124 NCHSAA SCHOOLS ARE EJECTION FREE FOR 2007-08
CHAPEL HILL– The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced today that 124 member schools in the NCHSAA were ejection free during the 2007-08 school year.
The schools will recognized at the Association’s upcoming regional meetings in the next two weeks. There were a total of 375 member schools in the NCHSAA last year.
Mark Dreibelbis, assistant executive director of the NCHSAA and director of the Association’s Student Services Division, noted the trend with ejections. A whopping 202 schools, the all-time record, were ejection free in the 2006-07 academic year, so the 2007-08 total does represent a dramatic reduction in the number of schools achieving this goal. A total of 165 schools went ejection free during the 2005-06 year with 169 in 2004-05. The totals include 157 in 2003-04 and 149 schools in 2002-03.
The trend generally had been steadily upward since the inception of the program. There were 114 ejection-free schools during the 2001-2002 year and 92 schools were ejection free in both 2000-01 and 1999-2000. A total of 82 schools were ejection-free in 1998-99, and 75 schools went without an ejection during the 1997-98 year. The guidelines record ejections for unsportsmanlike acts such as fighting, taunting, profanity, obscene gestures or disrespectfully addressing or contacting officials.
“We are certainly pleased to recognize these schools for their positive programming,” said Dreibelbis. “It is part of our continuing commitment to provide opportunities and recognize schools which are promoting the kind of behavior we want to see as part of a wholesome athletic environment. We are concerned about the fact, however, that there was a substantial drop in the number of schools earning this recognition.”
All schools with no ejections for the year will receive a certificate of recognition. North Carolina Farm Bureau sponsors this as part of its initiative with the NCHSAA.
Those schools include:
2007-2008 Ejection-Free Award Recipients
Region 1 (14 schools)
Bear Grass
Camden County
Cape Hatteras
Columbia
Creswell
Currituck
Gates County
Hertford County
Jamesville
Manteo
Mattamuskeet
Northside
Ocracoke
Southside
Region 2 (17 schools)
Clinton
Croatan
East Carteret
East Duplin
Eastern Wayne
Havelock
Jones
Lakewood
Laney
Lejeune
North Duplin
North Lenoir
Pamlico
South Lenoir
Southwest Onslow
Wallace-Rose Hill
West Craven
Region 3 (22 schools)
Apex
Cardinal Gibbons
Carrboro
Cary
Durham School of the Arts
East Chapel Hill
Eastern NC School for the Deaf
Fike, Ralph L.
Franklinton
KIPP Pride
Leesville Road
Louisburg
Millbrook
NC School of Science and Math
Northampton-East
Northampton-West
Orange
Roanoke Rapids
Rocky Mount Preparatory
Southern Nash
Southern Vance
Weldon
Region 4 (8 schools)
North Moore
Red Springs
Smith, E.E.
South Columbus
St. Pauls
West Columbus
West Montgomery
Whiteville
Region 5 (19 schools)
Asheboro
Chatham Central
Cummings
East Davidson
East Forsyth
Eastern Alamance
Glenn, Robert B.
High Point Central
Morehead, John M.
Northern Guilford
Northwood
Parkland
Reynolds, R.J.
South Davidson
Southeast Guilford
Southwestern Randolph
Thomasville
West Davidson
Williams, Walter A.
Region 6 (18 schools)
Albemarle
Ashbrook
Burns
East Lincoln
East Mecklenburg
Forestview
Gray Stone Day
Highland School of Technology
Independence
Kings Mountain
Mallard Creek
Marvin Ridge
North Gaston
North Lincoln
North Mecklenburg
Parkwood
South Point
Vance, Zebulon
Region 7 (14 schools)
Alleghany
Challenger Early College
Davie County
Maiden
Mooresville
NC School for the Deaf
North Surry
North Wilkes
Statesville
Watauga
West Caldwell
West Iredell
West Wilkes
Wilkes Central
Region 8 (12 schools)
Asheville
Blue Ridge
Cherokee
Hayesville
Hiwassee Dam
Madison
Mitchell
Mountain Heritage
Nantahala
North Henderson
Polk County
Tuscola
