The latest SC HIgh School League realignment will apparently deliver on its promise of change. Chronicle Country schools which, pending appeals, will be most affected are Irmo, Brookland-Cayce and Pelion. All 3 schools will move down in classification based on the 45-day enrollment count which only includes grades 9-11. Irmo will now compete in Region 5-4A with Airport, Aiken, Midland Valley, North Augusta and South Aiken. Brookland-Cayce is headed back to Class 3A where it will compete with Gilbert, Swansea, Strom Thurmond, Orangeburg-Wilkinson and Fox Creek in Region 5-3A. Pelion is also returning to a familiar setting in Class 2A. It will rejoin Region 5-2A with Barnwell, Edisto, Silver Bluff and Wade Hampton. Batesburg-Leesville also finds itself on the move in Class 2A. It will head to Region 4-2A with Gray Collegiate, Eau Claire, Columbia, Saluda and Newberry. All remaining Class 5A schools in Chronicle Country - Lexington, Dutch Fork, Chap-in, White Knoll and River Bluff - will remain in Region 5-5A. The league will hold regular and organizational meetings starting Jan.

21. The 1st appeals before the classifications’ Executive Committee will be heard Jan. 28-30. The appeals before the league’s Executive Committee will take place Feb. 12. The final appeals before the Appellate Panel will take place Feb. 19 before the final reclassification/realignment list is released Feb. 26.