NCHSAA releases first draft of conference realignment plan for 2021-2025 By John Smist | December 10, 2020 at 2:53 PM EST - Updated December 10 at 2:53 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina High School Athletic Association NCHSAA released its first draft of the conference realignment plan for 2021-2025 on Thursday. In the first draft the Mideastern Conference remains a split 3A/4A league (Ashley, Laney, New Hanover, Hoggard, South Brunswick, North Brunswick, West Brunswick, Topsail). “The number of ‘split conferences’ in this alignment draft represents the Realignment Committee’s desire not to limit those,” said Commissioner Que Tucker in a NCHSAA news release. “It also takes into consideration the protection of natural rivalries and strongly considers geography and travel time. Of course, this means the way of getting into the playoffs must be reviewed and updated. That will come later.”