A)
  • Nash Central (4A)
  • Roanoke Rapids (4A)

1A/2A Conference C

  • KIPP Pride (1A)
  • Southeast Halifax (1A)
  • Weldon (1A)
  • Warren County (2A)
  • Northwest Halifax (2A)
  • Northampton County (2A)

Click Play!

SportsTalk: NCHSAA Releases 2nd Draft of Conference Realignment

/by

SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

On Tuesday, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) released their second draft for the reorganization on conference play, also known as conference realignment. The Association released their first draft of conference realignment back on December 18th. Although these drafts are not final, they give a good idea of what the final product will look like when it comes to who will play who in conference play. The third draft is expected to be released next month, while the final draft will be releases later in the spring. Also, Ohio State may have won College Football’s National Title, but is it outright or is it a Shared National Title? WIZS’s Scout Hughes and George Hoyle talked all about it on Wednesday’s edition of SportsTalk.

Below are the Conference Realignments for teams in Vance County and the surrounding counties:

6A/7A Conference B

  • Vance County (6A)
  • Franklinton (6A)
  • Northern Nash (6A)
  • Wake Forest (7A)
  • Heritage – Wake Forest (7A)
  • Knightdale (7A)
  • East Wake (7A)

1A/2A Conference C

  • Vance Charter (1A)
  • Oxford Prep (1A)
  • KIPP Pride (1A)
  • Southeast Halifax (1A)
  • Weldon (1A)
  • Henderson Collegiate (2A)
  • Warren County (2A)
  • Northwest Halifax (2A)
  • Northampton County (2A)

5A Conference 2

  • J.F. Webb (5A)
  • South Granville (5A)
  • Orange (5A)
  • Cedar Ridge (5A)
  • Seaforth (5A)
  • Durham School of the Arts (5A)

3A/4A Conference A

  • Louisburg (3A)
  • Wake Prep (3A)
  • North Carolina School of Science and Math – Durham (3A)
  • Bunn (4A)
  • Nash Central (4A)
  • Roanoke Rapids (4A)

1A Conference 2

  • Falls Lake Academy (1A)
  • Ascend Leadership (1A)
  • Central Carolina Academy (1A)
  • Clover Garden (1A)
  • Discovery Charter (1A)
  • Excelsior Classical (1A)
  • Neuse Charter (1A)
  • River Mill Academy (1A)
  • Southern Wake Academy (1A)
  • Woods Charter (1A)

Click Play!

SportsTalk: NCHSAA Releases First Realignment Draft

/by

SportsTalk on WIZS 12:30 p.m. M-Th

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has released their First Draft of Conference Realignment which will take effect at the beginning of the 2025-26 School Year. This realignment will determine what schools play who in conference play. Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue talked all about it on Wednesday’s edition of SportsTalk.

In addition to conference realignment, the NCHSAA will be adding classifications, from 1A-4A, to 1A-8A. Based on the attendance numbers that came out in November, Vance County will be 6A, Henderson Collegiate will be 2A, and Vance Charter will be 1A.

The following are conferences that include teams from Vance County and the surrounding areas that the NCHSAA laid out in their first draft:

6A/7A Conference C

  • Vance County (6A)
  • Franklinton (6A)
  • Northern Durham (6A)
  • Southern Durham (7A)
  • Hillside (7A)
  • Riverside (7A)

5A Conference 1

  • J.F. Webb (5A)
  • South Granville (5A)
  • Orange (5A)
  • Cedar Ridge (5A)
  • Seaforth (5A)
  • Durham School of the Arts (5A)

3A/4A Conference A

  • Louisburg (3A)
  • Wake Prep (3A)
  • North Carolina School of Science and Math – Durham (3A)
  • Bunn (4A)
  • Nash Central (4A)
  • Roanoke Rapids (4A)

1A/2A Conference D

  • Vance Charter (1A)
  • Oxford Prep (1A)
  • Wilson Prep (1A)
  • Sallie B. Howard (1A)
  • Henderson Collegiate (2A)
  • Warren County (2A)
  • Franklin Academy (2A)
  • East Wake Academy (2A)

1A Conference 3

  • Falls Lake Academy (1A)
  • Clover Garden (1A)
  • Discovery Charter (1A)
  • Excelsior Classical (1A)
  • River Mill Academy (1A)
  • Woods Charter (1A)

 

These conferences are not set in stone as this is just the first draft that the Realignment Committee of the NCHSAA has come up with. The final draft will come out sometime in the spring. But these conference could give a good idea of what the conference could be when they are finalized. In the meantime, we at WIZS will keep you posted on all things conference realignment in North Carolina High School Athletics.

Click Play!

NCHSAA

NCHSAA Conference Realignment Draft Unprecedented

/by

The first NCHSAA conference realignment draft features an unprecedented number of division splits.

WIZS SportsTalk hosts Trey Snide and Ron Noel covered the first draft of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association conference realignment Thursday, Dec 10th at 1pm.

