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| GIRLS WRESTLING IS CLOSE TO BECOMING A SANCTIONED SPORT, BUT NOT THERE YET |
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There was a discussion at the NCHSAA Board of Directors meeting about girls wrestling. I will have much more on this later this weekend on HighSchoolOT.com, but here's an early look for the newsletter subscribers...
The NCHSAA is open to sanctioning girls wrestling as a sport in North Carolina, but more schools need to add the sport before the board can vote to do so. NCHSAA bylaws require 25% of the overall membership to offer a sport or 50% of a classification.
There are 427 member schools in the NCHSAA, which means 107 would need to offer girls wrestling for the board to consider sanctioning it. Right now, the NCHSAA estimates 150-160 schools have a girl on the wrestling team, but only about 70 have multiple girls. The board discussed what constitutes having a girls wrestling team -- is it one girl? Two girls? A certain number of weight classes? These are things the board still needs to determine.
It is clear girls wrestling is growing quickly though. The NCHSAA has held the girls wrestling invitational for five years. In year one, there were about 70 participants. This year, the NCHSAA expects to have about 400.
This will likely be an agenda item at future board meetings. I'll have more on this topic soon on HighSchoolOT.ocm. |
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| FOOTBALL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TONIGHT |
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We're getting geared up for a big night of high school football tonight! Only eight games are taking place across the state and we will have every one of them staffed for you. Be sure to download the free HighSchoolOT app for statewide coverage you won't find anywhere else.
Here are the regional championship games tonight:
4A East: (20) Rolesville @ (6) Cardinal Gibbons
4A West: (10) Chambers @ (1) Hough
3A East: (13) Jacksonville @ (6) J.H. Rose
3A West: (16) South Point @ (3) Dudley
2A East: (10) Wallace-Rose Hill @ (1) Princeton
2A West: (2) East Surry @ (1) Shelby
1A East: (6) Pender @ (1) Tarboro
1A West: (4) Robbinsville @ (3) Mitchell |
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| FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE |
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One week from today we will crown the first state champion of the football season. There will be four state championship games next weekend -- one on Friday, three on Saturday -- at UNC and NC State. Each game will get its own time slot, so there won't be any overlap.
This week, the NCHSAA released the schedule and site assignments for the football state championships.
Friday, Dec. 10:
7:30 PM - 3A State Championship @ Kenan Stadium
Saturday, Dec. 11:
12:00 PM - 1A State Championship @ Kenan Stadium
3:00 PM - 2A State Championship @ Carter-Finley Stadium
7:00 PM - 4A State Championship @ Carter-Finley Stadium
You can expect in-depth, statewide, and unprecedented coverage of the football state championships from HighSchoolOT. |
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| COME SEE SOME BASKETBALL TOMORROW AT THE MILLBROOK SHOWCASE |
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We're excited to be hosting our first in-person event since the pandemic began. Tomorrow, five basketball games will take place in the Millbrook Showcase presented by HighSchoolOT at Millbrook High School in Raleigh. Games begin at 12:45 PM and run into the evening.
Admission is $10 and masks are required.
Here is the schedule:
12:45 PM - Willow Spring vs. Seaforth
2:00 PM - Garner vs. Greenfield
4:00 PM - Fuquay-Varina vs. Chapel Hill
5:30 PM - Holly Springs vs. Person
7:00 PM - Millbrook vs. Lucy Beckham (SC) |
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| APEX HIRES NEW FOOTBALL COACH |
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Apex High School will have a new head football coach next fall.
John Mozerka has been named the new head coach of the Cougars. Mozerka has over 20 years of coaching experience, spanning time in Southern California to last season, where he was the offensive coordinator at Apex. The offense averaged 35.8 points per game this past season.
Mozerka replaces Britt Morton, an Apex alum, who stepped down as the head football coach after Apex's best season in many years. The Cougars narrowly missed the state playoffs. |
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| NOMINATIONS CONTINUE FOR HSOT HONORS |
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There are just 10 days left to nominate athletes, coaches, and teams from the fall sports season for HighSchoolOT Honors. This is where we recognize the best of high school sports.
Nominations run through noon on Dec. 13.
Once nominations close, our committee will narrow nominees down to finalists. A public vote will take place next spring, and winners will be announced in June at the awards show in downtown Raleigh. |
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| Thank you for reading the HighSchoolOT Newsletter this week. Do you have suggestions, comments, or concerns? You can email me any time at nstevens@wral.com. |
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