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4B will get bigger and more powerful

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Atlee, Henrico, Matoaca and Varina have the option to move to Class 4 because of their new enrollment figures.

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The Virginia High School League will hear an appeal in the coming weeks from Region 4B to split Class 4, into eight regions.
Region 4B will make its case for the change to the VHSL’s Appeals Committee on Sept. 2. That committee will make its recommendation to the VHSL’s Executive Committee, which will vote on Sept. 23 to determine the final alignment plan for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 scholastic seasons.
Currently Class 4 is made up of 58 schools. Region 4B, located primarily in the Richmond area, is the largest of the four regions with 21 schools. That region added five schools in a proposed mid-cycle plan from the Realignment Committee.
 
Class 4, Region B will have more time to try to come up with a solution for its 20-school logjam when the Virginia High School League’s new alignment takes effect for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons.
At its final alignment meeting on Wednesday, the VHSL’s executive committee granted the region a delay, likely until the committee meets in February.

“This will allow us to explore, among all four regions [in Class 4], some different scenarios,” said Region 4B chairman Bill Swink, the activities director at Spotsylvania High School.
The region includes Richmond-area schools, along with schools in the Fredericksburg and Charlottesville areas.


Adjustments to the VHSL’s four-year classification plan created the overcrowded region. After two years – in 2021-22 – schools can move up or down in one of the six classifications (Class 6 is for the highest enrollments) as enrollments change. Each class is divided into four regions.

 
they will have to divide into two subregions for all sports (but football).
4B North Section and 4B South Section.
(Probable lineup as the Hanover County schools will want to stay together).

4B South Section
Dinwiddie
Varina
Henrico
Monacan
Matoaca
Huguenot
George Wythe
Powhatan

4B North Section
Eastern View
Chancellor
Courtland
King George
Spotsylvania
Hanover
Patrick Henry
Atlee
Mechanicsville

Playoffs
N1 vs S4
N2 vs S3
N3 vs S2
N4 vs S1
 
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a concise summary of all the changes that affect the RVa Sports Network area.

 
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