With James Cathbertsoo
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The North Carolina High School Athletic
Association has announced a new expanded
basketball tournament format for the 1986-87
season.
NCHSAA executive director Charlie Adams
said that the tourney field will include a
64 team draw in each of the Association's four
classes for both men and women.
"We're tremendously excited about the
possibilities with this new format but we're
also very cautious because it is a completely
new endeavor," said Adams. "The old format
was going well and you don't usually tinker
with success, but this was an attempt to expand
our playoff program and get more teams
involved and also eliminate some of the
>! duplication we'd had In the past between
conference tournamenets and then the section
al event."
Adams noted that the new format would be
experimental for two years and then "we'll
evaluate both the old system and the new and
look at which seems to be the most suitable,
. both for our member schools and the Associa
tion as a whole."
Every conference In the state ofNorth
Carolina, with one exception, will earn four
berths into state playoff competition and some
leagues may have more. Credibility will be
provided for regular-season competitions py
making the regular-season champion the
number-one seed from each league.
Conferences will now be required to hold
conference tournaments, from which they will
receive all the revenue, and the league tourney
winner will receive a conference's second seed
in state play. The leagues themselves will
determine the criteria for qualifying for the
other berths.
The first round of 32 games will be played at
the site of the higher seeded teams, and then
those winners will be brought together into
sectional tournaments. There will be eight1
sectional tournaments. Conference represent
atives will be sent in different directions, as
close geographically as possible but still
providing a strong league a chance to advance
more than one team to the regional tourna
ment.
Sectional tournaments will be played at
neutral sites roughly in the center of the
sectional area, or will be hosted by a designat
ed conference if a neutral site Is not
possible.
"There will be a little more travel Involved In
the early rounds/' says Adams, "but that Is
necessary to keep conferences from having to
turn around and play one another again after a
league tournament. The format is roughly
patterned after the one we've used with some
success in our football playoffs, but we will be
looking at this again after a two-year period."
How does this affect the Southwestern 4A and
the Tri-County 4A? The men and women follow
the same format.
The Southwestern and the Tri-County will
have three chances to emerge with a sectional
representative.
In the bracket which will determine the
Western Sectional number two representative,
the third seed from the Tri-County will play the
third team from the Metro Conference
(Greensboro, Winston-Salem) In the first round
on the road.
in me bracket to determine the number three
represenative to the Western Region, the
Tri-County number one seed will be at home to
the Southwestern number five, the Tri-County
number four seed will be on the road at the
Northwestern number two seed, the Southwest
ern number one seed will be at home to the
Tri-County number five team, the Southwest
ern number three seed will be at the North
western number one seed, the Southwestern
number two seed will be at home to the
Northwestern number four team, and the Trl
County number two team will host the
Southwestern number four team.
The Northwestern Conference consists of
Alexander Central, Watauga, McDowell, South
Caldwell, Hickory, East Burke and Freedom.
The Metro Conference includes Winston
Salem Carver, East Forsyth, Winston-Salem
Glenn, North Forsyth, Greensboro Page and
Greensboro Smith.
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Player Of The Week
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Boo Hood Makes Last-Minute Touchdown
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By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
With Boo Hood scoring two
touchdowns. Charlotte Catholic
d- >minated South Stanly to move into
first place alone in the Rocky River
3A Conference <
Boo Hood ran it in from the eight i—
yard line with one minute left in
'he second half to put the Cougars
ahead. He scored again with the
Cougars facing a fourth and eight at
'he South Stanly 24. He caught a
11-yard pass to get the first down
and then took it in. He is the
Chari >tte Post Player of the Week.
He gained 108 yards on the ground
and 12 in the air.
Other Outstanding Games
Kevin Armstrong of Hunter Huss
in Gastonia ran 44 yards for a
' >uflid' iwn with three minutes left to
seal doom for the East Mecklenburg
Eagles. He had 22 carries for 121
yards. Will Coleman recovered a
fumble for Hunter Huss to move the I
Eiducators to Attend
Special "Workshop
Special To The Post
High school principals, superin
'endents, guidance counselors and
ruches have been invited to a
special workshop on Propostion 48 at
North Carolina State University
Saturday, October 25.
