Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Public School Sports Division Realignment To Affect Liberty


Liberty public school sports will have a different conference schedule next year. Three of the six Skyline 2A teams are to be replaced by three other teams.

Walhalla will move to the Western 3A conference.

Abbeville is to move down to the 1A level.

Liberty, Crescent, and Pendleton will remain in the Skyline 2A Conference.

Emerald High School will be the largest 2A school, according to league attendance records. The Emerald Panthers will move from Skyline 2A (Region 1-2A) to Region 3-2A next season.

Replacing those three schools in Skyline 2A will be; Carolina, Chesnee, and Palmetto (Each currently in Region 2-2A).

None of this year’s Region 2-2A teams will be in the same conference next season, as three move to Region 1-2A, Woodruff and Broome move to Region 3-2A, while Southside moves to 3A.

The South Carolina High School league realigns its conference every two years, depending on attendance figures for the schools. Generally, the 48 biggest schools are classified as 4A, the next 48 as 3A, the next 48 as 2A and the remaining schools as “Single A.” Schools can apply for an exception to realignment, such as when a school’s new conference assignment would require greater travel and cause that school to incur greater expenses. Daniel High has often received alignment due solely to competition.

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