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Interesting reading for sure.
Do we have any idea when the realignment will be released?

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The realignment plan is definitely not accurate. Lucy Beckham, I believe will start at 3A. 5A has been announced by the SCHSL as between 36-44 schools. I expect 40. 1A will be the largest (around 52 schools) as some schools do not offer football but they are not listed here. Also, 1A sports receive the least revenue and thus have more reason for their travel expense to be a consideration.

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I had the same thought about Lucy Beckham.
Whatever the committee decides is going to be wrong in the eyes of about 5 school's fan bases.

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I did a quick check,, the preliminary numbers that are listed seem to be correct. I just don't know about the re-alignment plan. Also, with Lucy Beckham opening at the start of the realingment cycle, would they possibly put them 5A since they will have 5A numbers their second year? I dont have a clue which way they will go. I dont know if that would even be possible because of football contracts being signed for 2 years, but they would certainly be the largest 3A school their 2nd year.

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Also,, I guess I never looked.... I didnt realize how small Phillip Simmons actually is.

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I was talking with another coach and they think that LB will be put in 5A but only have JV teams to start with.

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I am pretty sure Lucy Beckham to 3A is a done deal. Their projected enrollment numbers have already been submitted to the SCHSL. You cannot project their numbers based on attendance zone initially, as the seniors will at Wando (I believe the Juniors as well) and some underclassman with sibling ties.

Also, Phillip Simmons will almost certainly move beyond 2A.

Alister is correct, there will be some gnashing of teeth.

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Have they named an AD yet? If 5A caps at 40, that would put Dutch Fork as the smallest 5A at 1287. I would imagine that LB would still be below that number during their second year anyway.

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This is interesting. There will be a lot of fixing because some of these regions are going to be a lot travel wise for a school.


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Thanks Brandon for the article.
Interesting times in the SC high school world.

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so just by looking at it. It looks like James Island will drop to 4A, regardless of what happens.

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That would mean they are traveling A LOT because the Charleston Metro doesn't have any other 4A schools. Unless others drop down as well.

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Lucy Beckham will be 4A.

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Has Lucy Beckham announced any coaching hires yet?

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I haven't heard anything about Lucy Beckham.


"The SCHSL hopes to get the enrollment numbers from the SC Department of Education in early December and then meet between Dec. 9-15 to figure out classifications and region placement. The SCHSL will inform schools of the class and region placement on Dec. 16"

I wondering if this time table is still going to happen.

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The 12th grade numbers have been subtracted to get the 9-10-11 numbers that the SCHSL will use in the realignment. Also, the numbers for Bishop England, St. Joseph's Catholic, Southside Christian and Christ Church Episcopal are tentative.

RANK SCHOOL ADM

5-A
1 Wando 2,971
2 Dorman 2,668
3 Summerville 2,491
4 Carolina Forest 2,140
5 Byrnes 1,942
6 Boiling Springs 1,850
7 Sumter 1,835
8 Clover 1,808
9 Mauldin 1,784
10 Hillcrest 1,736
11 Fort Dorchester 1,713
12 Ashley Ridge 1,712
13 Stratford 1,692
14 Spring Valley 1,663
15 Lexington 1,637
16 River Bluff 1,624
17 Spartanburg 1,581
18 White Knoll 1,543
19 Cane Bay 1,536
20 J.L. Mann 1,535
21 Goose Creek 1,514
22 Fort Mill 1,500
23 Rock Hill 1,480
24 T.L. Hanna 1,458
25 Gaffney 1,434
26 Blythewood 1,410
27 Wade Hampton-G 1,404
28 Woodmont 1,397
29 Riverside 1,383
30 West Ashley 1,380
31 Northwestern 1,371
32 St. James 1,369
33 Berkeley 1,360
34 R.B. Stall 1,349
35 Nation Ford 1,313
36 Dutch Fork 1,296
37 West Florence 1,290
38 Westside 1,287
39 Socastee 1,286
40 Ridge View 1,285

4-A
1 Conway 1,282
2 Easley 1,277
3 Lugoff-Elgin 1,272
4 South Florence 1,264
5 Greenville 1,232
6 North Augusta 1,219
7 North Myrtle Beach 1,209
8 Eastside 1,187
9 Colleton County 1,174
10 Greenwood 1,171
11 James Island 1,170
12 Westwood 1,169
13 Richland Northeast 1,167
14 Chapin 1,166
15 Myrtle Beach 1,149
16 South Pointe 1,132
17 South Aiken 1,113
18 Laurens 1,112
19 York 1,110
20 May River 1,095
21 Hilton Head 1,089
22 A.C. Flora 1,082
23 Airport 1,054
24 Lucy Beckham 1,045
25 Lancaster 1,044
26 Indianland 1,027
27 Beaufort 1,006
28 Pickens 1,005
29 Midland Valley 1,004
30 Irmo 981
31 Aiken 967
32 Bluffton 964
33 Dreher 937
34 Greer 928
35 Wilson 927
36 Travelers Rest 924
37 Berea 919
38 Walhalla 913
39 Lower Richland 908
40 Daniel 890

