Maumelle Charter and Central Arkansas Christian are only a few miles apart in North Little Rock and now the two high schools will be competing against each other in spring sports for the next two years.
The Arkansas Activities Association announced on Wednesday that the conference alignments for the 2022-24 competition cycle have been set for tennis, golf, baseball, softball, track & field and soccer.
Conferences won’t be finalized until later this year for baseball, softball, soccer and track & field as schools have until Dec. 1 to declare their intent to play that sport in Spring 2023.
Maumelle Charter and CAC are both currently set to play all spring sports, but the Lady Mustangs won’t be facing the Falcons in softball, at least in conference action.
That’s due to the new competitive equity rule for private schools. There’s been a multiplier applied to private schools that generally pushes them up a classification. The team’s wins and losses are given points and if they haven’t scored more than two points over the last four years, that would cause a school to drop down.
So for softball, CAC will be in Maumelle Charter’s old turf, the 2A-5 and will face the likes of Bigelow, Conway Christian and Episcopal Collegiate. While the Falcons will be in the 3A-5 with Mayflower, Baptist Prep, mostly along the Interstate 40 corridor.
Soccer is a bit different as Maumelle Charter and CAC will be together but the conference won’t have that I-40 flavor as it stretches from Lake Village in the state’s extreme southeast corner, over to Hermitage then north LISA North and Jacksonville Lighthouse with Baptist Prep and Episcopal in between.
Baseball is somewhat more compact and will feature Lamar as the westernmost school and, again, mostly along the I-40 corridor as CAC and Maumelle Charter will be joined by Atkins, Baptist Prep, Dover, Mayflower and Perryville.
As for North Little Rock and Maumelle, nothing really much changes. As previously reported, Jonesboro will be in the 6A-Central, but Fort Smith Northside will be in the 6A-West, as they should.
The Hornets will play most familiar faces but will now include eStem along with Vilonia besides the likes of Beebe, Jacksonville, Little Rock Christian, Parkview and Sylvan Hills.
The list of conference assignments by sport follows.
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Maumelle Charter, CAC mostly together for spring sports
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Maumelle Charter and Central Arkansas Christian are only a few miles apart in North Little Rock and now the two high schools will be competing against each other in spring sports for the next two years.
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The Arkansas Activities Association announced on Wednesday that the conference alignments for the 2022-24 competition cycle have been set for tennis, golf, baseball, softball, track & field and soccer.
Conferences won’t be finalized until later this year for baseball, softball, soccer and track & field as schools have until Dec. 1 to declare their intent to play that sport in Spring 2023.
Maumelle Charter and CAC are both currently set to play all spring sports, but the Lady Mustangs won’t be facing the Falcons in softball, at least in conference action.
That’s due to the new competitive equity rule for private schools. There’s been a multiplier applied to private schools that generally pushes them up a classification. The team’s wins and losses are given points and if they haven’t scored more than two points over the last four years, that would cause a school to drop down.
So for softball, CAC will be in Maumelle Charter’s old turf, the 2A-5 and will face the likes of Bigelow, Conway Christian and Episcopal Collegiate. While the Falcons will be in the 3A-5 with Mayflower, Baptist Prep, mostly along the Interstate 40 corridor.
Soccer is a bit different as Maumelle Charter and CAC will be together but the conference won’t have that I-40 flavor as it stretches from Lake Village in the state’s extreme southeast corner, over to Hermitage then north LISA North and Jacksonville Lighthouse with Baptist Prep and Episcopal in between.
Baseball is somewhat more compact and will feature Lamar as the westernmost school and, again, mostly along the I-40 corridor as CAC and Maumelle Charter will be joined by Atkins, Baptist Prep, Dover, Mayflower and Perryville.
As for North Little Rock and Maumelle, nothing really much changes. As previously reported, Jonesboro will be in the 6A-Central, but Fort Smith Northside will be in the 6A-West, as they should.
The Hornets will play most familiar faces but will now include eStem along with Vilonia besides the likes of Beebe, Jacksonville, Little Rock Christian, Parkview and Sylvan Hills.
The list of conference assignments by sport follows.
Tennis
3A-5
Baptist Prep
Central Arkansas Christian
Harding Academy
LISA North
Maumelle Charter
Riverview
5A-Central
Beebe
Little Rock Christian
Maumelle
Parkview
Pulaski Academy
Sylvan Hills
Vilonia
6A-Central
Bryant
Cabot
Catholic (B)
Central
Conway
Jonesboro
Mount St Mary (G)
North Little Rock
Southwest
Golf
3A-6
Baptist Prep (G)
Central Arkansas Christian
Conway Christian (G)
DeWitt
Dumas
Episcopal
LISA North
Mayflower
Maumelle Charter
McGehee
5A-Central
Beebe
eStem
Jacksonville
Little Rock Christian
Maumelle
Parkview
Sylvan Hills
Vilonia
6A-Central
Bryant
Cabot
Catholic (B)
Central
Conway
Jonesboro
Mount St Mary (G)
North Little Rock
Southwest
Baseball
3A - 5
Atkins
Baptist Prep
CAC
Dover
Lamar
Maumelle Charter
Mayflower
Perryville
5A-Central
Beebe
eStem
Jacksonville
Little Rock Christian
Maumelle
Parkview
Sylvan Hills
Vilonia
6A-Central
Bryant
Cabot
Catholic
LR Central
Conway
Jonesboro
North Little Rock
Southwest
Softball
2A - 5
Bigelow
CAC
Conway Christian
Cutter Morning Star
Episcopal Collegiate
Magnet Cove
Mountain Pine
Poyen
3A - 5
Atkins
Baptist Prep
Dover
Lamar
Mayflower
Maumelle Charter
Perryville
5A - Central
Beebe
eStem
Jacksonville
Maumelle
Mount St Mary
Parkview
Sylvan Hills
Vilonia
6A-Central
Bryant
Cabot
LR Central
Conway
Jonesboro
North Little Rock
Southwest
Track & Field
3A-5
Atkins
Baptist Prep
CAC
Dover
Lamar
Maumelle Charter
Mayflower
Perryville
5A-Central
Beebe
Jacksonville
LR Christian
Maumelle
LR Parkview
Sylvan Hills
Vilonia
6A-Central
Bryant
Cabot
Catholic/Mt. St. Mary
LR Central
Conway
Jonesboro
North Little Rock
LR Southwest
Soccer
3A-East
Baptist Prep
CAC
Episcopal
Hermitage
Lake Village
Lisa North
Maumelle Charter
Jacksonville Lighthouse
5A-Central
Beebe
eStem
Jacksonville
LR Christian
Maumelle
Parkview
Pulaski Academy
Sylvan Hills
Vilonia
6A-Central
Bryant
Cabot
Catholic/Mount St. Mary’s
Central
Conway
Jonesboro
North Little Rock
Southwest