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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 […]

NCHSAA pushes back fall sports; football scheduled for February start

August 12, 2020 North State Journal Staff

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released a new calendar for sports across the state Wednesday, pushing back start dates for schools to resume athletics and, most notably, moving football to a February start. […]

Phase 2 extension bad news for high school football season in NC

August 5, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Gov. Roy Cooper’s announcement Wednesday that he is extending Phase 2 of North Carolina’s response to the coronavirus pandemic by five weeks all but guarantees the delay of high school football season, as well as […]

NCHSAA ends dead period, athletes allowed to return on June 15

June 8, 2020 Brett Friedlander

High school athletes across the state will be allowed back to their schools to resume training for the upcoming fall season beginning on June 15. The NC High School Athletic Association on Monday announced that […]

NCHSAA taking cautious approach to return of prep sports

May 26, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The NC High School Athletic Association is taking a cautious approach toward a return to competition, extending its dead period for organized sports activities by two weeks until at least June 15. NCHSAA commissioner Que […]

Owen, Cardinal Gibbons athletes honored by NCHSAA

May 8, 2019 Shawn Krest

CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association held its annual meeting and awards ceremony at UNC’s Dean Smith Center on May 2. Among the winners honored at the event were four high […]

NCHSAA announces changes to prep football schedule

September 24, 2018 Brett Friedlander

The NC High School Athletic Association has adjusted its fall sports playoff calendar as a result of game and event cancellations caused by Hurricane Florence and its immediate aftermath. The most significant of the changes […]

Weather causes change in prep state championship game schedule

December 8, 2017 Brett Friedlander

The N.C. High School Athletic Association has announced that the starting times for its 4A and 4AA football state championship games have been moved back three hours because of wintry weather in the Winston-Salem area. […]