Cary’s Green Hope and Panther Creek will appeal their placement in a high school athletic conference with Durham Hillside, Durham Jordan, Durham Riverside, Northern Durham and Person.
A plan approved by the N.C. High School Athletic Association realignment committee on Wednesday would place Green Hope and Panther Creek in the league for four years.
The realignment committee’s plan also keeps Broughton and Enloe aligned with other Cap Eight 4A teams. Drafts of the plan had the two schools moving to the Greater Neuse 4A.
Rolesville, a Wake County school that opens in 2013 when the plan takes effect, would go to the Greater Neuse.
Schools may appeal their placement to the realignment committee on March 15. The realignment committee, which is made up of superintendents and principals, will recommend a plan to the NCHSAA board of directors in May.
The NCHSAA board has final approval of the plan.
Wayne Bragg, the athletic director at Green Hope, said the two Wake County Schools would continue to stress to the committee that the schools should be allowed to remain with the other schools in its community.
"We won't change the message," Bragg said. "We have nothing at all against the other schools. We just want to remain with our community. We think we have some options to show the committee. I understand the need for the five schools to have other schools in their conference, but we think there is a better way."
He believes the realignment committee should consider creating a 3A/4A conference, a league that owuld have 3A and 4A schools. Bragg plans to explore the possibility of some area 3A schools preferring to be aligned with the Durham-area schools.
"Many of the 3A schools in the area have been aligned with the Durham schools in the past," Bragg said. "I think some of them may have interest."
Green Hope and Panther Creek, which are in western Wake County, are the closest 4A schools to the five Durham-area 4A schools.
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Thu, 02/16/2012 - 22:05 — troloo9193Oh, boo freaking hoo. You have no idea what it is to have a REALLY screwed up conference thanks to the good old boys at the NCHSAA. Try having half you conference have no football team, no jv teams, no volleyball and/or soccer. That's what NORTHWOOD has had for the last 4 years being stuck in a 1A/2A conference with community and charter schools even though next year they will be 3A. The NCHSAA is all about the money. And speaking of money, try paying for gas when they had NW driving to play Granville Cental and South Granville as well as Roxboro Community, DSA, School of Science and Math. Our "community" would like to play our rivals too, like Jordan Matthews but no such luck. I have a feeling those power players in Green Hope and PC will get their ways. We also complained but we don't have the money or connection you big wigs in Cary do. When is someone going to ask about that bundle of money the NCHSAA is sitting on? You know the cash it extorts from every high school in the state. Bitter much? Damn straight.
conference realignment of Tri-9 & Pac 6
Thu, 02/16/2012 - 14:03 — Debbie61I just wanted to post my displeasure of this proposed realignment. Part of the fun of being involved in school sports is the rivalry that is developed between the local high schools. While Green Hope and PCHS have a great competition, their competition is also against Apex & Cary High. This is partially due to the fact that all of the kids know someone at these schools. Other than the Green Hope PCHS games, I doubt my kids will go to watch any of the others. They don't know anyone on the teams in Durham and won't have an interest.
There must be another solution. This will truly affect the experience the kids have in HS sports.