You can listen back by clicking play here…

And be sure to listen to the show live M-F at one o’clock.

Before discussing the realignment, George Marshall, athletic director and head men’s basketball coach at Henderson Collegiate, appeared on the show.  He said the basketball practices have gone well and players are following all safety protocols.  As you know, he said, “In all practices and games, students are required to wear masks.”

Marshall said the team was trying to get back to levels attained last year.  He said the senior class last year was huge in that they were the school’s second graduating class and in what they meant to the younger players.

As for the class of 2021, Marshall said, “(The) class has taken some big steps with leadership, and we feel really confident about the juniors as well.”

With an unprecedented number of split conferences in the first NCHSAA draft of conference realignment, Henderson Collegiate and Vance Charter find themselves in conference 11 which also includes Eno River, Oxford Prep, Roxboro Community and Voyager Academy.

Most conferences are finding their member institutions to be close by, when it comes to driving distances.

Vance County is in conference 17 with Bunn, Louisburg, Nash Central, Franklinton (3A), Northern Nash (3A), Rocky Mount (3A) and Southern Nash (3A).

As for Granville County Schools, they’re in conference 18 which features Granville Central, South Granville, J.F. Webb, Bartlett Yancey, Durham School of the Arts (3A), Person (3A) and Southern Durham (3A)

Warren County will be more to the east, in conference 9 which also includes KIPP Pride, Northampton County, NW Halifax, Rocky Mount Prep, SE Halifax and Weldon.

Schools have until January 8th to request changes, and a second draft will come out mid-January for the NCHSAA.

For a list of all conferences, click here.

NCHSAA

NCHSAA Delays Start of Fall Sports Season Until at Least September 1

/by

THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY

-Press Release, NCHSAA

On Tuesday, Governor Cooper announced the reopening plan for the 2020-2021 school year. He also indicated that the NCHSAA would be making the decisions relative to sports. The NCHSAA Board of Directors approved the following rule and calendar changes:

  • The start of NCHSAA fall sports is delayed until at least September 1.
  • The first five (5) student days of the 2020-2021 school year will be designated as a “dead period” for ALL sports, allowing school staff to focus on the start of school.
  • NCHSAA Phase One of the summer conditioning and workouts will continue until further notice.

Commissioner Que Tucker provides the following statement at this time.

“For now, we believe these steps provide hope for our student-athletes, and the possibility for playing fall sports We know that many decisions are being made relative to the reopening plan your school(s) will follow. After each LEA has had an opportunity to formalize and finalize those reopening plans, the NCHSAA Staff will survey the membership to determine how sports should and/or can fit into the various models that will exist across the state. Please understand this delayed start date is not “in cement” and can be delayed even further if we do not have improved data from DHHS, or some other reason exists for delaying further into September or beyond.

We acknowledge that playing certain sports are more problematic at any time without a vaccine; however, we remain in consultation with our Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) members, and they believe we can and should offer a sports program, with all necessary modifications, delays, etc. In the coming weeks, we will continue working with the SMAC as we plan our next steps for the fall, as well as determining when equipment could be shared—i.e. balls— and/or if we can move into Phase 2 of the summer workouts/conditioning.

Each NCHSAA Board Member believes in the value of education-based athletics and is committed to SAFELY offering a fall, winter, and spring sports program during this school year; however, there is also a commitment to the health and safety of students and coaches. Towards this end, we all will continue to follow the guidance of the Department of Health and Human Services relative to the data and how we all safely move forward.

Coach's Corner Logo

Coach’s Corner 06/09/20: NCHSAA Green Lights Phased Return of Summer Sports

/by

100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL

Que Tucker, commissioner of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA), appeared on WIZS Coach’s Corner Tuesday.

Tucker discussed the NCHSAA Board of Directors’ recent decision to lift the “dead period” in high school sports effective Monday, June 15, 2020. Resuming of athletic activities will still depend on each district’s superintendent and local Board of Education’s approval.

Guidance from the NCHSAA utilizes a three-phased approach to help school systems navigate a gradual reopening of high school athletic activities.

Phase One, to begin June 15, includes guidelines suggesting sports practices be limited to 25 people max, sessions of no more than 90 minutes, face coverings to be worn, social distancing and hand washing/sanitizing to be practiced and the disinfecting of all shared equipment. While these general requirements apply to all sports during Phase One, specific requirements also apply to each sport.

Guidance for Phase Two and Phase Three will be announced in the coming weeks.

Acknowledging that there may be setbacks as summer activities resume due to the uncertainty of the current pandemic, Tucker said, “Risk is inherent in what we do in athletics. Just as physical setbacks occur, there may be those setbacks that occur relative to COVID-19.”

Click here for more details on the NCHSAA’s 2020 Summer Sports and Activities Guidance.

To hear more from Tucker, please listen to the Coach’s Corner audio by clicking the play button above.