NCHSAA 2017 Cross Country Regions Released - Which Regions Rank Out as the Toughest?


Girls 2A Regional Assignments

I added up the returning rankings of each team in all the regions and divided it by the total teams in the region to get the average rank.  In the table below if a team has a - as their regional rank, that means they don't return enough athletes to score in the returning virtual meet.  The results are as follows.


  1. Midwest - 20 Teams, 549 Total Points, Average of 27.45
  2. West - 23 Teams, 800 Total Points, Average of 34.78
  3. Mideast - 14 Teams, 613 Total Points, Average of 43.79
  4. East - 15 Teams, 675 Total Points, Average of 45
East 2A Returning Rank Mideast 2A Returning Rank Midwest 2A Returning Rank West 2A Returning Rank
First Flight 8 NCSSM 5 Lake Norman Charter 1 Brevard 2
Croatan 15 Durham School of the Arts 6 North Lincoln 4 Smoky Mountain 3
Dixon 18 Carrboro 7 Salisbury 9 Hendersonville 13
Currituck County 29 Clinton 19 Bandys 10 Draughn 17
South Lenoir 36 Wheatmore 44 Forbush 11 Franklin 21
Heide Trask 48 Jordan-Matthews 45 West Stanly 12 Pisgah 22
Richlands 50 Midway 49 North Davidson 14 Ashe County 24
Washington 52 East Montgomery 53 Ledford 20 West Lincoln 26
North Johnston 54 Whiteville 55 East Lincoln 23 Shelby 30
Nash Central 56 Providence Grove 58 Central Academy 25 Fred T. Foard 31
Beddingfield 57 Eastern Randolph 62 Central Davidson 25 East Henderson 32
Farmville Central 60 Red Springs 67 West Iredell 27 Bunker Hill 34
Goldsboro 61 Cummings 71 Walkertown 28 East Burke 37
Northeastern 65 Anson County 72 West Davidson 33 R-S Central 38
Pasquotank County 66 Bartlett Yancey -- West Stokes 35 Hibriten 39
Ayden-Grifton -- East Bladen -- South Rowan 41 Patton 40
Bunn -- East Davidson -- South Point 43 Lincolnton 42
East Duplin -- Fairmont -- Atkins 51 Owen 46
Greene Central -- J.F. Webb -- East Gaston 68 East Rutherford 47
Hertford County -- Randleman -- Forest Hills 69 Maiden 59
North Lenoir -- Reidsville -- Carver -- Newton-Conover 63
North Pitt -- South Granville -- Lexington -- Mountain Heritage 64
Roanoke Rapids -- Southern Vance -- Mount Pleasant -- Chase 70
Southwest Edgecombe -- St. Pauls -- North Surry -- Madison --
Southwest Onslow -- Thomasville -- North Wilkes -- West Wilkes --
Warren County -- Trinity -- Oak Grove -- Wilkes Central --
Surry Central --



Boys 2A Regional Assignments

Full Boys Returning NCHSAA 2A XC Rankings

I added up the returning rankings of each team in all the regions and divided it by the total teams in the region to get the average rank.  In the table below if a team has a - as their regional rank, that means they don't return enough athletes to score in the returning virtual meet.  The results are as follows.


  1. Midwest - 22 Teams, 714 Total Points, Average of 32.45
  2. West - 24 Teams, 836 Total Points, Average of 34.83
  3. Mideast -13 Total Teams, 609 Total Points, Average of 46.85
  4. East - 19 Total Teams, 946 Total Points, Average of 49.79
East 2A Returning Rank Mideast 2A Returning Rank Midwest 2A Returning Rank West 2A Returning Rank
First Flight 4 NCSSM 8 Walkertown 1 Pisgah 3
Croatan 7 Durham School of the Arts 10 North Lincoln 2 East Burke 9
Richlands 18 Carrboro 11 Lake Norman Charter 5 Smoky Mountain 13
Southwest Onslow 39 Clinton 22 Ledford 6 Brevard 15
South Lenoir 40 Wheatmore 36 East Lincoln 12 Lincolnton 16
Beddingfield 41 Jordan-Matthews 55 Central Davidson 14 Bunker Hill 17
East Duplin 42 Randleman 60 West Stanly 20 Patton 19
Dixon 47 Cummings 61 North Davidson 25 Madison 21
Farmville Central 49 St. Pauls 63 Salisbury 26 Franklin 23
Northeastern 50 Providence Grove 65 Central Academy 27 West Lincoln 24
Washington 53 Midway 71 North Surry 32 Draughn 28
Ayden-Grifton 56 East Montgomery 72 Atkins 33 Ashe County 29
Nash Central 57 Whiteville 75 South Rowan 37 Hendersonville 30
Bunn 69 Bartlett Yancey -- South Point 38 Shelby 31
Heide Trask 70 East Bladen -- Bandys 43 East Henderson 32
Roanoke Rapids 73 East Davidson -- West Iredell 44 Maiden 34
Currituck County 74 Eastern Randolph -- West Stokes 45 East Rutherford 48
North Johnston 77 Fairmont -- Surry Central 46 R-S Central 52
Goldsboro 80 J.F. Webb -- West Davidson 51 Wilkes Central 58
Greene Central -- Red Springs -- Lexington 62 Newton-Conover 59
Hertford County -- Reidsville -- East Gaston 64 Mountain Heritage 66
North Lenoir -- South Granville -- Carver 81 Fred T. Foard 67
North Pitt -- Southern Vance -- Forbush -- Owen 68
Pasquotank County -- Thomasville -- Forest Hills -- Chase 74
Southwest Edgecombe -- Trinity -- Mount Pleasant -- Hibriten --
Warren County -- Anson County -- North Wilkes -- West Wilkes --
Oak Grove --