N.C. high school fall sports seasons to be extended due to Hurricane Helene

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Due to the devastation from Hurricane Helene keeping many sports from competing, the N.C. High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) is extending the regular season for many sports.

The football regular season has been extended by one week, making the regular season end on Nov. 9 and playoff brackets will be released on Nov. 10. The playoffs will start with the first round on Nov. 15, and then the following rounds will each be played on Friday night. State championships will be played Friday-Saturday, Dec. 20-21.

Other changes include, as written by the NCHSAA:

Girls Individual Tennis

• 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

Girls Dual-Team Tennis

• 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

Boys 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

Girls Golf

The minimum number of nine-hole scores required to qualify for the Regional Championships was revised from five to three.

Cheerleading

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

Special Provision

The Board approved one (1) additional contest for all sports with a season limit. To exceed the season limit of contests, the following conditions must be met:

• Prior approval from NCHSAA
• The contest cannot exceed the daily or weekly limitations.
• The contest must exceed the season limit for both schools.
• The contest MUST NOT be entered into MaxPreps.

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