Western North Carolina Athletic Conference
Data
Classification	NCHSAA 2A/3A
Members	8
Founded	2009 (previously AAC)
Region	Western Western North Carolina Western North Carolina is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains, thus it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. It is sometimes included with upstate South Carolina as the "Western Carolinas", which is also counted as a single media market...
States	North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
Counties
Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania

The Western North Carolina Athletic Conference (WNCAC), is a North Carolina High School Athletic Association

North Carolina High School Athletic Association

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is the governing organization of high school athletics in North Carolina, United States. The association maintains the official rule books and governs the officiating standards across the state....

 conference

Athletic conference

An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the professional, collegiate, or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels...

 which has operated in the western region of North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 since August 2009. Prior to January 2011, it was referred to as the Appalachian Athletic Conference. However, a name change was forced when the NCHSAA was hit by a copyright claim from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

 (NAIA) which operates a collegiate conference

Appalachian Athletic Conference (NAIA)

The Appalachian Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that competes in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II competition. Members of the conference are located in the Southeast United States in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia...

 using the same name . The conference currently consists of four 3A schools and four 2A schools. In terms of playoffs, these schools compete in their respective NCHSAA classifications. The current lineup will run through at least June 2013.

Member schools

Institution	Location	Nickname	Classification
Brevard High School	Brevard, NC	Blue Devils	2A
East Henderson High School East Henderson High School East Henderson High School is located at 110 Old Upward Road in East Flat Rock, North Carolina and is a part of the Henderson County Public Schools district. The school serves students in grades nine through twelve. The mascot is an Eagle and the colors are green and white and unofficially, black...	Flat Rock, NC	Eagles	3A
Franklin High School	Franklin, NC	Panthers	3A
North Henderson High School	Hendersonville, NC	Knights	2A
Pisgah High School Pisgah High School Pisgah High School is a public senior high school located in Canton, North Carolina, USA approximately west-southwest of Asheville.- History :...	Canton, NC	Black Bears	2A
Smoky Mountain High School Smoky Mountain High School Smoky Mountain High School is a public high school located in Sylva, North Carolina. The school formed as a result of the consolidation of the former Sylva-Webster High School and Cullowhee High School in 1988, at the Sylva-Webster Campus, which dates to 1960....	Sylva, NC	Mustangs	2A
Tuscola High School	Waynesville, NC	Mountaineers	3A
West Henderson High School	Mills River, NC	Falcons	3A