BRYSON CITY, NC – There is a new leader in all-time coaching wins in North Carolina High School Athletic Association football, David Gentry from Murphy. His Bulldogs stunned Swain County 15-14 with a touchdown and two-point conversion in the closing minutes of a tight game on the road on October 18, 2019, to hand the…
CHAPEL HILL—Brooke Clark of Kings Mountain High School and Bryson Pleasant of Roxboro Community School won top honors in the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program Click It or Ticket Scholar-Athlete Essay Contest. The Fall 2019 semester’s prompt was: As a scholar-athlete, describe the misconceptions teens have about seat belt usage. As their peer, what…
The 2019 Women's Dual Team Tennis Brackets have been posted to the Tennis page of the NCHSAA Website. You may also view the final brackets at this link.
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Pine Forest and Westover provided plenty of excitement after the opening kickoff, with Pine Forest narrowly edging Westover 33-30 on Friday, October 4. But during the pregame festivities, it was one of the game officials that made a spectacular entrance. Westover had arranged for the game ball to be delivered by the…
CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association presented special awards at the regional meetings across the state that were just completed last week. Commissioner Que Tucker and Assistant Commissioner Tra Waters presented both the Charlie Adams Distinguished Service Awards and the Special Person awards to recipients in each region. The Charlie Adams Distinguished…
By: Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff, NFHS Executive Director The issue of vaping has reached a crisis stage across the United States, and leaders in our nation’s schools must take immediate steps to stop the use of these electronic cigarette products by our nation’s youth – particularly the more than 12 million participants in high school…
2018 NCHSAA 1A Women's Dual Team Tennis Championship #1 Raleigh Charter (16-3) def. #1 Pine Lake Prep (9-2) 5-2 Singles #1 – Andersen Schubert (Pine Lake Prep) def. Camryn McClure (Raleigh Charter) 6-4, 6-0 #2 – Vedika Birla (Raleigh Charter) def. Haley Frye (Pine Lake Prep) 0-6, 6-4, [10-6] #3 – Emma Rowe (Raleigh Charter) def….
By Karissa Niehoff, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations and Que Tucker, Commissioner of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. Inappropriate adult behavior at high school athletic events in North Carolina and across our country has reached epidemic proportion. When more than 2,000 high school athletic directors were asked in a…
BURLINGTON, NC – Long-time former Eastern Guilford High School Coach Tommy Grayson passed away at his family’s Burlington home on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at age 74. Arrangements and services have not been determined at this time and will be updated when they become available. Grayson graduated from Lexington Senior High School in 1963 prior to…
This is the first article in a new thread we are calling "Respect the Game". This series is designed for highlighting NCHSAA members using education-based athletics for their true purpose – to support and enrich the educational experience of students – by providing educational life lessons and growth opportunities through sport. These stories will highlight lessons of…
