CHAPEL HILL– The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has announced that 139 member schools in the NCHSAA were ejection free in their athletic contests during the 2014-15 school year.
The schools were recognized recently at the Association’s regional meetings across the state. The 139 schools represented 34.5 percent of the NCHSAA's member schools, based on the 403 member schools last year.
The guidelines record ejections for unsportsmanlike acts such as fighting, taunting, profanity, obscene gestures or disrespectfully addressing or contacting officials.
The 2006-07 academic year was the best since the NCHSAA started tracking ejections in 1997, with 202 schools earning ejection free status, which represented 54.8 percent of the member schools in that year. There were 113 ejection free schools in 2010-11, or 29 percent of the membership, and there were 127 ejection free schools during the 2011-12 academic year. The total for 2012-13 was 128 schools and the number last year was 127.
"We are proud that 139 schools were ejection free last year," said NCHSAA interim commissioner Que Tucker, "but we have to continue to make sportsmanship a priority and hope the number of schools which are ejection free grows."
All schools with no ejections for the year received a certificate of recognition at the NCHSAA regional meetings across the state. North Carolina Farm Bureau sponsors this as part of its initiative with the NCHSAA.
Three schools were recognized for completing five consecutive years with no ejections, including Chatham Central, Franklin Academy and Southwest Edgecombe. Two schools, Ocracoke and Southside in Chocowinity, have successfully completed their 11h consecutive ejection-free years, and received a 10-year award last year.
Region 1
Ayden-Grifton
Bear Grass Charter
Camden County
Cape Hatteras
Conley, DH
Creswell
Farmville Central
Gates County
Manteo
Mattamuskeet
Northside
Ocracoke
Plymouth
South Creek
Southside
Region 2
Eastern Wayne
Greene Central
Hobbton
Lakewood
Lejeune
North Lenoir
Northside (Jax)
Rosewood
White Oak
Region 3
Bunn
Cary
Chapel Hill
Clayton
Corinth-Holders
Durham School of the Arts
East Chapel Hill
East Wake
East Wake Academy
Eastern NC School for the Deaf
Franklin Academy*
Franklinton
Granville Central
Hillside
Holly Springs
Kestrel Heights
Louisburg
Middle Creek
Millbrook
NC School of Science & Math
Nash Central
Neuse Charter
North Edgecombe
North Johnston
Northampton
Northern Nash
Northern Vance
Northwest Halifax
Princeton
Raleigh Charter
Rolesville
Roxboro Community
Smithfield-Selma
Southeast Halifax
Southern Durham
Southern Nash
Southwest Edgecombe*
Wake Forest
Warren County
Weldon
Region 4
East Bladen
Fairmont
Lee County
Richmond Senior
Smith, E.E.
St. Pauls
Region 5
Central Davidson
Chatham Central*
Chatham Charter
East Davidson
Eastern Alamance
Eastern Guilford
Eastern Randolph
High Point Central
Lexington Senior
McMichael
North Davidson
North Forsyth
Providence Grove
South Davidson
Southeast Guilford
Southern Guilford
Southwest Guilford
West Davidson
Wheatmore
Williams, Walter M.
Winston-Salem Prep
Woods Charter
Region 6
Ardrey Kell
Ashbrook
Berry Academy
Bessemer City
Carson, Jesse
Cuthbertson
East Lincoln
East Mecklenburg
East Rowan
Garinger
Gray Stone Day
Harding University
Hough
Lincoln Charter
Lincolnton
Marvin Ridge
Monroe
Myers Park
Parkwood
Robinson, J.M.
Rocky River
Salisbury
South Point
South Rowan
South Stanly
Stuart W. Cramer
Vance, Zebulon
West Charlotte
West Lincoln
Region 7
Bunker Hill
East Wilkes
Hickory
Mount Airy
NC School for the Deaf
Region 8
Andrews
Blue Ridge Early College
Erwin
Mountain Heritage
Murphy
Nantahala
North Henderson
Owen, Charles D.
Pisgah
Polk County
Rosman
Swain County
Tuscola
*5th Consecutive Ejection-free Year Recipient
