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



Girls 1A 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. Mideast, 14 Teams, 298 Total Points, 21.29 Average
  2. East, 8 Teams, 185 Total Points, 23.13 Average
  3. West, 13 Teams, 311 Total Points, 23.92 Average
  4. Midwest, 11 Teams, 287 Total Points, 26.09 Average
East 1A Returning Rank Mideast 1A Returning Rank Midwest 1A Returning Rank West 1A Returning Rank
East Carteret 8 Franklin Academy 2 Gray Stone Day 4 Lincoln Charter 1
Lejeune 10 Raleigh Charter 3 North Stokes 9 Swain County 5
Manteo 12 Research Triangle 6 Bishop McGuinness 13 Murphy 11
Camden County 20 Granville Central 7 Pine Lake Preparatory 17 East Wilkes 14
Riverside (Martin) 25 Roxboro Community 15 Union Academy 22 Cherkoee 16
Bear Grass Charter 35 Voyager Academy 19 Community School of Davidson 26 Tri-County Early College 18
Northside (Pinetown) 37 Woods Charter 21 North Moore 30 Highland Tech 27
Northampton County 38 Chatham Central 23 West Montgomery 34 Hayesville 28
Cape Hatteras -- Hobbton 24 Winston Salem Prep 43 Thomas Jefferson 31
Gates County -- East Wake Academy 29 Queen's Grant 44 Mountain Island Charter 33
Holmes -- North Duplin 32 Uwharrie Charter 45 Polk County 39
KIPP Pride -- River Mill Academy 36 Albemarle -- Robbinsville 42
Mattamuskeet -- Pender 40 Bradford Prepatory -- Andrews 46
North Edgecombe -- Oxford Preparatory 41 Carolina International School -- Alleghany --
Northwest Halifax -- Falls Lake Academy -- Chatham Charter -- Avery County --
Ocracoke -- Kestrel Heights -- East Surry -- Bessemer City --
Pamlico County -- Lakewood -- Mount Airy -- Cherryville --
Perquimans -- Louisburg -- North Rowan -- Elkin --
Rocky Mount Prep -- Neuse Charter -- North Stanly -- Hiwassee Dam --
South Creek -- Princeton -- South Davidson -- Mitchell --
Southeast Halifax -- Rosewood -- South Stanly -- Nantahala --
Southside -- South Robeson -- South Stokes -- Rosman --
Tarboro -- Union -- Starmount --


Boys 1A 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. West - 10 Teams, 209 Total Points, 20.90 Average
  2. Mideast - 19 Teams, 532 Total Points, 28 Average
  3. East - 11 Teams, 340 Total Points, 30.91 Average
  4. Midwest - 14 Teams, 448 Total Points, 32 Average
East 1A Returning Rank Mideast 1A Returning Rank Midwest 1A Returning Rank West 1A Returning Rank
Lejeune 7 Raleigh Charter 1 Bishop McGuinness 2 Lincoln Charter 5
Camden County 11 Franklin Academy 3 Community School of Davidson 4 Hayesville 9
Pamlico County 19 Hobbton 6 Pine Lake Preparatory 8 Highland Tech 12
Manteo 23 Chatham Central 10 Chatham Charter 20 East Wilkes 14
Riverside (Martin) 31 Woods Charter 13 Queen's Grant 24 Swain County 16
Holmes 32 Pender 15 Gray Stone Day 27 Robbinsville 17
Gates County 33 Research Triangle 18 South Davidson 36 Elkin 21
South Creek 42 Rosewood 25 East Surry 38 Polk County 22
Tarboro 44 Voyager Academy 28 North Stanly 39 Alleghany 43
Northside (Pinetown) 45 Roxboro Community 29 North Rowan 47 Rosman 50
Bear Grass Charter 53 East Wake Academy 30 Uwharrie Charter 48 Andrews --
Cape Hatteras -- Princeton 34 South Stokes 49 Avery County --
East Carteret -- Louisburg 35 West Montgomery 52 Bessemer City --
KIPP Pride -- Oxford Preparatory 37 Carolina International School 54 Cherkoee --
Mattamuskeet -- Falls Lake Academy 40 Albemarle -- Cherryville --
North Edgecombe -- South Robeson 46 Bradford Prepatory -- Hiwassee Dam --
Northampton County -- Neuse Charter 51 Mount Airy -- Mitchell --
Northwest Halifax -- North Duplin 55 North Moore -- Mountain Island Charter --
Ocracoke -- River Mill Academy 56 North Stokes -- Murphy --
Perquimans -- Granville Central -- South Stanly -- Nantahala --
Rocky Mount Prep -- Kestrel Heights -- Starmount -- Thomas Jefferson --
Southeast Halifax -- Lakewood -- Union Academy -- Tri-County Early College --
Southside -- Union -- Winston Salem Prep --