3-A
1 Darlington 889
2 Hartsville 886
3 Catawba Ridge 876
4 Lakewood 854
5 Orangeburg-Wilkinson 851
6 Brookland-Cayce 837
7 Wren 825
8 Crestwood 821
9 Union County 811
10 Belton-Honea Path 807
11 Blue Ridge 806
12 Gilbert 779
13 Seneca 778
14 Camden 777
15 Marlboro County 759
16 Georgetown 754
17 Palmetto 745
18 Carolina 730
19 Chapman 727
20 Hanahan 726
21 Swansea 700
22 Powdersville 692
23 Southside 682
24 Aynor 671
25 Clinton 664
26 Chester 662
27 Dillon 661
28 Emerald 660
29 Pendleton 640
30 Waccamaw 632
31 Gettys Broome 626
32 Manning 624
33 Mid-Carolina 613
34 West-Oak 611
35 Lake City 609
36 Strom Thurmond 598
37 Loris 597
38 Woodruff 596
39 Battery Creek 588
40 Keenan 571
41 Fairfield Central 565
42 Fox Creek 560

2-A
1 Crescent 553
2 North Charleston 550
3 Lake Marion 547
4 Newberry 539
5 Silver Bluff 518
6 Pelion 517
7 Academic Magnet 516
8 Oceanside Collegiate 512
9 Bishop England 511
10 Marion 510
11 Chesnee 503
12 Baptist Hill 502
13 Columbia 501
14 Charleston Math & Science 499
15 Liberty 498
16 Andrew Jackson 493
17 Ridgeland-Hardeeville 482
18 Woodland 481
19 Timberland 474
20 Saluda 473
21 Edisto 468
22 Central 467
23 Philip Simmons 462
24 Andrews 455
25 Barnwell 451
26 Cheraw 445
27 Eau Claire 437
28 Landrum 430
29 Kingstree 428
30 Wade Hampton-H 425
31 Mullins 419
32 Lee Central 418
33 Buford 417
34 Batesburg-Leesville 416
35 Gray Collegiate 402
36 Blacksburg 396
37 North Central 385
38 Greer Middle College 376
39 Abbeville 371
40 Dixie 366
41 York Prep 364
42 Latta 353

1-A
1 Chesterfield 352
2 Brashier Middle College 349
3 Ninety-Six 343
4 Whale Branch 327
5 St. Joseph 326
6 Greenville Tech 324
7 Calhoun County 323
8 East Clarendon 322
9 Burke 314
10 C.A. Johnson 310
11 Green Sea-Floyds 303
12 Christ Church Episcopal 297
13 St. John's 291
14 Lewisville 291
15 Bamberg-Ehrhardt 290
16 Legion Collegiate 289
17 Carvers Bay 280
18 Hannah-Pamplico 265
19 Southside Christian 264
20 Johnsonville 262
21 Cross 255
22 Whitmire 250
23 High Point 249
24 Lake View 233
25 McBee 226
26 Wagener-Salley 223
27 Ware Shoals 214
28 Allendale-Fairfax 209
29 Hemingway 205
30 Ridge Spring-Monetta 200
31 Lamar 199
32 Military Magnet 185
33 C.E. Murray 183
34 Williston-Elko 182
35 Scott's Branch 173
36 McCormick 155
37 Branchville 152
38 Great Falls 151
39 Blackville-Hilda 131
40 Bethune-Bowman 129
41 Timmonsville 120
42 Estill 118
43 Denmark-Olar 117
44 North 107
45 Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 106
46 Green Charter 102
47 S.C. School Deaf & Blind 90
48 Calhoun Falls 88

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Thanks coach,,,, Bishop England, Academic Magnet and Oceanside all possibly in the same region, will make for some interesting games.

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According to Lou Bezjak's article in The State from 11/20/19:

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The realignment committee decided the biggest changes will be in Class A, the smallest classification, and 5A, the biggest classification.

Currently, there are 38 Class A schools but only 29 of them have football. In the next realignment, there will be a base of 50 schools with the flexibility to move plus-or-minus four schools giving it between 46-54 schools.

Having more Class A schools would probably eliminate some of the issues that happened in the football playoffs in which a winless team Hemingway hosted a playoff game or one-win teams made the playoffs.

In Class 5A there are 48 schools, but in the next realignment there will be a base of 36 with a plus-or-minus of four schools, meaning there could be as few as 32 schools or as many as 40 in 5A.

