CHAPEL HILL– The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced today that 127 member schools in the NCHSAA were ejection free in their athletic contests during the 2013-14 school year.
The schools were recognized at the Association’s regional meetings across the state. The 127 schools represented 31.8 percent of the NCHSAA's member schools, based on the 399 member schools last year.
Two schools, Ocracoke and Southside in Chocowinity, successfully completed their 10th consecutive ejection free years, one of the milestones that the NCHSAA tracks.
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.
"We are proud that 127 schools were ejection free last year," said NCHSAA commissioner Davis Whitfield, "but we have to continue to make sportsmanship a priority and not lose focus until all member schools are ejection free."
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.
2013-2014 Ejection-Free Award Recipients
Region 1
Bertie
Cape Hatteras
Columbia
Farmville Central
Hertford County
Holmes, John A.
Manteo
Mattamuskeet
Northeastern
Northside
Ocracoke**
Plymouth
Southside**
Washington
Region 2
C.B. Aycock
East Carteret
Eastern Wayne
Jones Senior
Kinston
Lakewood
Laney, E.A.
Lejeune
New Bern
New Hanover
North Brunswick
Pamlico County
Trask, Heide
West Carteret
White Oak
Region 3
Apex
Beddingfield
Broughton, Needham
Bunn
Cary
Corinth-Holders
East Wake Academy
Eastern NC School for the Deaf
Franklin Academy
Granville Central
Green Hope
Hunt
KIPP Pride
NC School of Science & Math
Neuse Charter
Northern Vance
Northwest Halifax
Orange
Raleigh Charter*
Research Triangle
Rocky Mount
Rolesville
Roxboro Community
Southeast Halifax
Southern Durham
Southwest Edgecombe
Voyager Academy
Webb, J.F.
Weldon
Region 4
East Bladen
Gray’s Creek
Seventy-First
South Robeson
Triton
Union Pines
West Columbus
West Montgomery
Westover
Region 5
Andrews, T.W.
Atkins
Carver
Chatham Central
Cummings
Dudley, James B.
Eastern Guilford
Eastern Randolph
Jordan-Matthews
North Davidson
Northwest Guilford
Reynolds, RJ
River Mill Academy
Rockingham County
Smith, Ben L.
South Stokes
Trinity
Walkertown
West Davidson
Williams, Walter M.
Woods Charter
Yancey, Bartlett
Region 6
Ardrey Kell
Ashbrook
Central Cabarrus
Community School of Davidson
Cuthbertson
East Gaston
East Lincoln
Forestview
Garinger
Hopewell
Kings Mountain
Lake Norman Charter
Lincoln Charter
Monroe
Mount Pleasant
North Lincoln
Parkwood
Queens Grant
Rocky River
Shelby
South Stanly
Stuart W. Cramer
Region 7
Hibriten
Lake Norman
NC School for the Deaf
North Surry
Pine Lake Preparatory
South Iredell
Region 8
Andrews
East Henderson
Hayesville
Hiwassee Dam
Jefferson, Thomas
Nantahala
Pisgah
Rosman
RS Central
Smoky Mountain
