CHAPEL HILL -- Fayetteville will be the new host city for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Eastern Regional basketball tournament, starting with the 2010-11 season.
Davis Whitfield, executive director of the NCHSAA, made the official announcement on Monday.
"We are truly excited about the tournament moving to Fayetteville and the interest the community has already demonstrated for this event," Whitfield said in a news release. "Greenville has been a great host location for many years and we are grateful for the support and involvement we received there. But Fayetteville is poised and ready to enhance the student-athlete experience of this event, and the level of excitement there is impressive."
Fayetteville previously hosted the Eastern Regional games from 1987-90 before they moved to Greenville, where they were held for the past 20 seasons. The agreement with Fayetteville is for the next four years, with games to be played at both the Crown Arena and Crown Coliseum.
Sectional winners in the NCHSAA playoffs advance to regional play, with four men's teams and four women's teams from each classification qualifying. The winners from the regionals advance to state championship games in Raleigh or in Chapel Hill.