Once Class A and 5A are established, the remaining schools will be divided equally among Class 2A, 3A and 4A with the flexibility to move plus-or-minus four schools as it pertains to that classification.

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I asked my AD about the new alignment this morning, and he said it was being released on Friday by SCHSL.

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The State article about the realignment.

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4a region 7,,, will have some battles in soccer for sure. There will be good teams left out of the playoffs. Also Oceanside, Academic Magnet, and Bishop England will be tough as well. Will be fun to see how this pans out.

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*Looks at our possible region*


Whew boy that’s gonna be fun


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2020-2022 SCHSL Realignment (Proposed 12/19/19)

5A (40)
R1 - T.L. Hanna, Hillcrest, J.L. Mann, Mauldin, Woodmont
R2 - Byrnes, Dorman, Riverside, Spartanburg, Wade Hampton-G
R3 - Boiling Springs, Clover, Fort Mill, Gaffney, Nation Ford
R4 - Blythewood, Northwestern, Ridge View, Rock Hill, Spring Valley
R5 - Chapin, Dutch Fork, Lexington, River Bluff, White Knoll
R6 - Carolina Forest, Conway, St. James, Socastee, Sumter
R7 - Berkeley, Cane Bay, Goose Creek, Stratford, Wando
R8 - Ashley Ridge, Fort Dorchester, R.B. Stall, Summerville, West Ashley

4A (40)
R1 - Easley, Pickens, Travelers Rest, Walhalla, Westside
R2 - Eastside, Greenville, Greenwood, Greer, Laurens
R3 - Catawba Ridge, Indian Land, Lancaster, South Pointe, York
R4 - Dreher, A.C. Flora, Lugoff-Elgin, Richland Northeast, Westwood
R5 - Aiken, Airport, Irmo, Midland Valley, North Augusta, South Aiken
R6 - Darlington, Hartsville, Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, South Florence, West Florence, Wilson
R7 - Beaufort, Bluffton, Colleton County, Hilton Head Island, James Island, Lucy Beckham, May River

3A (46)
R1 - Belton-Honea Path, Daniel, Pendleton, Seneca, West-Oak, Wren
R2 - Berea, Blue Ridge, Carolina, Palmetto, Powdersville, Southside
R3 - Broome, Chapman, Clinton, Emerald, Union County, Woodruff
R4 - Chester, Fairfield Central, Keenan, Lower Richland, Mid-Carolina
R5 - Brookland-Cayce, Fox Creek, Gilbert, Orangeburg-Wilkinson, Strom Thurmond, Swansea
R6 - Camden, Crestwood, Lake City, Lakewood, Manning, Marlboro County
R7 - Aynor, Dillon, Georgetown, Loris, Waccamaw
R8 - Academic Magnet, Battery Creek, Bishop England, Hanahan, North Charleston, Oceanside Collegiate

2A (43)
R1 - Abbeville, Christ Church Episcopal, Crescent, Greenville Tech**, Liberty, Ninety-Six
R2 - Blacksburg, Brashier Middle College**, Chesnee, Greer Middle College**, Landrum, Legion Collegiate (Football Only), St. Joseph's Catholic
R3 - Andrew Jackson, Buford, Central, Cheraw, Chesterfield, Legion Collegiate, North Central, York Prep**
R4 - Batesburg-Leesville, Columbia, Eau Claire, Gray Collegiate, Newberry, Saluda
R5 - Barnwell, Edisto, Pelion, Silver Bluff, Wade Hampton-H
R6 - Burke, Lake Marion, Philip Simmons, Ridgeland-Hardeeville, Timberland, Woodland
R7 - Andrews, Kingstree, Latta, Lee Central, Marion, Mullins

1A (51)
R1 - Calhoun Falls, Dixie, High Point Academy**, McCormick, SCSDB**, Southside Christian, Ware Shoals, Whitmire
R2 - Governor's School**, Great Falls, C.A. Johnson, Lamar (Football Only), Lewisville, McBee, Midlands Stem**, Riverwalk Academy**
R3 - Blackville-Hilda, Calhoun County, Denmark-Olar, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler, North, Ridge Spring-Monetta, Wagener-Salley, Williston-Elko
R4 - Carvers Bay, East Clarendon, Hemingway, C.E. Murray, Scott's Branch
R5 - Coastal Leadership**, Green Sea-Floyds, Hannah-Pamplico, Johnsonville, Lake View, Lamar, Timmonsville
R6 - Allendale-Fairfax, Bamberg-Ehrhardt, Bethune-Bowman, Bridges Prep**, Estill, Polaris Tech Charter**, Royal Live Oaks Academy**
R7 - Baptist Hill, Charleston Charter School for Math & Science, Cross, Lowcountry Leadership Charter**, Military Magnet, Palmetto Scholars Academy**, St. John's, Whale Branch Early College

**No Football**

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