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June 17, 2025

Que Tucker

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NCHSAA board approves reorg

May 9, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Board of Directors held its spring meeting last week and took action on numerous changes in high school sports. Arguably the most important decision of the session was […]

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NIEHOFF and TUCKER: Enough is enough: bad behavior by coaches, parents and fans must stop 

December 16, 2022 Karissa Niehoff and Que Tucker 

There’s an unfortunate trend continuing in North Carolina and across the nation that must be stopped: the bad behavior of coaches, parents and fans at high school athletic events.  We’ve all seen it: the yelling, […]

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Wallace-Rose Hill COVID cluster puts state football title game in jeopardy

December 9, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The Wallace-Rose Hill football team is scheduled to play Shelby for the 2A state championship Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium. But the Bulldogs’ participation in the game is suddenly in doubt. At the very least, they […]

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Protocols and postponements: NC prep football struggles through pandemic

September 29, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Purnell Swett High School is scheduled to play a football game on Friday. Under normal circumstances, that wouldn’t be considered breaking news, since high schools across North Carolina traditionally play football on Friday nights this […]

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NC Senate bill would replace NCHSAA

July 21, 2021 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association would be replaced by a proposed state commission to oversee interscholastic public school sports in a measure unveiled Tuesday in a legislative committee. The bill, which […]

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NCHSAA tips off basketball playoffs

February 24, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Postseason basketball tournaments aren’t like the playoffs in most professional sports. There aren’t any best-of-seven series in which a team can afford a loss or two and still advance to the next round. It’s a […]

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NCHSAA basketball title games to be played at high school venues

February 5, 2021 Brett Friedlander

For the first time since 1981, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association will hold its state championship basketball games at high school gyms this year. The NCHSAA announced Thursday that the Randolph County School […]

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NCHSAA announces slimmed-down football divisions

December 9, 2020 Brett Friedlander

“The new normal” is a phrase that’s been used a lot recently in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But it also pertains to the status of high school football in North Carolina beyond the current […]

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State COVID guidelines put high school hoop season in doubt

October 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has set Dec. 7 as the first day basketball teams around the state can begin practice for a 2021 season that is scheduled to begin on Jan. 4. […]

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High school coaches navigate NCHSAA’s plan for February football

August 19, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Football coaches, by nature, are famous for adjusting on the fly. It’s something they do at halftime of virtually every game their teams play. So when the North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced last […]

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