On the heels of consecutive winter storms that have impacted statewide travel, the N.C. High School Athletic Assocation’s Board of Directors has made significant changes to the winter sports calendar.
All state swimming and diving events previously scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday, February 4–7 will be postponed. The competitions will now be conducted Wednesday–Saturday, February 11–14.
The dual team wrestling playoffs were originally supposed to be under way by this week. Now every round has been postponed:
- Rounds 1/2: February 10–12
- Rounds 3/4: February 16–18
- State Finals (Greensboro): Sunday afternoon, February 22
There are no changes to the men’s individual regional or state championships.
The girls regional wrestling scheduled for February 6–7 will be postponed. Regionals will now be held February 10–12.
The reporting deadline for indoor track and field state qualifiers has been moved to Saturday, February 7 at 9 p.m. State championship meets will be rescheduled as follows:
- 1A/2A: Wednesday morning, February 11
- 3A: Wednesday afternoon, February 11
- 6A: Thursday morning, February 12
- 4A: Thursday afternoon, February 12
- 7A: Wednesday morning, February 18
- 5A: Wednesday afternoon, February 18
- 8A: Thursday morning, February 19
For basketball, the Board has chosen to waive the handbook requirement (4.3.1(e)) that one of the four allowable games in a two-week period be played on a non-school day, providing additional local scheduling flexibility. It will be a crunch for some schools to get in all of their scheduled basketball contests before they playoffs.
The NCHSAA will continue to monitor conditions statewide and work closely with member schools to address remaining challenges. Any additional changes will be communicated as soon as they are finalized and approved by the Board. of Directors.
