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. From the Greatest Generation to Baby Boomers, Generation X to Millennials, teenagers in every era have had challenges growing up. In today’s digital world, high school students are…
CHAPEL HILL— Hailey Long from Person High School and Nigel Summerville from Zebulon Vance High School have been named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards. Each week two athletes in North Carolina High School Athletic Association competition are selected for this award from nominations received from media and school administrators. Long, a senior…
CHAPEL HILL— Madeline Hill from Cuthbertson High School and Anthony Sedeno from Rockingham County High School have been named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards. Each week two athletes in North Carolina High School Athletic Association competition are selected for this award from nominations received from media and school administrators. Hill, a…
Chapel Hill, N.C. – Moe’s Southwest Grill locations in the Triangle, in conjunction with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA), have selected Glenda Cox from Heritage High School in Wake Forest, N.C., Shannon Issette from Hunt High School in Wilson, N.C., and Shelby Wyatt from Knightdale High School in Knightdale, N.C., as recipients of the…
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 CHAPEL HILL – In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence and devastating flooding across the state, Commissioner Que Tucker and the NCHSAA Board of Directors has requested NCHSAA member schools designate a contest or contests during the period from October 1-19, 2018 as a Hurricane Florence Relief Assistance Contest (s). Member schools are…
CHAPEL HILL— Natalie Lutz from Kings Mountain High School and Preston Brown from West Mecklenburg High School have been named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards. Each week two athletes in North Carolina High School Athletic Association competition are selected for this award from nominations received from media and school administrators. Lutz,…
It is with heavy hearts we announce that Samantha Davis, a senior cross country runner, has passed away at the age of 17 after collapsing in a race on Saturday, September 22nd in Charlotte at McAlpine Park. Davis collapsed near the 4K mark of the 5K "Hares and Hounds Invitational" race, and despite on-site medical care…
NCHSAA Fall Championships Update September 24, 2018 CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors and Commissioner Que Tucker have made the decision to adjust the playoff calendar for fall sports following historic flooding and devastation in many areas of eastern North Carolina. “The complexity of adjusting dates for playoff rounds…
CHAPEL HILL – Cam Gill from Salisbury High School and Chase Gilley from East Lincoln High School have been named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards. Each week two athletes in North Carolina High School Athletic Association competition are selected for this award from nominations received from media and school administrators. Gill, a…
The NCHSAA is saddened to announce the passing of Earl Eller, long-time AD at North Wilkes High School and a stalwart in the athletic community in Wilkes County. The snippet below is from the obituary posted by the funeral home handling arrangements, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home. Read the full obituary on the funeral home website here. "In 1968,…
