The high school football regular season continues through November 8th.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The fall season of high school sports will be extended due to Helen. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) made the announcement Wednesday.
This means the high school football regular season will be extended by one week until Nov. 8. The playoffs begin on November 15th, with the state finals taking place on December 20th and 21st.
NCHSAA Secretary Que Tucker said the changes to the calendar are difficult but necessary.
“Protecting the safety of our student-athletes while minimizing the risk of injury was at the heart of every decision we made. And we commend our host partners for their willingness to adapt to any changes and make their venues available,” Tucker said.
The revised schedule for fall sports is as follows:
Effective immediately, contests must be separated by at least three (3) calendar days (72 hours).
Reporting deadline: November 9th, 11:59 pm (revised from November 1st) Seeding: November 10th (after 1:00 pm on Sunday) 1st round: November 15th, 2nd round: November 22nd, 3rd round : November 29th Round 4: December 6th Regional Tournament: December 13th State Championship: December 20-21
Effective immediately, the weekly limits will change to allow affected schools to make up multiple postponed games, no more than four times per week. There is no change to your daily limit.
Reporting deadline: 11:59pm on November 6th (revised from October 31st) Seed rights: November 7th 1st round: November 9th 2nd round: November 12th 3rd round: November 14th Day 4th Round: November 16 District Tournament: November 19 State Championship: November 22-23
Women’s Tennis – Individual
・Report deadline: October 14th, 11:59 p.m. (revised from 3 p.m. to extend the competition period by one day)
· Regional Convention: October 18th-19th
· State Championship: October 25-26
Women’s Tennis – Dual Team
・Report deadline: October 17th, 23:59 (revised from October 10th)
・Sowing: October 18th
・1st round: October 21st
・Round 2: October 23rd
・Round 3: October 28th
・Round 4: October 30th
· Regional Convention: November 5th
· State Championship: November 9th
Effective immediately, the weekly limits have been changed to allow affected schools to make up multiple postponed games, up to no more than eight games per week. There is no change to your daily limit.
・Report deadline: October 19th, 23:59 (revised from October 16th)
・Sowing: October 20th (Sunday, after 1pm)
・1st round: October 22nd
・Round 2: October 24th
・Round 3: October 26th
・Round 4: October 29th
· Regional Convention: October 31st
· State Championship: November 2nd
・Report deadline: October 22nd, 23:59 (revised from October 19th)
· Regional Convention: October 26th
· State Championship: November 2nd
The board approved one additional contest for all sports with season restrictions. To exceed the season limit for a contest, the following conditions must be met:
・Prior approval from NCHSAA
· Contests cannot exceed daily or weekly limits
-Contest must be over season limit for both schools
· Contests must not be entered into MaxPreps