After juggling the ideas of going to five or three classifications, the N.C. High School Athletic Association will stick with four for the next realignment. The decision comes after an study by SAS that broke down each possible realignment's ramifications.

The timeline for the next realignment was approved by the board. In November, the process of drafting NCHSAA conferences for the 2013-17 seasons will begin.

The North Carolina Athletic Directors Association held its annual conference this week in Wilmington.

Powell Latimer of the Wilmington Star-News was there to report on most of the NCADA's events, including some interesting quotes by N.C. High School Athletic Association president Davis Whitfield.

In case you missed it in today's N&O story by Tim Stevens, Warren County and South Granville are among four boys basketball teams who have been banned from this year's NCHSAA playoffs for fighting.

New NCHSAA director spends time with veteran director Charlie Adams

Davis Whitfield, an associate commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was named as the next executive director of the N.C. High School Athletic Association on Thursday.

Davis Whitfield, the ACC's Director of Championships, may be next executive director of the N.C. High School Athletic Association.