Reassignment has long plagued coaches in Wake County, taking away potential contributors from one school and giving them to conference rivals.

In the case of Kameron Bryant, it wasn’t reassignment from the county, but a family relocation that has the Tri-9 Conference looking vastly different next year.

In June, Bryant’s mom moved out of Green Hope’s district to more affordable housing inside the Panther Creek area — a move dictated in part by the housing market.

The three-mile trek down highway 55 changes Tri-9 Conference races in the two big revenue sports, basketball and football — where Bryant starred last year as a sophomore.

“I had a couple of friends over [at PC], so that helped the move. It was familiar, right down the street,” Bryant said.

Bryant was a rarity at the 4-A level, a sophomore starting in two of sports’ most vaunted and cerebral positions — point guard and quarterback.

Despite being on a 0-11 Green Hope football team, Bryant was recognized as an honorable mention quarterback after throwing for 1,415 yards and eight touchdowns last year.

On the basketball team, he ran the show as the Falcons advanced to the playoffs and finished with a record of 9-17 in the state’s toughest conference. As a rising junior, Bryant has two years of eligibility left to add to his varsity experience.

Needless to say, he’ll be welcomed at Panther Creek by both basketball and football coaches alike.

“I think in football, we’re going to be really good. We’re going to have a lot of expectations and now we’ve just got to work to achieve it,” Bryant said.

“In basketball, it’s going to be hard to match what [PC] last year did with the three D-1 players. I think we’ll be at the top, but maybe not as good as last year’s team was.”

Bryant said he knows the starting quarterback job isn’t going to be handed to him. He’s currently battling incumbent C.J. Liley (651 yards, seven TDs) for that spot.

Whichever quarterback wins the battle will be given the keys to arguably the best playmakers in the conference — in other words, this year’s Apex.

“I think we’ve got a big chance to do some big things,” Bryant said.

The Catamounts return 6-foot-3 senior Graham Love, who accumulated more than 600 yards receiving and five touchdowns, as well as leading rusher Kel Jackson, who had more than 800 yards of total offense and four scores.

Wide receiver Stephen Womble and his 371 yards receiving also returns.

“It’s really motivated me again,” Bryant said. “I’ve always heard NBA players, how they went to a new team and how they just got a new wave of energy and that’s what I have now.”

One opposing basketball coach said it was hard to tell whether or not Bryant’s departure hurt Green Hope more than it helped Panther Creek — the Catamounts were already returning two players with starting experience at point guard.

But the coach was sure of this, it puts a monkey wrench into what was shaping up to be a huge year for Mickey Bissette’s team.

Bryant is the second would-be returning starter to unexpectedly leave Green Hope this summer, the other being Mo Somadjabi (6.1 points per game), who transferred to South Wake Academy.

Couple that with departing seniors Shawn Shaffer (14.2 ppg), Sam Archer (7.2 ppg) and Justin Beaudin (5.7 ppg) and Green Hope is will losing 81 percent of its scoring from last year.

“I’m not worried about Green Hope this year,” said one conference player.

Those losses will be alleviated with the ascension of the league’s dominant junior varsity squad and incoming transfer Tariq Forte, but not having a proven commodity at point will hurt.

No matter what affect Bryant’s move has on the rest of the Tri-9, he said he’s ready for his future as a Catamount.

“[I’m] just ready to play, ready to lead,” Bryant said.