High school fall sports including football, extended for the season due to Helene impacts
NORTH CAROLINA (WWAY) — Local high school sports for the fall season will be extended due to the impacts of Helene in western North Carolina.
This means for high school football that the season would be extended by one week.
Here is the full statement from The North Carolina High School Athletic Association:
Women’s Tennis
Individual
- Reporting deadline: October 14, 11:59 p.m. (revised from 3 p.m. to allow for an extra day of competition)
- Regionals: October 18-19
- State Championships: October 25-26
Dual Team
- Reporting deadline: October 17, 11:59 p.m. (revised from October 10)
- Seeding: October 18
- First Round: October 21
- Second Round: October 23
- Third Round: October 28
- Fourth Round: October 30
- Regionals: November 5
- State Championships: November 9
Volleyball
Effective immediately, the weekly limitation is modified to allow affected schools to make up multiple postponed matches, not to exceed eight in a week. No change was made to the daily limitation.
- Reporting deadline: October 19, 11:59 p.m. (revised from October 16)
- Seeding: October 20 (Sunday, after 1 p.m.)
- First Round: October 22
- Second Round: October 24
- Third Round: October 26
- Fourth Round: October 29
- Regionals: October 31
- State Championships: November 2
Cross Country
- Reporting deadline: October 22, 11:59 p.m. (revised from October 19)
- Regionals: October 26
- State Championships: November 2
Men’s Soccer
Effective immediately, the weekly limitation is modified to allow affected schools to make up multiple postponed matches, not to exceed four in a week. No change was made to the daily limitation.
- Reporting deadline: November 6, 11:59 p.m. (revised from October 31)
- Seeding: November 7
- First round: November 9
- Second Round: November 12
- Third Round: November 14
- Fourth Round: November 16
- Regionals: November 19
- State Championships: November 22-23
Women’s Golf
The minimum number of nine-hole scores required to qualify for the Regional Championships was revised from five to three.
- No calendar changes
Cheerleading
- No calendar changes
Football
Effective immediately, a minimum of three calendar days (72 hours) must occur in between contests.
- Reporting deadline: November 9, 11:59 p.m. (revised from November 1)
- Seeding: November 10 (Sunday, after 1 p.m.)
- First round: November 15
- Second round: November 22
- Third round: November 29
- Fourth round: December 6
- Regionals: December 13
- State Championships: December 20-21