The free workshop is being
sponsored by the NCSU Office of
Undergraduate Admissions and the
Department of Athletics. It will be
held in the University Student
Center.
Pr<>p<sition 48, now Bylaw
5-l(j), deals with eligibility stan
dards for student-athletes entering
NCAA Division 1 colleges and '
universities. The regulation sets
minimum high school grade point
averages in core academic
c urses and minimum SAT scores
for incoming freshmen student
athletes.
NCSU Dean of Admissions Anna
Kqller said* “There have been a lot
nf questions from the high schools
about Proposition 48. We hope to
explain the regulations and clarify
how they affect athletic eligibility..
Additionally, we’U be discussing
NCAA recruiting rules and
regulations, NCAA forms, the
NCSU Academic Skills Program and
financial aid procedures.”
Hie workshop is scheduled from 10
a.m. to i p.m. Hie room in the
Student Center is not set at this time.,
We must know if you wish to attend
the workshop, so that we can provid*
adequate space. Please make _
reservations by October 22 by
writing Jim Pomeranz, director of
marketing and promorions, NCSU
Athletics, Box 8501, Raleigh, NC
27695-8501, or call him at 919
Prep Review
Tri-County 4A , ;• ?
N. Mrck 3-14-24
W. Charlotte 3-14-14
Hording 2-14-24
W. Meek 2-14-14
Olympic 2-2-4-34
E. Gaston 0-3-244
Crest 0-3-144
Southwestern 4A
.Ashbrook 34-744
E. Meek 2-14-24
Hunter Huss 3-14-1-1
Garinger 1-2-144
S. Meek 1-2-144
Independence 1-3-344
Myers Park 1-3-144
Last Week’s Results
..Ashbrook 33, Independence 7;
Harding 49, Garinger 8; Latin 59,
Gaston Day 18; Brunswick 17,
Country Day 14, Providence Day 27,
Wake Academy 0; West Charlotte
20, Olympic 7; West Mecklenburg
24, East Gaston 14; North Meck
lenburg 19, Crest 13; Hunter Huss 21,
East Mecklenburg 7; and, Myers
Park 38, South Mecklenburg 15
Independents
Catholic (.1
Providence Day 4-1
Country Day 14
Gaston Day 1-7
Charlotte Latin 8-1
This Week
October 31
Ashbrook at East Meek; East
Gaston at Crest; Myers Park at
Hunter Huss; South Mecklenburg at
Garinger; Harding at Olympic;
This Week
October 31
Ashbrook it East Mecklenburg;
East Gaston at Crest; Myers Park at
Hunter Hubs. South Mecklenburg at
Oaringer; Harding at West Meck
lenburg; Olympic at Independence;
and. North Mecklenburg at West
Charlotte.
Next Week
November 7
Hunter Huss at Ashbrook; Crest at
Olympic: Harding at East Gaston;
Oaringer at East MecklenburgO
Independence at South; West
Charlotte at Myers Park; and. West
Mecklenburg at North Mecklenburg.
Huskies into second place in the
V iufhwestern 4A Conference.
Anthony Houston of Harding
hrew for 233 yards as Harding
rgmped Garinger, 49-8. Kenny
5'evenson had two touchdown
•a'ches in that game He has seven
f >r the season. Robert Johnson also
picked up his seventh touchdown
pass for the year in that game.
Randy Faust Had two touchdowns
in Myers Park’s upset of South.
Mecklenburg Ray Hughes rushed
f >r 166 yards, including a 63-yard
'ouchdnwn as West Mecklenburg
moved to 6-1 with a win over Hunter
Huss. Junior Hall had three touch
downs for Ashbrook as the Green
Wave rolled on.
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