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RALEIGH, NC - The NCHSAA's Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted the annual Student Leadership Conference in Raleigh over the weekend. The event hosted students from 12 schools and featured 60 participants and focused on leading through sportsmanship.
Note: Details of specific recommendations will be shared prior to the Board Meeting.
Policy Committee
- Name, Image, and Likeness (Tabled from Winter 21)
- 2022-23 Non-Athletic Calendar
- Gender Policy
- Fighting Ejections and Playoff Opportunities
- Leaving the Bench Ejection Policy Relative to Playoff Qualification
- Playoff Qualification Policy Request
Review & Officiating Committee:
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Herbie Rogers, a great coach and competitor, passed away last week at the age of 64. Rogers was born the eldest of Joyce and the late Jesse Rogers, a schoolteacher, and a farmer on April 28th, 1958. He quickly grew to have a passion for football and baseball that later developed into anything requiring a competition (badminton, ping pong, Bocchi ball). He graduated from ECU with a degree in physical education where he would go on to meet his wife of 39 years, Debi. He taught in Currituck County before accepting a dream job at his Alma Mater, Williamston High School.
Calling all female leaders in high school sports!
You are invited to the inaugural national summit on women and sport leade |
A former coach and athletic director at Western Harnett High School, Lewis Cummings, passed away last week in Lillington at the age of 71.
NCHSAA Hall of Fame member and former NCHSAA Board of Directors member, Coach Paul Gay, from Sanford, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 90.
CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and the North Carolina State Board of Education (SBOE) have both approved and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will allow the Association to continue to oversee the governance of high school athletics in the state for the next four years.
1A Men’s Basketball State Championship | Hayesville outlasts Chatham Charter 54-43 in overtime
1A Women’s Basketball State Championship | Bishop McGuinness blasts Bertie 70-42 for 10th State Title
1A WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Bertie Falcons vs.
2022 1A Women’s Eastern Regional Finals
Saturday, March 5, 2022