Generally, schedules are set up so that all teams begin playing within the region at the same point in the season. When there is an even number of schools in a region, it’s pretty easy, for example, with six teams, there would be three conference games each week.
Odd numbers in conferences cause some problems, as there will always be one team with no conference opponent to play.
In past years, to solve this problem, the league has “married” two conferences that have an odd number of teams, allowing the extra team that has no conference opponent to play the team in the same situation in the other conference.
The game would still be a non-conference game, and would not count in the conference standings.
No announcement has been made yet, but it is likely the Region 1-AAAA will likely be wed with Region 2-AAAA, which also has seven teams beginning next season as Riverside High School and J.L. Mann High School will move up from the AAA level.
Five of Region 2-AAAA’s seven teams are considered “Big 16 schools,” which compete in a separate championship level in football.
Woodmont is one of the fastest-growing schools in the state. It wasn’t that long ago that Woodmont was competing on the AA level. Now, according to the 135-day attendance records released by the S.C. High School League, Woodmont is the 38th largest school in the state.
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 AAAA, the next 48 as AAA, the next 48 as AA 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.
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